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DSS
2007
13 years 7 months ago
2007
The primary objective of a knowledge-based system (KBS) is to use stored knowledge to provide support for decision-making activities. Empirical studies identify improvements in de...
EAAI
2007
13 years 7 months ago
2007
In this work, stability control of bipedal standing is investigated. The biped is simplified as an inverted pendulum with a foot-link. The controller consists of a general regres...
EAAI
2007
13 years 7 months ago
2007
An integrated modeling and robust model predictive control (MPC) approach is proposed for a class of nonlinear systems with unknown steady state. First, the nonlinear system is id...
JMLR
2006
2006
Geometric Variance Reduction in Markov Chains: Application to Value Function and Gradient Estimation
13 years 7 months ago
We study a sequential variance reduction technique for Monte Carlo estimation of functionals in Markov Chains. The method is based on designing sequential control variates using s...
EOR
2007
13 years 7 months ago
2007
Motivated by an underground mining operation at Kiruna, Sweden, we formulate a mixed integer program to schedule iron ore production over multiple time periods. Our optimization m...