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JAIR
2007
111views more  JAIR 2007»
13 years 9 months ago
Proactive Algorithms for Job Shop Scheduling with Probabilistic Durations
Most classical scheduling formulations assume a fixed and known duration for each activity. In this paper, we weaken this assumption, requiring instead that each duration can be ...
J. Christopher Beck, Nic Wilson
ICCAD
2005
IEEE
98views Hardware» more  ICCAD 2005»
14 years 6 months ago
Statistical based link insertion for robust clock network design
We present a statistical based non-tree clock distribution construction algorithm that starts with a tree and incrementally insert cross links, such that the skew variation of the...
Wai-Ching Douglas Lam, J. Jam, Cheng-Kok Koh, Venk...
ROBOCUP
2004
Springer
93views Robotics» more  ROBOCUP 2004»
14 years 3 months ago
Visual Tracking and Localization of a Small Domestic Robot
Abstract. We investigate the application of a Monte Carlo localization filter to the problem of combining local and global observations of a small, off-the-shelf quadruped domest...
Raymond Sheh, Geoff A. W. West
WSC
2008
14 years 5 days ago
Valuation of variable annuity contracts with cliquet options in Asia markets
Variable annuities are very appealing to the investor. For example, in United States, sales volume on variable annuities grew to a record 184 billion in calendar year 2006. Howeve...
Ming-hua Hsieh
WSC
2000
13 years 11 months ago
Generating "dependent" quasi-random numbers
Under certain conditions on the integrand, quasi-Monte Carlo methods for estimating integrals (expectations) converge faster asymptotically than Monte Carlo methods. Motivated by ...
Shane G. Henderson, Belinda A. Chiera, Roger M. Co...