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CPAIOR
2010
Springer
15 years 10 months ago
An In-Out Approach to Disjunctive Optimization
Cutting plane methods are widely used for solving convex optimization problems and are of fundamental importance, e.g., to provide tight bounds for Mixed-Integer Programs (MIPs). T...
Matteo Fischetti, Domenico Salvagnin
AAAI
2007
15 years 9 months ago
Thresholded Rewards: Acting Optimally in Timed, Zero-Sum Games
In timed, zero-sum games, the goal is to maximize the probability of winning, which is not necessarily the same as maximizing our expected reward. We consider cumulative intermedi...
Colin McMillen, Manuela M. Veloso
SASO
2010
IEEE
15 years 4 months ago
Optimal Decentralized Formation of k-Member Partnerships
To keep pace with constantly changing markets, many companies are seeking strategic partnerships. In this paper, we assume that a company can electronically provide a profile of th...
Anna Chmielowiec, Maarten van Steen
CEC
2008
IEEE
16 years 1 months ago
A study on constrained MA using GA and SQP: Analytical vs. finite-difference gradients
— Many deterministic algorithms in the context of constrained optimization require the first-order derivatives, or the gradient vectors, of the objective and constraint function...
Stephanus Daniel Handoko, Chee Keong Kwoh, Yew-Soo...
WEA
2009
Springer
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16 years 1 months ago
A Heuristic for Fair Correlation-Aware Resource Placement
Abstract. The configuration of network resources greatly impacts the communication overhead for data intensive tasks and constitutes a critical problem in the design and maintenan...
Raouf Boutaba, Martin Karsten, Maxwell Young