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WSC
2008
15 years 8 months ago
Discrete event simulation: Optimizing patient flow and redesign in a replacement facility
This study observed the challenges of taking an existing facility's inpatient volumes and procedures and projecting them into a replacement facility with differently sized un...
Marshall Ashby, David M. Ferrin, Martin J. Miller,...
GECCO
2005
Springer
384views Optimization» more  GECCO 2005»
15 years 11 months ago
A case study of process facility optimization using discrete event simulation and genetic algorithm
Optimization problems such as resource allocation, job-shop scheduling, equipment utilization and process scheduling occur in a broad range of processing industries. This paper pr...
Keshav P. Dahal, Stuart Galloway, Graeme M. Burt, ...
CIS
2008
Springer
15 years 8 months ago
A Near-Optimal Redundancy Allocation Strategy that Minimizes a System's Vulnerability to Hazardous Events and Malicious Attacks
Delivering continuous services in information infrastructures is a major challenge. For system or network administrators, redundancy allocation is one of the best strategies to en...
Frank Yeong-Sung Lin, Po-Hao Tsang, Kun-Dao Jiang
CDC
2008
IEEE
115views Control Systems» more  CDC 2008»
16 years 13 days ago
Optimal sensor activation in controlled discrete event systems
— The problem of sensor activation in a controlled discrete event system is considered. Sensors are assumed to be costly and can be turned on/off during the operation of the syst...
Weilin Wang, Stéphane Lafortune, Feng Lin
ICRA
2000
IEEE
88views Robotics» more  ICRA 2000»
15 years 10 months ago
Incremental Optimization of Cyclic Timed Event Graphs
In this paper we deal with the problem of allocating a given number of tokens, so as to maximize the firing rate of a cyclic event graph with deterministic transition firing delay...
Alessandro Giua, Aldo Piccaluga, Carla Seatzu