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MANSCI
2008
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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...
UAI
2001
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Improved learning of Bayesian networks
The search space of Bayesian Network structures is usually defined as Acyclic Directed Graphs (DAGs) and the search is done by local transformations of DAGs. But the space of Baye...
Tomás Kocka, Robert Castelo
TREC
2003
13 years 10 months ago
Improving the Robustness of Language Models - UIUC TREC 2003 Robust and Genomics Experiments
In this paper, we report our experiments in the TREC 2003 Genomics Track and the Robust Track. A common theme that we explored is the robustness of a basic language modeling retri...
ChengXiang Zhai, Tao Tao, Hui Fang, Zhidi Shang
TCSV
2008
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13 years 8 months ago
Joint Source Adaptation and Resource Allocation for Multi-User Wireless Video Streaming
Multi-user video streaming over wireless channels is a challenging problem, where the demand for better video quality and small transmission delays needs to be reconciled with the ...
Jianwei Huang, Zhu Li, Mung Chiang, Aggelos K. Kat...
IJSNET
2008
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Energy-efficient connected-coverage in wireless sensor networks
Abstract: This paper addresses the target coverage problem in wireless sensor networks. Communication and sensing consume energy, therefore efficient power management can extend ne...
Ionut Cardei, Mihaela Cardei