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DSD
2006
IEEE
113views Hardware» more  DSD 2006»
15 years 10 months ago
Lifetime Analysis in Heterogeneous Sensor Networks
Wireless sensor networks (WSN) are composed of battery-driven communication entities performing multiple, usually different tasks. In order to complete a given task, all sensor no...
Falko Dressler, Isabel Dietrich
ICML
2003
IEEE
15 years 9 months ago
The Influence of Reward on the Speed of Reinforcement Learning: An Analysis of Shaping
Shaping can be an effective method for improving the learning rate in reinforcement systems. Previously, shaping has been heuristically motivated and implemented. We provide a for...
Adam Laud, Gerald DeJong
WSC
2008
15 years 6 months ago
A new method for bottleneck detection
This paper presents a new method to identify and rank the bottlenecks in a manufacturing system. The proposed method is based on performance related data that are easy to capture,...
Sankar Sengupta, Kanchan Das, Robert P. VanTil
SRDS
2007
IEEE
15 years 10 months ago
Using Hidden Semi-Markov Models for Effective Online Failure Prediction
A proactive handling of faults requires that the risk of upcoming failures is continuously assessed. One of the promising approaches is online failure prediction, which means that...
Felix Salfner, Miroslaw Malek
ICMCS
1999
IEEE
122views Multimedia» more  ICMCS 1999»
15 years 8 months ago
Multimedia Document Models - Sealed Fate or Setting out for New Shores?
Existing multimedia document models like HTML, MHEG, SMIL, and HyTime lack appropriate modeling primitives to fit the needs of next generation multimedia applications which bring ...
Susanne Boll, Wolfgang Klas, Utz Westermann