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ATAL
2006
Springer
15 years 7 months ago
Solving POMDPs using quadratically constrained linear programs
Developing scalable algorithms for solving partially observable Markov decision processes (POMDPs) is an important challenge. One promising approach is based on representing POMDP...
Christopher Amato, Daniel S. Bernstein, Shlomo Zil...
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COR
2006
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15 years 3 months ago
Generating optimal two-section cutting patterns for rectangular blanks
This paper presents an algorithm for generating unconstrained guillotine-cutting patterns for rectangular blanks. A pattern includes at most two sections, each of which consists o...
Yaodong Cui, Dongli He, Xiaoxia Song
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NIPS
1993
15 years 4 months ago
Using Local Trajectory Optimizers to Speed Up Global Optimization in Dynamic Programming
Dynamic programming provides a methodology to develop planners and controllers for nonlinear systems. However, general dynamic programming is computationally intractable. We have ...
Christopher G. Atkeson
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LION
2009
Springer
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15 years 10 months ago
Beam-ACO Based on Stochastic Sampling: A Case Study on the TSP with Time Windows
Beam-ACO algorithms are hybrid methods that combine the metaheuristic ant colony optimization with beam search. They heavily rely on accurate and computationally inexpensive boundi...
Manuel López-Ibáñez, Christia...
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ALGORITHMICA
2005
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15 years 3 months ago
Optimal Read-Once Parallel Disk Scheduling
An optimal prefetching and I/O scheduling algorithm L-OPT, for parallel I/O systems, using a read-once model of block references is presented. The algorithm uses knowledge of the n...
Mahesh Kallahalla, Peter J. Varman