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MANSCI
2008
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13 years 7 months ago
Optimizing Call Center Staffing Using Simulation and Analytic Center Cutting-Plane Methods
We consider the problem of minimizing staffing costs in an inbound call center, while maintaining an acceptable level of service in multiple time periods. The problem is complicat...
Júlíus Atlason, Marina A. Epelman, S...
SARA
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Common Subexpressions in Constraint Models of Planning Problems
Constraint Programming is an attractive approach for solving AI planning problems by modelling them as Constraint Satisfaction Problems (CSPs). However, formulating effective cons...
Andrea Rendl, Ian Miguel, Ian P. Gent, Peter Grego...
MOBICOM
2006
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
Stochastic event capture using mobile sensors subject to a quality metric
Mobile sensors cover more area over a period of time than the same number of stationary sensors. However, the quality of coverage achieved by mobile sensors depends on the velocit...
Nabhendra Bisnik, Alhussein A. Abouzeid, Volkan Is...
HPCC
2009
Springer
13 years 5 months ago
Reliability Optimization of Reconfigurable Computing-Based Fault-Tolerant System
Domain-partition (DP) model is a general model for reliability maximization problem under given redundancy. In this paper, an improved DP model is used to formulate a reconfigurati...
Mi Zhou, Lihong Shang, Yu Hu
SIGMOD
2010
ACM
221views Database» more  SIGMOD 2010»
13 years 8 months ago
Analyzing the energy efficiency of a database server
Rising energy costs in large data centers are driving an agenda for energy-efficient computing. In this paper, we focus on the role of database software in affecting, and, ultimat...
Dimitris Tsirogiannis, Stavros Harizopoulos, Mehul...