We propose an abstract framework for Design Space Exploration (DSE) in the context of model-based embedded system development. The goal is to enable the integration of a set of concrete DSE methods addressing different system characteristics and design goals while still having a common understanding of design artifacts.

Frontier-based exploration directs mobile robots to regions on the boundary between unexplored space and space that is known to be open. Previously, we have demonstrated that frontier-based exploration can be used to map indoor environments where walls and obstacles may be in arbitrary orientations. In this paper, we show how frontier-based exploration can be extended to multiple robots. In our...

The dilemma between exploration and exploitation is an important topic in reinforcement learning (RL). Most successful approaches in addressing this problem tend to use some uncertainty information about values estimated during learning. On another hand, scalability is known as being a lack of RL algorithms and value function approximation has become a major topic of research. Both problems ari...

This paper proposes a novel hybrid algorithm namely APSO-BFO which combines merits of Bacterial Foraging Optimization (BFO) algorithm and Adaptive Particle Swarm Optimization (APSO) algorithm to determine the optimal PID parameters for control of nonlinear systems. To balance between exploration and exploitation, the proposed hybrid algorithm accomplishes global search over the whole search spa...

The field of global leadership has flourished and advanced in the preceding decade. However, contrast to term leadership, which enjoys conceptual clarity enabling accumulative progress, construct effectiveness is comparatively undertheorized, with instances definitional ambiguity disjointed methodological operationalizations across studies. purpose this chapter is, thus, provide a systematic re...

In this paper, the development status of environmental education in representative urban parks Zibo City is investigated, studied, analyzed, and summarized. Besides, role natural resource commentary systems, waste sorting center visitations, specialty gardens are expounded. order to provide a reference for integration construction renovation City, problems several practices like WeChat public a...