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WSC
2008
15 years 6 months ago
Approximate dynamic programming: Lessons from the field
Approximate dynamic programming is emerging as a powerful tool for certain classes of multistage stochastic, dynamic problems that arise in operations research. It has been applie...
Warren B. Powell
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ASPDAC
2005
ACM
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15 years 5 months ago
Optimal placement by branch-and-price
— Circuit placement has a large impact on all aspects of performance; speed, power consumption, reliability, and cost are all affected by the physical locations of interconnected...
Pradeep Ramachandaran, Ameya R. Agnihotri, Satoshi...
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AAAI
2006
15 years 5 months ago
A New Approach to Distributed Task Assignment using Lagrangian Decomposition and Distributed Constraint Satisfaction
We present a new formulation of distributed task assignment, called Generalized Mutual Assignment Problem (GMAP), which is derived from an NP-hard combinatorial optimization probl...
Katsutoshi Hirayama
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WSC
2004
15 years 5 months ago
Validation of the Enlisted Grade Model Gradebreaks
This paper describes the validation of the Enlisted Grade model gradebreaks and describes a current application of simulation in operations research. The Enlisted Grade model is p...
Andrew O. Hall
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WSC
2004
15 years 5 months ago
A Unified Approach for Finite-Dimensional, Rare-Event Monte Carlo Simulation
We consider the problem of estimating the small probability that a function of a finite number of random variables exceeds a large threshold. Each input random variable may be lig...
Zhi Huang, Perwez Shahabuddin