The minimum sum-of-squares clusering is the most widely used clustering method. The minimum sum-of-squares clustering is usually solved by the heuristic KMEANS algorithm, which converges to a local optimum. A lot of e...
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The minimum sum-of-squares clusering is the most widely used clustering method. The minimum sum-of-squares clustering is usually solved by the heuristic KMEANS algorithm, which converges to a local optimum. A lot of effort has been made to solve such kind of problems, but a mixed integer linear programming formulation (MILP) is still missing. In this paper, we formulate MILP models. The advantage of MILP formulation is that users can extend the original problem with arbitrary linear constraints. We also present numerical results, we solve these models up to sample size of 150.
This paper introduces a linear programming formulation for a ternary-integration Workforce Scheduling and Routing Problem that incorporates scheduling of tasks, assigning of workers to the tasks according to their ski...
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This paper introduces a linear programming formulation for a ternary-integration Workforce Scheduling and Routing Problem that incorporates scheduling of tasks, assigning of workers to the tasks according to their ski...
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This paper introduces a linear programming formulation for a ternary-integration Workforce Scheduling and Routing Problem that incorporates scheduling of tasks, assigning of workers to the tasks according to their skills and the definition of the workers' trips. Each task has a time window, and is related to a customer who has a preference list of the workers. Each worker has a cost, a preference list of tasks and a working time window. The objective is to perform the tasks and simultaneously minimizing the number of unassigned tasks, the traveling distance, the workers' cost, and maximizing the customers and workers preference satisfaction. (C) 2018, IFAC (International Federation of Automatic Control) Hosting by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
We consider a discrete-time constrained discounted Markov decision process (MDP) with Borel state and action spaces, compact action sets, and lower semi-continuous cost functions. We introduce a set of hypotheses rela...
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We consider a discrete-time constrained discounted Markov decision process (MDP) with Borel state and action spaces, compact action sets, and lower semi-continuous cost functions. We introduce a set of hypotheses related to a positive weight function which allow us to consider cost functions that might not be bounded below by a constant, and which imply the solvability of the linear programming formulation of the constrained MDP. In particular, we establish the existence of a constrained optimal stationary policy. Our results are illustrated with an application to a fishery management problem.
This paper presents a decentralised interpolating control scheme for the control of linear discrete-time interconnected systems with local state and control constraints. The control law of each distinct subsystem reli...
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Biomedical tests play a crucial role in helping physicians to make accurate diagnoses. To perform these tests, thousands of samples are daily transported from several healthcare facilities, where they are collected fr...
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In many industrial environments, picking operations are performed with tow trains in order to efficiently feed a production or an assembly system. This operation is often time-consuming, especially for the automotive ...
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We study the routing problem for vehicles with limited energy through a network of inhomogeneous charging nodes. This is substantially more complicated than the homogeneous node case studied in [1]. We seek to minimiz...
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(纸本)9781479959013
We study the routing problem for vehicles with limited energy through a network of inhomogeneous charging nodes. This is substantially more complicated than the homogeneous node case studied in [1]. We seek to minimize the total elapsed time for vehicles to reach their destinations considering both traveling and recharging times at nodes when the vehicles do not have adequate energy for the entire journey. We study two versions of the problem. In the single vehicle routing problem, we formulate a mixed-integer nonlinearprogramming (MINLP) problem and show that it can be reduced to a lower dimensionality problem by exploiting properties of an optimal solution. We also obtain a linearprogramming (LP) formulation allowing us to decompose it into two simpler problems yielding near-optimal solutions. For a multi-vehicle problem, where traffic congestion effects are included, we use a similar approach by grouping vehicles into "subflows". We also provide an alternative flow optimization formulation leading to a computationally simpler problem solution with minimal loss in accuracy.
This paper is devoted to studying constrained continuous-time Markov decision processes (MDPs) in the class of randomized policies depending on state histories. The transition rates may be unbounded, the reward and co...
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This paper is devoted to studying constrained continuous-time Markov decision processes (MDPs) in the class of randomized policies depending on state histories. The transition rates may be unbounded, the reward and costs are admitted to be unbounded from above and from below, and the state and action spaces are Polish spaces. The optimality criterion to be maximized is the expected discounted rewards, and the constraints can be imposed on the expected discounted costs. First, we give conditions for the nonexplosion of underlying processes and the finiteness of the expected discounted rewards/costs. Second, using a technique of occupation measures, we prove that the constrained optimality of continuous-time MDPs can be transformed to an equivalent (optimality) problem over a class of probability measures. Based on the equivalent problem and a so-called (w) over bar -weak convergence of probability measures developed in this paper, we show the existence of a constrained optimal policy. Third, by providing a linear programming formulation of the equivalent problem, we show the solvability of constrained optimal policies. Finally, we use two computable examples to illustrate our main results.
This paper presents an optimal routing strategy based on the Hose model with bounds of Link Traffic (HLT), which we introduce. HLT is specified by the total traffic passing through each link in addition to the traffic...
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(纸本)9781424492688
This paper presents an optimal routing strategy based on the Hose model with bounds of Link Traffic (HLT), which we introduce. HLT is specified by the total traffic passing through each link in addition to the traffic bounds described in the hose model. The pipe model, which is specified by the exact traffic matrix, provides the best routing performance, but the traffic matrix is difficult to measure and predict accurately. While the hose model employs just the total outgoing/incoming traffic from/to each node, it offers lower routing performance than the pipe model, due to insufficient traffic information. The Hose model with bounds of Source-Destination Traffic (HSDT), where the upper and lower bounds of traffic demands for source-destination pairs are added as constraints, is a construction that lies between the pipe and hose models, but determining additional bounds is not easy for the network operators to specify. HLT, which lightens the difficulty of the pipe model, but narrows the range of traffic conditions specified by the hose model, offers better routing performance than the hose model. In addition, the HLT model resolves the difficulty of the HSDT model with regard to determining appropriate additional bounds. An optimal-routing formulation extended from the pipe model to the HLT model can not be solved as a regular linearprogramming (LP) problem. Our solution, the introduction of a duality theorem, turns this problem into an LP formulation that can be easily solved. Numerical results via simulations show that HLT offers 20-35% lower network congestion ratios than the hose model. In addition, the congestion ratios of the pipe and HLT models differ by less than 0.1.
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