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WSC
2008
15 years 9 months ago
Multi-objective UAV mission planning using evolutionary computation
This investigation develops an innovative algorithm for multiple autonomous unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) mission routing. The concept of a UAV Swarm Routing Problem (SRP) as a ne...
Adam J. Pohl, Gary B. Lamont
WSC
2007
15 years 9 months ago
Expecting the unexpected: representing, reasoning about, and assessing construction project contingencies
Planning, scheduling and effective management of contingencies are crucial for the successful management of construction projects. In this paper we explore a mathematical represen...
G. Ryan Anderson, Nilufer Onder, Amlan Mukherjee
WSC
2007
15 years 9 months ago
Monte Carlo methods in the physical sciences
I will review the role that Monte Carlo methods play in the physical sciences. They are very widely used for a number of reasons: they permit the rapid and faithful transformation...
Malvin H. Kalos
WSC
2008
15 years 9 months ago
Simulation optimization for industrial scheduling using hybrid genetic representation
Simulation modeling has the capability to represent complex real-world systems in details and therefore it is suitable to develop simulation models for generating detailed operati...
Marcus Andersson, Amos Ng, Henrik Grimm
WSC
2007
15 years 9 months ago
Finite-sample performance guarantees for one-dimensional stochastic root finding
We study the one-dimensional root finding problem for increasing convex functions. We give gradient-free algorithms for both exact and inexact (stochastic) function evaluations. ...
Samuel Ehrlichman, Shane G. Henderson