In this paper, we optimize the search and rescue (SAR) in disaster relief through agent-based simulation. We simulate rescue teams’ search behaviors with the improved Truncated Lévy walks. Then we propose a cooperative rescue plan based on a distributed auction mechanism, and illustrate it with the case of landslide disaster relief. The simulation is conducted in three scenarios, including “fat...

On the modern battlefield cordon and search missions (also known as village searches) are conducted daily. Creating resource allocations that link search teams (e.g. soldiers, robots, unmanned aerial vehicles, military working dogs) to target buildings is difficult and time consuming in the static planning environment and is even more challenging in a timeconstrained dynamic environment. Conduc...

This paper proposes an agentbased platform which allows users to receive and exchange multimedia data from distributed sources, e.g. digital libraries, image databases and video databases. However, the multitude, diversity and the dynamic nature of multimedia data on the Internet make it di cult for us to access any speci c piece of multimedia data. Nonetheless, we use software agents to (1) id...

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In this paper, a color image watermarking algorithm based on Redundant Discrete Wavelet Transform (RDWT) and Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) is proposed. The new algorithm selects blue component of a color image to carry the watermark information since the Human Visual System (HVS) is least sensitive to it. To increase the robustness especially towards affine attacks, RDWT is adopted for its...

Abstract With the increasing volume of container freight transport, future port planning is crucial. Simulation models provide a means to gain insight in effects terminal expansions. Detailed simulations incorporate berth allocation: assigning vessels time and location at quay wall, where vessel loaded unloaded. This article develops decision for both offline preliminary online recovery this pl...