Download or read book R solution des probl mes d optimisation combinatoire avec une strat gie de retour arri re bas e sur l apprentissage par renforcement written by Ilyess Bachiri and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Les problèmes d'optimisation combinatoire (Constraint Optimization Problems - COP) sont souvent difficiles à résoudre et le choix de la stratégie de recherche a une influence importante sur la performance du solveur. Pour de résoudre un problème d'optimisation combinatoire en explorant un arbre de recherche, il faut choisir une heuristique de choix de variable (qui définit l'ordre dans lequel les variables vont être instanciées), une heuristique de choix de valeur (qui spécifie l'ordre dans lequel les valeurs seront essayées), et une stratégie de retour-arrière (qui détermine vers quel noeud effectuer les retours-arrière lorsqu'une feuille de l'arbre est rencontrée). Pour les stratégies de retour-arrière, il y a celles dont les retours-arrière sont totalement déterministes (e.g. Depth-First Search - DFS) et d'autres qui s'appuient sur des mécanismes d'évaluation de noeuds plus dynamiques (e.g. Best-First Search). Certaines (e.g. Limited Discrepancy Search - LDS) peuvent être implémentées soit comme un algorithme itératif déterministe ou un évaluateur de noeud. Une stratégie est dite adaptative quand elle s'adapte dynamiquement à la structure du problème et identifie les zones de l'espace de recherche qui contiennent les "bonnes" solutions. Dans ce contexte, des stratégies de branchement adaptatives ont été proposées (e.g. Impact-Based Search - IBS) ainsi qu'une stratégie de retour-arrière adaptative (e.g. Adaptive Discrepancy Search - ADS), proposée pour les problèmes d'optimisation distribués. À notre connaissance, aucune stratégie adaptative qui utilise l'apprentissage par renforcement (Reinforcement Learning - RL) pour supporter son mécanisme d'apprentissage n'a été proposée dans la littérature. Nous pensons que les techniques de RL permettront un apprentissage plus efficace et qu'une stratégie de retour-arrière munie de ces techniques aura le potentiel de résoudre les problèmes d'optimisation combinatoire plus rapidement. Dans ce mémoire, nous proposons un algorithme (RLBS) qui "apprend" à faire des retours-arrière de manière efficace lors de l'exploration d'arbres non-binaires. Plus précisément, il s'agit une stratégie de retour-arrière qui se base sur l'apprentissage automatique pour améliorer la performance du solveur. En fait, nous utilisons l'apprentissage par renforcement pour identifier les zones de l'espace de recherche qui contiennent les bonnes solutions. Cette approche a été développée pour les problèmes d'optimisation combinatoire dont l'espace de recherche est encodé dans un arbre non-binaire. Comme les arbres sont non-binaires, on a l'occasion d'effectuer plusieurs retours-arrière vers chaque noeud durant l'exploration. Ceci permet d'apprendre quels noeuds mènent vers les meilleures récompenses en général (c'est-à-dire, vers les feuilles les plus intéressantes). Le branchement est effectué en utilisant une stratégie de choix de variable/valeur quelconque. Toutefois, quand un retour-arrière est nécessaire, la sélection du noeud cible s'appuie sur l'apprentissage par renforcement. RLBS est évalué sur cinq instances industrielles du problème de la planification des opérations du rabotage du bois et a été comparé à ADS et à LDS sur cette même application. RLBS dépasse LDS et ADS, en termes de temps de calcul nécessaire à la résolution, sur chacune de ces instances-là et trouve la solution optimale plus rapidement. Les expérimentations ont montré que RLBS est en moyenne 4 fois plus rapide que ADS, et 6 fois plus rapide que LDS. RLBS a aussi été évalué sur une instance jouet du même problème et a été comparé à IBS. RLBS surpasse largement IBS. Il est capable de trouver une solution optimale en explorant beaucoup moins de noeuds que le nombre nécessaire à IBS pour trouver une telle solution.
Download or read book CIKM 13 written by CIKM 13 Conference Committee and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-27 with total page 938 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: CIKM'13: 22nd ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management Oct 27, 2013-Nov 01, 2013 San Francisco, USA. You can view more information about this proceeding and all of ACM�s other published conference proceedings from the ACM Digital Library: http://www.acm.org/dl.
