The goal location g is assumed to be from the set {g1,g2,...,gm}. The cost criterion c is assumed to be from the set {c1,c2,...,cn}. Research in the field of intelligent planning assists in the synthesis of candidate cost criteria; for example, the methods of Donald and Xavier (1988), Kanayama and DeHaan (1988), Lee and Preparata (1984), Mitchell (1986, 1988), Sharir and Schorr (1986), and Suh ...

Impervious surface cover is commonly used as an environmental indicator for land use and watershed planning. The net quantity of impervious surface added per quantity of residential and commercial development, including the added impervious at the development site as well as the offsite impacts associated with the development (e.g., roads, other infrastructure), can serve as a partial measure o...

Despite recent advances in decoding cortical activity for motor control, the development of hand prosthetics remains a major challenge. To reduce the complexity of such applications, higher cortical areas that also represent motor plans rather than just the individual movements might be advantageous. We investigated the decoding of many grip types using spiking activity from the anterior intrap...

A comprehensive review of the Quality Function Deployment (QFD) literature is made using extensive survey as a methodology. The most important results of the study are: (i) QFD modelling and applications are one-sided; prioritisation of technical attributes only maximise customer satisfaction without considering cost incurred (ii) we are still missing considerable knowledge about neural network...

In order to make planning technology more accessible and usable the planning community may have to adopt standard notations for embodying symbolic models of planning domains. In this paper it is argued that before we design such languages for planning we must be able to evaluate their quality. In other words, we must clear for what purpose the languages are to be used, and by what criteria the ...

A key challenge in non-cooperative multi-agent systems is that of developing effi-cient planning algorithms for intelligent agents to interact and perform effectivelyamong boundedly rational, self-interested agents (e.g., humans). The practicalityof existing works addressing this challenge is being undermined due to either therestrictive assumptions of the other agents’ behavior...

Aim. To explore the potential of perfusion CT for predicting deep pancreatic necrosis and duct injury as well determining treatment strategy. Materials methods. The prospective study included 74 patients hospitalized within 1–2 days acute pancreatitis. They were exposed to examination their arterial blood flow velocity. In 37 observations, a standard was also performed on day 3–9 depth configur...

Hoisting planning for systematic and efficient vertical transportation is one of the key factors for successful completion in high-rise building construction. However, despite this importance, minimal research has been carried out for predicting hoist time, which is a key player in hoisting planning. Therefore, this study proposed a prediction model for vertical hoisting time using a luffing-ty...