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TEC
2002
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15 years 2 months ago
Ants can solve constraint satisfaction problems
In this paper, we describe a new incomplete approach for solving constraint satisfaction problems (CSPs) based on the ant colony optimization (ACO) metaheuristic. The idea is to us...
Christine Solnon
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PE
2010
Springer
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15 years 29 days ago
A polling model with multiple priority levels
In this paper we consider a single-server cyclic polling system. Between visits to successive queues, the server is delayed by a random switch-over time. The order in which custom...
Marko A. A. Boon, Ivo J. B. F. Adan, Onno J. Boxma
COLT
2010
Springer
15 years 17 days ago
Hedging Structured Concepts
We develop an online algorithm called Component Hedge for learning structured concept classes when the loss of a structured concept sums over its components. Example classes inclu...
Wouter M. Koolen, Manfred K. Warmuth, Jyrki Kivine...
COMSIS
2010
14 years 12 months ago
A content-based dynamic load-balancing algorithm for heterogeneous web server cluster
According to the different requests of Web and the heterogeneity of Web server, the paper presents a content-based loadbalancing algorithm. The mechanism of this algorithm is that ...
Lin Zhang, Xiao Ping Li, Su Yuan
111
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TRANSCI
2010
101views more  TRANSCI 2010»
14 years 9 months ago
The Effect of Supply Disruptions on Supply Chain Design Decisions
We study an integrated supply chain design problem that determines the locations of retailers and the assignments of customers to retailers in order to minimize the expected costs...
Lian Qi, Zuo-Jun Max Shen, Lawrence V. Snyder