Introduction: Planning for Development

4D geomechanical simulations for field development planning

3D and 4D geomechanical can be time-consuming to build and calibrate. However, once such a model is built, it is relative straightforward to use this model for various field development and management applications. In so doing, the return on the initial investment of time and effort in the creation of a 4D geomechanical model can be substantial. I present a case study where a 4D geomechanical m...

Strategic planning for Halal tourism development in Gilan Province

Tourism as a necessity for economic development in many countries, therefore, in this study we intended to investigate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats of Halal tourism in Gilan province, by using SWOT model to introduce strategic solutions to further developments. This study is practical based on questionnaire in terms of practical objectives, in terms of data collection. T...

Introduction to Scenario Planning

Introduction to Automated Planning

Foreword These are the lecture notes of the AI planning course at the Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg in summer term 2005, based on earlier notes for the course in winter 2002/2003 and in summer 2004. I would like to thank all the students who have participated in the planning course and given comments, pointed out errors, and suggested other improvements, including Slawomir Grzonka,

INTRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF SURROGATE MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FOR SOLVING OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS

In this paper, we have outlined the surrogate management framework for optimization of expensive functions. An initial simple iterative method which we call the “Strawman” method illustrates how surrogates can be incorporated into optimization to stand in for the most expensive function. These ideas are made rigorous by incorporating them into the framework of pattern search methods. The SMF al...