OPTIMAL SEARCH AND STOP IN CONTINUOUS SEARCH PROCESS

Optimal Search and Stop in Continuous Search Process

This paper investigates an optimal search policy with stopping for a stationary target being in one of n boxes. It is assumed that the search is conducted continuously with a total search cost C per unit time and the search in box i costs ci per unit search effort. The conditional probability of detecting the target with unit search effort is Oli and a reward Ri is given to the searcher when he...

A Problem in Optimal Search and Stop

We are told that an object is hidden in one of m(m < ») boxes and we are given prior probabilities p. that the object is In the i box. A search of box i costs c. and finds the object with probability a. if the object is in the box. Also, we suppose that a reward R. is earned if the object Is found in the i box. A strategy is any rule for determining when to search and if so which box. The major...

I I 1 a Problem in Optimal Search and Stop

Near-Optimal Search in Continuous Domains

We investigate search problems in continuous state and action spaces with no uncertainty. Actions have costs and can only be taken at discrete time steps (unlike the case with continuous control). Given an admissible heuristic function and a starting state, the objective is to find a minimum-cost plan that reaches a goal state. As the continuous domain does not allow the tight optimality result...

the search for the self in becketts theatre: waiting for godot and endgame

this thesis is based upon the works of samuel beckett. one of the greatest writers of contemporary literature. here, i have tried to focus on one of the main themes in becketts works: the search for the real "me" or the real self, which is not only a problem to be solved for beckett man but also for each of us. i have tried to show becketts techniques in approaching this unattainable goal, base...