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WSC
2008
15 years 2 months ago
Maximizing the utilization of operating rooms with stochastic times using simulation
This paper addresses a surgery rooms scheduling problem. The problem is modeled as a parallel machine scheduling problem with sequence dependent setup times and an objective of mi...
Jean-Paul M. Arnaout, Sevag Kulbashian
SIGMOD
2006
ACM
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16 years 9 days ago
Injecting utility into anonymized datasets
Limiting disclosure in data publishing requires a careful balance between privacy and utility. Information about individuals must not be revealed, but a dataset should still be us...
Daniel Kifer, Johannes Gehrke
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IJCAI
2003
15 years 1 months ago
Incremental Utility Elicitation with the Minimax Regret Decision Criterion
Utility elicitation is a critical function of any automated decision aid, allowing decisions to be tailored to the preferences of a specific user. However, the size and complexit...
Tianhan Wang, Craig Boutilier
ICIP
2009
IEEE
16 years 1 months ago
Natural Image Utility Assessment Using Image Contours
In the quality assessment task, observers evaluate a natural image based on its perceptual resemblance to a reference. For the utility assessment task, observers evaluate the usef...
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BIS
2006
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15 years 1 months ago
Expected Utility of Content Blocks in Web Content Extraction
In this paper we discuss the possible application of new concepts in web content extraction: utility assessment, utility annealing, and dynamic aggregated document generation. Aft...
Marek Kowalkiewicz