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FS
2006
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Iterative construction of the optimal Bermudan stopping time
Abstract. We present an iterative procedure for computing the optimal Bermudan stopping time, hence the Bermudan Snell envelope. The method produces an increasing sequence of appro...
Anastasia Kolodko, John Schoenmakers
MOR
2006
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Optimal Control of a High-Volume Assemble-to-Order System
This paper provides guidance for operating an assemble-to-order system to maximize expected discounted profit, assuming that a high volume of prospective customers arrive per unit...
Erica L. Plambeck, Amy R. Ward
TIT
2008
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Statistical Analysis of Bayes Optimal Subset Ranking
Abstract--The ranking problem has become increasingly important in modern applications of statistical methods in automated decision making systems. In particular, we consider a for...
David Cossock, Tong Zhang
HPDC
2008
IEEE
16 years 2 months ago
enabling cross-layer optimizations in storage systems with custom metadata
Today, several data-storage systems allow applications to create and manage custom metadata to improve data search and navigability in large-scale storage systems. Our thesis is t...
Elizeu Santos-Neto, Samer Al-Kiswany, Nazareno And...
CDC
2008
IEEE
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Dynamic ping optimization for surveillance in multistatic sonar buoy networks with energy constraints
— In this paper we study the problem of dynamic optimization of ping schedule in an active sonar buoy network deployed to provide persistent surveillance of a littoral area throu...
Anshu Saksena, I-Jeng Wang