We consider a special case of partially observable Markov decision processes that arises when state information is perfect but arrives with a delay. We rst formulate the decision process in its standard form and derive the Bellman equation that corresponds to it. We then introduce a second decision process that has a much simpler Bellman equation than the rst, and is therefore, in general, much...

Rising coastal flood risk and recent disasters are driving interest in the construction of gated storm surge barriers worldwide, with current studies recommending for at least 11 estuaries United States alone. Surge partially block estuary-ocean exchange infrastructure across an estuary or its inlet include areas that closed only during events. They can alter stratification salt intrusion, chan...

The effects of gating systems, number of runner, and their locations, in the Lost Foam Casting (LFC) of Aluminum alloy (A.413.0) were investigated. Six different gating systems, with one or two running systems were designed. X-ray radiography and the three axis-bending tests have been employed to evaluate the casting soundness and quality. The results revealed that gating systems have a major e...

In this paper, a concept of generalized weakly contraction mappings in partially ordered fuzzy metric spaces is introduced and  coincidence point  theorems on partially ordered fuzzy metric spaces are proved. Also, as the corollary of these theorems, some common fixed point theorems on partially ordered fuzzy metric spaces are presented.

purpose: to determine the surgical results of partially accommodative esotropia (paet). methods: thirty-eight patients with paet scheduled for surgery from 2002 to 2008 were enrolled in a descriptive, analytic retrospective study. patient characteristics including age, gender, refractive error, visual acuity, pre and post operative deviation, technique of surgery and follow up duration were rec...

UNLABELLED This study investigates the feasibility of routine clinical 201Tl gated perfusion SPECT (gated Tl), and compares quantitative left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and visually-assessed regional wall motion and thickening to analogous values obtained from 99mTc-sestamibi gated perfusion SPECT (gated MIBI). METHODS We studied 121 patients with a rest gated Tl (3-3.5 mCi, 35 sec/...

Momentum is the notion that an asset that has performed well in the past will continue to do so for some period. We study the optimal liquidation strategy for a momentum trade in a setting where the drift of the asset drops from a high value to a smaller one at some random change-point. This change-point is not directly observable for the trader, but it is partially observable in the sense that...