After a generation of partial neglect, renewed attention is being paid to population and voluntary family planning. Realistic access to family planning is a prerequisite for women's autonomy. For the individual, family, society, and our fragile planet, family planning has great power.

The differential evolution algorithm has been widely applied on unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) path planning. At present, four random tuning parameters exist for differential evolution algorithm, namely, population size, differential weight, crossover, and generation number. These tuning parameters are required, together with user setting on path and computational cost weightage. However, the op...

In this paper we present the GraphHTN algorithm, a hybrid planning algorithm that does Hierarchical Task-Network (HTN) planning using a combination of HTN-style problem reduction and Graphplan-style planning-graph generation. We also present experimental results comparing GraphHTN with ordinary HTN decomposition (as implemented in the UMCP planner) and ordinary Graphplan search (as implemented ...

Natural language generation has received less attention within the field of natural language processing than natural language understanding. One possible reason is the non-standardization of the input for generation systems. This is an obstacle to the systematic planning of the process of developing generation systems. We propose the use of UNL as a possible standard for standardizing generatio...

Abstract – Distributed generation (DG) technology is known as an efficient solution for applying in distribution system planning (DSP) problems. Load growth uncertainty associated with distribution network is a significant source of uncertainty which highly affects optimal management of DGs. In order to handle this problem, a novel model is proposed in this paper based on DG solution, consideri...

Automated planning and scheduling, including automated path planning, has been integrated with an Internet-based distributed operations system for planetary rover operations. The resulting prototype system enables faster generation of valid rover command sequences by a distributed planetary rover operations team. The Web Interface for Telescience (WITS) provides Internet-based distributed colla...

This paper proposes a tabu search based method for optimal allocation of FACTS in distribution systems. Distributed generation is wildly spread to smooth operation and planning in power systems so that wind power generation units are connected to distribution systems. Although they contribute to the improvement of operation and planning in distribution systems, they often bring about difficulti...

A natural language generation system is typically constituted by two main components: a content planning component (e.g., text planner or dialogue act planner) and a linguistic realization component. But, this is not suucient since, on the one hand, the message built by the content planning component is generally not adequately detailed in order to control the many possibilities for its express...