In this article, I will consider Markov Decision Processes with two criteria, each defined as the expected value of an infinite horizon cumulative return. The second criterion is either itself subject to an inequality constraint, or there is maximum allowable probability that the single returns violate the constraint. I describe and discuss three new reinforcement learning approaches for solvin...

In this paper, the maximum capacity path problem in time-varying network is presented, where waiting times at vertices are not allowable. Moreover, the capacities are considered the generalized trapezoidal fuzzy number. An exact algorithm is proposed which can find a optimal solution of problem subject to the time of path is at most T, where T is a given time horizon.

Modelling of surface temperature change effect on temperature vs. depth and temperature-depth logs in Western Canada Sedimentary Basin show that SAT (surface air temperature) forcing is the main driving factor for the underground temperature changes diffusing with depth. It supports the validity of the basic hypothesis of borehole temperature paleoclimatology, namely that the ground surface tem...

This paper presents the procedure for the construction and selection of mixed sampling plan (MSP) using Intervened Random effect Poisson Distribution (IRPD) as a baseline distribution. The plans are constructed through limiting quality level (LQL) and maximum allowable percent defective (MAPD) having the single sampling plan as attribute plan,. Tables are constructed for easy selection of the p...

This final rule implements the provisions of the Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 1991, Public Law 101-511, section 8012, which limits increases in maximum allowable payments to physicians and other individual health care providers and authorizes reductions in such amounts for overpriced procedures.

Household laundry as a new end use of recycled water in dual reticulation systems has a great potential as the significant amount of potable water from urban households can be saved. However, there is still no sufficient evidence and supporting recycled water quality guidelines for this particular use. A key gap in knowledge is the impact of heavy metals in recycled water on clothes and washing...

Coal ash from power stations has long been used successfully in the cement industry as binders in several Portland formulations. This is not the case for municipal solid waste (MSW) ash as chloride concentrations, ranging from 10 to 200 g kg(-1) dry weight in the bottom and fly ash, respectively, exceed the maximum allowable concentration in most cement mixtures. To reduce chloride content in M...

Two approaches are distinguished in modern ecological monitoring. The first one is physicochemical analysis of environmental objects with respect to maximum allowable concentrations (MACs) of chemical substances, which is performed by standards methods in accordance with state regulations. The second approach (biological monitoring) is based on the methodology of biotesting and bio indication. ...

Multi-offset, single-hole, borehole-radar reflection surveys were conducted at the U.S. Geological Survey Fractured Rock Research Site at Mirror Lake, in Grafton County, New Hampshire. The study was conducted to evaluate the benefits of applying multi-offset seismic processing techniques to borehole-radar reflection surveys in fractured rock. The multi-offset reflection surveys were conducted i...