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AAAI
2006
13 years 9 months ago
Compiling Uncertainty Away: Solving Conformant Planning Problems using a Classical Planner (Sometimes)
Even under polynomial restrictions on plan length, conformant planning remains a very hard computational problem as plan verification itself can take exponential time. This heavy ...
Héctor Palacios, Hector Geffner
MANSCI
2010
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13 years 6 months ago
Improving Supply Chain Performance and Managing Risk Under Weather-Related Demand Uncertainty
This paper considers a manufacturer-retailer supply chain for a seasonal product whose demand is weather-sensitive. The retailer orders from the manufacturer (supplier) prior to t...
Frank Youhua Chen, Candace Arai Yano
WSC
1998
13 years 9 months ago
Rostering by Iterating Integer Programming and Simulation
We present a new technique (RIIPS) for solving rostering problems in the presence of service uncertainty. RIIPS stands for "Rostering by Iterating Integer Programming and Sim...
Shane G. Henderson, Andrew J. Mason
IAT
2009
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
Extending Alternating-Offers Bargaining in One-to-Many and Many-to-Many Settings
Automating negotiations in markets where multiple buyers and sellers operate is a scientific challenge of extraordinary importance. One-to-one negotiations are classically studie...
Bo An, Nicola Gatti, Victor R. Lesser
HPDC
2007
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
A statistical approach to risk mitigation in computational markets
We study stochastic models to mitigate the risk of poor Quality-of-Service (QoS) in computational markets. Consumers who purchase services expect both price and performance guaran...
Thomas Sandholm, Kevin Lai