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JUCS
2008
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2008
: In this paper we propose a new approach to Swarm Intelligence called Two-Step Swarm Intelligence. The basic idea is to split the heuristic search performed by agents into two sta...
MANSCI
2008
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2008
We study an iterative cutting-plane algorithm on an integer program, for minimizing the staffing costs of a multiskill call center subject to service-level requirements which are e...
NPL
2008
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2008
We introduce two new methods of deriving the classical PCA in the framework of minimizing the mean square error upon performing a lower-dimensional approximation of the data. These...
SIAMJO
2008
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2008
Stochastic dominance constraints allow a decision-maker to manage risk in an optimization setting by requiring their decision to yield a random outcome which stochastically domina...
SIGARCH
2008
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2008
Multiprocessors-on-chip, such as the Cell BE processor, regularly suffer from restricted bandwidth to off-chip main memory. We propose to reduce memory bandwidth requirements, and...