This paper discusses the linear asymptotic consensus problem for a network of dynamic agents whose communication network is modeled by a randomly switching graph. The switching is determined by a finite state Markov process, each topology corresponding to a state of the process. We address the cases where the dynamics of the agents is expressed both in continuous time and in discrete time. We s...

We study the linear distributed asymptotic agreement(consensus) problem for a network of dynamic agents whose communication network is modeled by a randomly switching graph. The switching is determined by a finite state, Markov process, each topology corresponding to a state of the process. We address both the cases where the dynamics of the agents is expressed in continuous and discrete time. ...

In healthcare systems, one of the important actions is related to perishable products such as red blood cells (RBCs) units that its consumption management in different periods can contribute greatly to the optimality of the system. In this paper, main goal is to enhance the ability of medical community to organize the RBCs units’ consumption in way to deliver the unit order timely with a focus ...

Abstract We study controllable text summarization, which allows users to gain control on a particular attribute (e.g., length limit) of the generated summaries. In this work, we propose novel training framework based Constrained Markov Decision Process (CMDP), conveniently includes reward function along with set constraints, facilitate better summarization control. The encourages generation res...

Markov decision theory has been successfully used in adaptive routing in traditional circuit-switched networks. When extending Markov decision based routing algorithms to future Broadband Integrated Service Digital Networks (B-ISDNs), the required computational complexity becomes extremely high. In this paper, we propose an approach towards adaptive routing in multirate networks using a Markov ...

Exotic semirings such as the “(max;+) semiring” (R[f 1g;max;+), or the “tropical semiring” (N[f+1g;min;+), have been invented and reinvented many times since the late fifties, in relation with various fields: performance evaluation of manufacturing systems and discrete event system theory; graph theory (path algebra) and Markov decision processes, Hamilton-Jacobi theory; asymptotic analysis (lo...

considering the major change occurred in business cells from plant to “chain” and the critical need to choose the best partners to form the supply chain for competing in today’s business setting, one of the vital decisions made at the early steps of constructing a business is supplier selection. given the fact that the early decisions are inherently strategic and therefore hard and costly to ch...