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ICRA
2007
IEEE
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14 years 3 months ago
daVinci Code: A Multi-Model Simulation and Analysis Tool for Multi-Body Systems
Abstract— This paper discusses the design and current capabilities of a new software tool, dVC, capable of simulating planar systems of bodies experiencing unilateral contacts wi...
Stephen Berard, Jeffrey C. Trinkle, Binh Nguyen, B...
IPPS
2000
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
A General Parallel Simulated Annealing Library and its Application in Airline Industry
To solve real-world discrete optimization problems approximately metaheuristics such as simulated annealing and other local search methods are commonly used. For large instances o...
Georg Kliewer, Stefan Tschöke
WSC
1998
13 years 10 months ago
An Analytical Comparison of Optimization Problem Generation Methodologies
Heuristics are an increasingly popular solution method for combinatorial optimization problems. Heuristic use often frees the modeler from some of the restrictions placed on class...
Raymond R. Hill
JSSPP
2005
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
An Extended Evaluation of Two-Phase Scheduling Methods for Animation Rendering
Recently HP Labs engaged in a joint project with DreamWorks Animation to develop a Utility Rendering Service that was used to render part of the computer-animated feature film Shr...
Yunhong Zhou, Terence Kelly, Janet L. Wiener, Eric...
SAT
2010
Springer
172views Hardware» more  SAT 2010»
13 years 7 months ago
On the Relative Merits of Simple Local Search Methods for the MAX-SAT Problem
Algorithms based on local search are popular for solving many optimization problems including the maximum satisfiability problem (MAXSAT). With regard to MAXSAT, the state of the ...
Denis Pankratov, Allan Borodin