It is well known that given a network that can become constrained on voltage or real power flows, reserves must also be spatially located in order to handle all credible contingen...
Jie Chen, James S. Thorp, Robert J. Thomas, Timoth...
The assignment problem originally arising from parallel and distributed computing has been investigated intensively since the 70’s when Harold Stone proposed a method to solve i...
− A new type of actuator is presented where Shape Memory Alloy (SMA) wires are embedded within artificial “blood vessels.” Fluid flowing through vessels allows the SMA wires ...
In this paper, we study the problem of cost constrained fixed job scheduling (CCFJS). In this problem, there are a number of processors, each of which belongs to one of several cla...
In the so-called Information-Explosion Era, astronomical amount of information is ubiquitously produced and digitally stored. It is getting more and more convenient for cooperative...