In Agent Based Scheduling and Planning Systems, autonomous agents are used to represent enterprises and operating scheduling/planning tasks. As application domains become more and more complex, agents are required to handle a number of changing and uncertain factors. This requirement makes it necessary to embed state prediction mechanisms in Agent Based Scheduling and Planning Systems. In this ...

To react appropriately in hard real-time environments, a system must either employ fast dynamic planning or recall a pre-built reactive response. For complex problems, real-time, accurate dynamic planning may be impossible, and the complete set of possible reactions may be too large to build and store in advance. In this paper, we propose combining offiine and online planning such that a set of...

Classical planning algorithms require that their operators be simple in order for planning to be tractable. However, the complexities of real world domains suggest that, in order to be accurate, planning operators must be complex. We demonstrate how, by taking advantage of background knowledge and the distribution of planning problems encountered, it is possible to automatically construct plann...

introduction: accurate documentation of the cause of death is critical for health care planning. in this study, the most important causes of death registered on death certificates and the most important issues preventing accurate registration and access to death information in the town of rafsanjan were surveyed. methods: this was a descriptive study. all death certificates (totally 1197) issue...

Accurate estimating is one of the most important activities in the field of software project management. Different aspects of software projects must be estimated among which time and effort are of significant importance to efficient project planning. Due to complexity of software projects and lack of information at the early stages of project, reliable effort estimation is a challenging issue. ...

Accurate estimating is one of the most important activities in the field of software project management. Different aspects of software projects must be estimated among which time and effort are of significant importance to efficient project planning. Due to complexity of software projects and lack of information at the early stages of project, reliable effort estimation is a challenging issue. ...

Background: In treating patients with radiation, the degree of accuracy for the delivery of tumor dose is recommended to be within ± 5% by ICRU in report 24. The experimental studies have shown that the presence of low-density inhomogeneity in areas such as the lung can lead to a greater than 30% change in the water dose data. Therefore, inhomogeneity corrections should be used in treatment pla...

Existing linear scheduling methods for earthwork activities lack accurate scheduling locations in road construction projects. Project planners and construction managers largely depend on subjective decisions for the allocation of resources at correct locations. This has caused uncertainties in planning and scheduling, and consequently delays and cost overruns of projects. Accurate information o...

Occupancy grids are the most common framework when it comes to creating a map of the environment using a robot. This paper studies occupancy grids from the motion planning perspective and proposes a mapping method that provides richer data (map) for the purpose of planning and collision avoidance. Typically, in occupancy grid mapping, each cell contains a single number representing the probabil...

Person-centered planning is becoming a popular means of designing supports for people with disabilities. However, very little research evaluating person-centered planning exists. We evaluated the degree to which items and activities reported to be preferred in person-centered plans represented accurate preferences based on how individuals responded when presented with the items and activities. ...