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WSC
2004
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Simulation-Based Optimization Using Simulated Annealing With Confidence Interval
This paper develops a variant of Simulated Annealing (SA) algorithm for solving discrete stochastic optimization problems where the objective function is stochastic and can be eva...
Talal M. Alkhamis, Mohamed A. Ahmed
UAI
2003
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A Simple Insight into Iterative Belief Propagation's Success
In non-ergodic belief networks the posterior belief of many queries given evidence may become zero. The paper shows that when belief propagation is applied iteratively over arbitr...
Rina Dechter, Robert Mateescu
UAI
2003
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Symbolic Generalization for On-line Planning
Symbolic representations have been used successfully in off-line planning algorithms for Markov decision processes. We show that they can also improve the performance of online p...
Zhengzhu Feng, Eric A. Hansen, Shlomo Zilberstein
ESANN
2000
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Learning VOR-like stabilization reflexes in robots
We present a binocular robot that learns compensatory camera movements for image stabilization purposes. Most essential in achieving satisfactory image stabilization performance i...
Francesco Panerai, Giorgio Metta, Giulio Sandini
MVA
2000
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Virtual Subspace Method for Robust Face Recognition Independent of Lighting Conditions
A concept of virtual subspace is introduced for realizing a robust face recognition independent of the lighting conditions. The virtual subspace is a paradoxical concept because i...
Takeshi Shakunaga, Nobumasa Yamamoto