Keyword: programming: markov decision

Found 203 papers in total
Optimal patient and personnel scheduling policies for care‐at‐home service facilities
Optimal patient and personnel scheduling policies for care‐at‐home service facilities
2012,
In this paper we study the problem of personnel planning in care‐at‐home...
Monotone optimal control for a class of Markov decision processes
Monotone optimal control for a class of Markov decision processes
2012,
This paper provides a unified framework to study monotone optimal control for a class...
On optimal control theory in marine oil spill management: A Markovian decision approach
On optimal control theory in marine oil spill management: A Markovian decision approach
2012,
Most evaluations of ecological effects of petroleum contamination have related impacts...
Maximizing throughput in finite‐source parallel queue systems
Maximizing throughput in finite‐source parallel queue systems
2012,
Motivated by the dispatching of trucks to shovels in surface mines, we study optimal...
A Markov decision model for determining optimal outpatient scheduling
A Markov decision model for determining optimal outpatient scheduling
2012,
Managing an efficient outpatient clinic can often be complicated by significant...
On Bellman’s principle with inequality constraints
On Bellman’s principle with inequality constraints
2012,
We consider an example by Haviv (1996) of a constrained Markov decision process that,...
Stochastic analysis of a reheating‐furnace system subject to preventive maintenance and repair
Stochastic analysis of a reheating‐furnace system subject to preventive maintenance and repair
2012,
This paper presents a stochastic model to determine the performance of a...
The partially observable Markov decision processes in healthcare: an application to patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD)
The partially observable Markov decision processes in healthcare: an application to patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD)
2012,
Partially observable Markov Decision Process POMDP have been suggested a most popular...
Towards Automating Decision Aiding Through Argumentation
Towards Automating Decision Aiding Through Argumentation
2011,
Decision aiding can be abstractly described as the process of assisting a...
Life-Cycle Channel Coordination Issues in Launching an Innovative Durable Product
Life-Cycle Channel Coordination Issues in Launching an Innovative Durable Product
2011,
We analyze the dynamic strategic interactions between a manufacturer and a retailer in...
Access to Long-Term Care: The True Cause of Hospital Congestion?
Access to Long-Term Care: The True Cause of Hospital Congestion?
2011,
Much attention has been paid to lengthy wait times in emergency departments (EDs) and...
Design and Analysis of Hospital Admission Control for Operational Effectiveness
Design and Analysis of Hospital Admission Control for Operational Effectiveness
2011,
Variability in hospital occupancy negatively impacts the cost and quality of patient...
Real-Time Delay Estimation Based on Delay History in Many-Server Service Systems with Time-Varying Arrivals
Real-Time Delay Estimation Based on Delay History in Many-Server Service Systems with Time-Varying Arrivals
2011,
Motivated by interest in making delay announcements in service systems, we study...
Optimal Control of Replenishment and Substitution in an Inventory System with Nonstationary Batch Demand
Optimal Control of Replenishment and Substitution in an Inventory System with Nonstationary Batch Demand
2011,
We study an inventory system in which a supplier supplies demand using two mutually...
A Bayesian Inventory Model Using Real-Time Condition Monitoring Information
A Bayesian Inventory Model Using Real-Time Condition Monitoring Information
2011,
Lack of coordination between machinery fault diagnosis and inventory management for...
Welfare Implications of Leadership in a Resource Market under Bilateral Monopoly
Welfare Implications of Leadership in a Resource Market under Bilateral Monopoly
2011,
Formulating a dynamic game model of a world exhaustible resource market, in this...
Production-inventory systems with imperfect advance demand information and updating
Production-inventory systems with imperfect advance demand information and updating
2011,
We consider a supplier with finite production capacity and stochastic production...
Dynamic sample budget allocation in model‐based optimization
Dynamic sample budget allocation in model‐based optimization
2011,
Model‐based search methods are a class of optimization techniques that search...
The Simplex and Policy‐Iteration Methods Are Strongly Polynomial for the Markov Decision Problem with a Fixed Discount Rate
The Simplex and Policy‐Iteration Methods Are Strongly Polynomial for the Markov Decision Problem with a Fixed Discount Rate
2011,
We prove that the classic policy‐iteration method and the original simplex...
On the Flexibility of Metropolis–Hastings Acceptance Probabilities in Auxiliary Variable Proposal Generation
On the Flexibility of Metropolis–Hastings Acceptance Probabilities in Auxiliary Variable Proposal Generation
2011,
Use of auxiliary variables for generating proposal variables within a...
Dynamic group instantaneous replacement policies for unreliable Markovian service systems
Dynamic group instantaneous replacement policies for unreliable Markovian service systems
2011,
This paper considers the group replacement problems for a service system with multiple...
Management of the risk of wind damage in forestry: a graph‐based Markov decision process approach
Management of the risk of wind damage in forestry: a graph‐based Markov decision process approach
2011,
This study deals with the problem of including the risk of wind damage in...
Embedding a state space model into a Markov decision process
Embedding a state space model into a Markov decision process
2011,
In agriculture Markov decision processes (MDPs) with finite state and action space are...
Dynamic selling of quality‐graded products under demand uncertainties
Dynamic selling of quality‐graded products under demand uncertainties
2011,
This paper examines dynamic selling (DS) problems under demand uncertainties....
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