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WSC
2008
15 years 1 months ago
Discrete event simulation: Optimizing patient flow and redesign in a replacement facility
This study observed the challenges of taking an existing facility's inpatient volumes and procedures and projecting them into a replacement facility with differently sized un...
Marshall Ashby, David M. Ferrin, Martin J. Miller,...
GECCO
2005
Springer
384views Optimization» more  GECCO 2005»
15 years 4 months ago
A case study of process facility optimization using discrete event simulation and genetic algorithm
Optimization problems such as resource allocation, job-shop scheduling, equipment utilization and process scheduling occur in a broad range of processing industries. This paper pr...
Keshav P. Dahal, Stuart Galloway, Graeme M. Burt, ...
CIS
2008
Springer
15 years 1 months ago
A Near-Optimal Redundancy Allocation Strategy that Minimizes a System's Vulnerability to Hazardous Events and Malicious Attacks
Delivering continuous services in information infrastructures is a major challenge. For system or network administrators, redundancy allocation is one of the best strategies to en...
Frank Yeong-Sung Lin, Po-Hao Tsang, Kun-Dao Jiang
CDC
2008
IEEE
115views Control Systems» more  CDC 2008»
15 years 5 months ago
Optimal sensor activation in controlled discrete event systems
— The problem of sensor activation in a controlled discrete event system is considered. Sensors are assumed to be costly and can be turned on/off during the operation of the syst...
Weilin Wang, Stéphane Lafortune, Feng Lin
ICRA
2000
IEEE
88views Robotics» more  ICRA 2000»
15 years 3 months ago
Incremental Optimization of Cyclic Timed Event Graphs
In this paper we deal with the problem of allocating a given number of tokens, so as to maximize the firing rate of a cyclic event graph with deterministic transition firing delay...
Alessandro Giua, Aldo Piccaluga, Carla Seatzu