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WSC
2008
13 years 10 months ago
Speeding up call center simulation and optimization by Markov chain uniformization
Staffing and scheduling optimization in large multiskill call centers is time-consuming, mainly because it requires lengthy simulations to evaluate performance measures and their ...
Eric Buist, Wyean Chan, Pierre L'Ecuyer
ASPDAC
2008
ACM
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REWIRED - Register Write Inhibition by Resource Dedication
We propose REWIRED (REgister Write Inhibition by REsource Dedication), a technique for reducing power during high level synthesis (HLS) by selectively inhibiting the storage of fun...
Pushkar Tripathi, Rohan Jain, Srikanth Kurra, Pree...
ATAL
2008
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
Controlling deliberation in a Markov decision process-based agent
Meta-level control manages the allocation of limited resources to deliberative actions. This paper discusses efforts in adding meta-level control capabilities to a Markov Decision...
George Alexander, Anita Raja, David J. Musliner
ATAL
2008
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
Negotiating task interruptions with virtual agents for health behavior change
Virtual health counseling agents on mobile devices need to be able to interrupt their users when it is time for them to engage in healthy behaviors, such as scheduled medication t...
Timothy W. Bickmore, Daniel Mauer, Francisco Cresp...
CASES
2008
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Compiling custom instructions onto expression-grained reconfigurable architectures
While customizable processors aim at combining the flexibility of general purpose processors with the speed and power advantages of custom circuits, commercially available process...
Paolo Bonzini, Giovanni Ansaloni, Laura Pozzi