Continuing downward trends in the population sizes of many species, in the conservation status of threatened species, and in the quality, extent and connectedness of habitats are of increasing concern. Identifying the attributes of declining populations will help predict how biodiversity will be impacted and guide conservation actions. However, the drivers of biodiversity declines have changed ...

In this paper we present the realization of the formalism we have proposed for affordance learning and its use for planning (Şahin et al., 2007) on an anthropomorphic robotic hand. In this realization, the robot interacts with the objects in its environment using the programmed push and grasp-andlift behaviors, and records its interactions in triples that consists of the initial percept of the ...

We present an incremental system that builds accurate CAD models of objects from multiple range images. Using a hybrid of surjlace mesh and volumetric representations, the system creates a “water-tight” 3 0 model at each step of the modeling process, allowing reasonable models to be built from a small number of views. We also present a method that can be used to plan the next view and reduce th...

Scenario analysis within a multi-stage stochastic programming formulation offers an attractive framework for modelling uncertainties in long-range planning models. However, whether the expected outcome is implicitly / explicitly evaluated, such formulations lead to computationally intensive optimization problems. Focussing here on the scenario planning / multi-period approach for mixed integer ...

Conduct of space exploration is undergoing a significant transformatiion. Initial reconnaissance missions are giving way to long duration observations with data-intensive insfruments, in situ investigations and complex operations. To keep pace, a transformation in the Deep Space Network is in order. Downlink performance must increase by 1 to 2 orders of magnitude over the next decade and by a s...

Long range planning is the process by which an organization assesses its h ture environment and develops specific plans of action to respond to, or change, that environment to achieve its goals. This report presents the results of a study of long range planning practices at one plant of a large US. computer firm, focusing on current and potential decision support systems (DDSs) for the quantita...

Readers of Long Range Planning have had an enduring interest in the effects of formal planning systems on corporate performance [1,2]. According to Greenley's [3] review of the empirical evidence, formal planning has not been shown to be useful to manufacturing companies. My own review of the evidence reaches a more favorable verdict with respect to formal planning. Below, I describe the select...