Download or read book Thinking Translation written by Sandor Hervey and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-09-11 with total page 273 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thinking Translation is a comprehensive and revolutionary 20-week course in translation method. It has been fully and successfully piloted at the University of St. Andrews. The course offers a challenging and entertaining approach to the acquisition of translation skills. Translation is presented as a problem-solving discipline. Discussion, examples and a full range of exercise work allows students to acquire the skills necessary for a broad range of translation problems. Thinking Translation draws on a wide range of material from technical texts to poetry and song.
Download or read book Critical Discourse Studies in Context and Cognition written by Christopher Hart and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2011 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Critical Discourse Studies (CDS) is an exciting research enterprise in which scholars are concerned with the discursive reproduction of power and inequality. However, researchers in CDS are increasingly recognising the need to investigate the cognitive dimensions of discourse and context if they want to fully account for any connection between language, legitimisation and social action. This book presents a collection of papers in CDS concerned with various ideological discourses. Analyses are firmly rooted in linguistics and cognition constitutes a major focus of attention. The chapters, which are written by prominent researchers in CDS, come from a broad range of theoretical perspectives spanning pragmatics, cognitive psychology and cognitive linguistics. The book is essential reading for anyone working at the cutting edge of CDS and especially for those wishing to explore the central place that cognition must surely hold in the relationship between discourse and society.
Download or read book Experience and Learning written by Arthur W. Chickering and published by Transaction Publishers. This book was released on 1977-01-01 with total page 89 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Proof Theory and Automated Deduction written by Jean Goubault-Larrecq and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2001-11-30 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Interest in computer applications has led to a new attitude to applied logic in which researchers tailor a logic in the same way they define a computer language. In response to this attitude, this text for undergraduate and graduate students discusses major algorithmic methodologies, and tableaux and resolution methods. The authors focus on first-order logic, the use of proof theory, and the computer application of automated searches for proofs of mathematical propositions. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Download or read book Biowarfare in America written by Jim Keith and published by Illuminet Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The era of chemical and biological megadeath is upon us, and the potential of deadly biowarfare attacks from governments, militant independent groups, and even individuals is far greater than it has been at any time in the past. At this time, more than twenty-five countries are developing, or have stockpiles of chemical and biological weapons, in many cases in sufficient quantities to wipe out the entire population of the world. So far the danger of chemical and biological aggression has been little acknowledged, and, at least in America, little prepared for by federal and local government. Most terrorist threats and attacks are not widely reported in the mainstream media. Although information about the proliferation of man-made diseases is carefully suppressed by governments and the media they will be covered in the pages of this book. Not only is America unprepared and ignorant of what is happening, but the people in government and scientific professions who do know, who should be warning the American public about the dangers of chemical and biological terrorism, are instead doing their utmost to hide this information from us; information that is vital for our survival.The information that is contained in the pages of this book will not be measured or calculated to reassure people that everything is fine, when reassurance is the exact opposite of what is needed at this time. It may even give you nightmares when you realise the real circumstance that we are in. The information in the pages that follow will be the truth about the biowarfare threat to America.
Download or read book Artificial Evolution written by Lhassane Idoumghar and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-04-29 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Artificial Evolution, EA 2019, held in Mulhouse, France, in October 2019. The 16 revised papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 33 submissions. The papers cover a wide range of topics in the field of artificial evolution, such as evolutionary computation, evolutionary optimization, co-evolution, artificial life, population dynamics, theory, algorithmic and modeling, implementations, application of evolutionary paradigms to the real world (industry, biosciences...), other biologically-inspired paradigms (swarm, artificial ants, artificial immune systems, cultural algorithms...), memetic algorithms, multi-objective optimization, constraint handling, parallel algorithms, dynamic optimization, machine learning and hybridization with other soft computing techniques.
