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SIAMIS
2010
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Optimization by Stochastic Continuation
Simulated annealing (SA) and deterministic continuation are well-known generic approaches to global optimization. Deterministic continuation is computationally attractive but produ...
Marc C. Robini, Isabelle E. Magnin
SIAMJO
2010
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A Randomized Cutting Plane Method with Probabilistic Geometric Convergence
Abstract. We propose a randomized method for general convex optimization problems; namely, the minimization of a linear function over a convex body. The idea is to generate N rando...
Fabrizio Dabbene, P. S. Shcherbakov, Boris T. Poly...
SIAMSC
2010
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BDDC Preconditioners for Spectral Element Discretizations of Almost Incompressible Elasticity in Three Dimensions
Abstract. BDDC algorithms are constructed and analyzed for the system of almost incompressible elasticity discretized with Gauss-Lobatto-Legendre spectral elements in three dimensi...
Luca F. Pavarino, Olof B. Widlund, Stefano Zampini
TASE
2010
IEEE
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Optimization of Group Elevator Scheduling With Advance Information
Group elevator scheduling has received considerable attention due to its importance to transportation efficiency for mid-rise and high-rise buildings. One important trend to improv...
Jin Sun, Qianchuan Zhao, Peter B. Luh
TC
2010
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Model-Driven System Capacity Planning under Workload Burstiness
In this paper, we define and study a new class of capacity planning models called MAP queueing networks. MAP queueing networks provide the first analytical methodology to describe ...
Giuliano Casale, Ningfang Mi, Evgenia Smirni