Many real world problems involve making repeated decisions over time in an uncertain environment. These decisions often involve a trade-off between some immediate benefit(s) and possible future benefit(s), and also take in to account the impact the decision will have on future decisions and benefits. Stochastic dynamic programming (SDP) is often used to analyse problems of this type and the obj...

In this paper, we propose QoS aware MAC protocol for Wireless Sensor Networks and its cross layer extension to network layer for providing QoS in delay sensitive WSN scenarios. In WSNs, there can be two types of traffic one is event driven traffic which requires immediate attention and another is periodic reporting. Event driven traffic is classified as Class I(delay sensitive) traffic and peri...

Recently proposed dynamic spectrum leasing (DSL) for dynamic spectrum sharing (DSS) presumes that there is a reward for primary users for accepting secondary activity. The reward primary users received in previous DSL proposals, however, were considered to be proportional to the secondary interference level. In this paper, we propose a new way to encourage primary users to lease their spectrum:...

This thesis introduces dynamic symbol systems (DSS). The approach combines a symbolic format of information with a self-organizing dynamics. It is primarily intended for the modeling of intelligent, situated agents. The basic information processing module is a self-organizing stream. In computational terms, this is an anytime-algorithm for the processing of information that comes in a quite gen...

Abstract We study the price dynamics generated by a stochastic version of Day–Huang type asset market model with heterogenous, interacting participants. To facilitate analysis, we introduce methodology that allows us to assess consequences changes in uncertainty on an process close stable equilibria. In particular, focus noise-induced transitions between bull and bear states under additive as w...

in this paper, we investigate a decision support system (dss) for the resolution of real-life vehicle routing and scheduling problem (vrsp). scheduling the deliveries from a regional distribution centre (rdc) to large stores of a major fmcg retailer includes every possible vehicle routing complexity. usual constraints that are seen are: size of the vehicle and the length of the driving day, loa...

BACKGROUND Dengue is the most important mosquito-borne viral infection to affect humans. Although it usually manifests as a self-limited febrile illness, complications may occur as the fever subsides. A systemic vascular leak syndrome that sometimes progresses to life-threatening hypovolaemic shock is the most serious complication seen in children, typically accompanied by haemoconcentration an...

Many of the current models of decision making in the Decision Support Systems (DSS) literature assume rational actors that make judgments in an emotional vacuum. The empirical investigations of the past three decades in psychology, however, have shown that every day feeling states can influence the thoughts that come to mind and thereby influence a judgment or decision that relies on those thou...

computer-integrated manufacturing (cim), technologies are presented as solutions tomanufacturing organizations, which need to perform well in all customer-related dimensionssimultaneously. in the literature, cim technologies providing such benefits as more frequentproduction changes, reduced inventory level, improved ability of producing complex parts with ahigh degree of accuracy and repeatabi...