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ICPR
2010
IEEE
14 years 8 months ago
Efficient Polygonal Approximation of Digital Curves via Monte Carlo Optimization
A novel stochastic searching scheme based on the Monte Carlo optimization is presented for polygonal approximation (PA) problem. We propose to combine the split-and-merge based lo...
Xiuzhuang Zhou, Yao Lu
CDC
2009
IEEE
217views Control Systems» more  CDC 2009»
14 years 11 months ago
Discrete invasive weed optimization algorithm: application to cooperative multiple task assignment of UAVs
This paper presents a novel discrete population based stochastic optimization algorithm inspired from weed colonization. Its performance in a discrete benchmark, timecost trade-off...
Mohsen Ramezani Ghalenoei, Hossein Hajimirsadeghi,...
CP
2004
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
Heuristic Selection for Stochastic Search Optimization: Modeling Solution Quality by Extreme Value Theory
The success of stochastic algorithms is often due to their ability to effectively amplify the performance of search heuristics. This is certainly the case with stochastic sampling ...
Vincent A. Cicirello, Stephen F. Smith
AAAI
2008
15 years 13 days ago
An Efficient Motion Planning Algorithm for Stochastic Dynamic Systems with Constraints on Probability of Failure
When controlling dynamic systems, such as mobile robots in uncertain environments, there is a trade off between risk and reward. For example, a race car can turn a corner faster b...
Masahiro Ono, Brian C. Williams
WINE
2007
Springer
124views Economy» more  WINE 2007»
15 years 4 months ago
Stochastic Models for Budget Optimization in Search-Based Advertising
Internet search companies sell advertisement slots based on users’ search queries via an auction. Advertisers have to solve a complex optimization problem of how to place bids o...
S. Muthukrishnan, Martin Pál, Zoya Svitkina