Download or read book Balancing Jobs and Family Life written by Halcyone H. Bohen and published by Philadelphia : Temple University Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Monograph on the effects of flexible hours of work on conflicting demands of parenting and employment (esp. Of married women woman workers) in the USA - based on a survey of civil servants in Washington D.C., considers sociological aspects and psychological aspects, the influence of traditional sexual division of labour, the effect on quality of working life, child care, job satisfaction, etc., and explains research methodology (incl. Data collecting and data analysis). Bibliography pp. 257 to 329 and tables.
Download or read book Organisational Resilience written by Ran Bhamra and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-10-05 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eternal dilemma for all organizations, and one that a considerable portion of management schools are set up to address, is how to become and stay competitive. Organisational Resilience: Concepts, Integration, and Practice brings together, for the first time, key works that describe the scope and nature of resilience and provides direction to tak
Download or read book Global Warming and Climate Change written by Emma Carlson Berne and published by Referencepoint Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout the world, the cause and impact of global warming and climate change is being passionately debated. While many claim that a climate crisis is imminent if greenhouse gases are not curbed, others argue that the effects have been overblown. Through objective overviews, primary sources, and full-color illustrations, this title will examine What Is Global Warming and Climate Change? What Are the Consequences of Global Warming? What Are the Controversies Surrounding Global Warming? What Are the Solutions for Global Warming?
Download or read book Ad Hominem Arguments written by Douglas Walton and published by University of Alabama Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A vital contribution to legal theory and media and civic discourse In the 1860s, northern newspapers attacked Abraham Lincoln's policies by attacking his character, using the terms "drunk," "baboon," "too slow," "foolish," and "dishonest." Steadily on the increase in political argumentation since then, the argumentum ad hominem, or personal attack argument, has now been carefully refined as an instrument of "oppo tactics" and "going negative" by the public relations experts who craft political campaigns at the national level. In this definitive treatment of one of the most important concepts in argumentation theory and informal logic, Douglas Walton presents a normative framework for identifying and evaluating ad hominem or personal attack arguments. Personal attack arguments have often proved to be so effective, in election campaigns, for example, that even while condemning them, politicians have not stopped using them. In the media, in the courtroom, and in everyday confrontation, ad hominem arguments are easy to put forward as accusations, are difficult to refute, and often have an extremely powerful effect on persuading an audience. Walton gives a clear method for analyzing and evaluating cases of ad hominem arguments found in everyday argumentation. His analysis classifies the ad hominem argument into five clearly defined subtypes—abusive (direct), circumstantial, bias, "poisoning the well," and tu quoque ("you're just as bad") arguments—and gives methods for evaluating each type. Each subtype is given a well-defined form as a recognizable type of argument. The numerous case studies show in concrete terms many practical aspects of how to use textual evidence to identify and analyze fallacies and to evaluate argumentation as fallacious or not in particular cases.
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Download or read book Modelling Identification and Control written by International Association of Science and Technology for Development and published by Anaheim, Calif. ; Calgary : Acta Press. This book was released on 1984 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Logic for Computer Science written by Jean H. Gallier and published by Courier Dover Publications. This book was released on 2015-06-18 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This advanced text for undergraduate and graduate students introduces mathematical logic with an emphasis on proof theory and procedures for algorithmic construction of formal proofs. The self-contained treatment is also useful for computer scientists and mathematically inclined readers interested in the formalization of proofs and basics of automatic theorem proving. Topics include propositional logic and its resolution, first-order logic, Gentzen's cut elimination theorem and applications, and Gentzen's sharpened Hauptsatz and Herbrand's theorem. Additional subjects include resolution in first-order logic; SLD-resolution, logic programming, and the foundations of PROLOG; and many-sorted first-order logic. Numerous problems appear throughout the book, and two Appendixes provide practical background information.
Download or read book Curriculum written by Allan C. Ornstein and published by Prentice Hall. This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ideal resource for researchers, theoreticians, and practitioners of curriculum; a ready reference for teachers, supervisors, and administrators who participate in curriculum making; and a widely popular text for courses in curriculum planning, development, implementation, and evaluation, this book presents a comprehensive, thoroughly documented, balanced overview of the foundations, principles, and issues of curriculum today. The information presented encourages readers to consider choices and then formulate their own views on curriculum.
