Planning UBD in Horizontal Well to Minimize Formation Damage

Planning and Scheduling to Minimize Tardiness

We combine mixed integer linear programming (MILP) and constraint programming (CP) to minimize tardiness in planning and scheduling. Tasks are allocated to facilities using MILP and scheduled using CP, and the two are linked via logic-based Benders decomposition. We consider two objectives: minimizing the number of late tasks, and minimizing total tardiness. Our main theoretical contribution is...

Strategies to Minimize Adhesion Formation After Surgery

OBJECTIVES To compare the potential for postoperative laparoscopic adhesion formation utilizing either monopolar cautery or ultrasonic energy and to determine whether there is added benefit with the addition of a suspension of hyaluronate/carboxymethylcellulose in saline versus saline alone. METHODS Injuries were induced in rabbits by using monopolar cautery on 1 uterine horn and adjacent si...

Exhibiting Knowledge in Planning Problems to Minimize State Encoding Length

In this paper we present a general-purposed algorithm for transforming a planning problem speci ed in Strips into a concise state description for single state or symbolic exploration. The process of nding a state description consists of four phases. In the rst phase we symbolically analyze the domain speci cation to determine constant and one-way predicates, i.e. predicates that remain unchange...

Path Planning for Space Manipulators to Minimize Spacecraft Attitude Disturbances

A technique called the Enhanced Disturbance Map to plan space manipulator motions that will result in relatively low spacecraft disturbances is presented. Although a spacecraft's attitude control reaction jets can compensate for the dynamic disturbances imposed on its spacecraft by its manipulator's motions, reaction jet fuel is a limited resource. Excessive disturbances would limit the life of...

Practical Approach to Minimize Feed Wastage in the Rabbitry