Planning processes are often used in dialogue systems to recognize the intentions conveyed in dialogue. The generation of utterances can also be achieved by a planning/execution mechanism. Some advantages of this kind of mechanism are: knowledge sharing, modular design, declarative description, etc. In this paper, we present some planning mechanisms and the related models enabling the dialogue ...

Electricity demand is forecasted to double in 2035, and it is vital to address the economicsof electrical energy generation for planning purposes. This study aims to examine the applicability ofGravitational Search Algorithm (GSA) and the newly improved GSA (IGSA) for optimization of themixed-integer non-linear electricity generation expansion planning (GEP) problem. The performanceindex of GEP...

During the last decade the tremendous success of mobile phone systems has triggered considerable technological advances as well as the investigation of mathematical models and optimization algorithms to support planning and management decisions. In this chapter, we give an overview of some of the most significant optimization problems arising in planning second and third generation cellular net...

This paper assesses the impacts of incorporating short-term generation dispatch into long-term generation portfolio planning frameworks. A case study of a power system with coal, combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT), open cycle gas turbine (OCGT) and wind generation options highlights that incorporating operational criteria into the long-term generation investment and planning analysis can have op...

the study of social mobility is part of urban studies. iranian sociological investigations do not reflect much about the problem of women’s social mobility; while understanding the dynamics of women’s mobility and its extent can help in planning and policy-making within the framework of social studies. the present research probes into women’s inter-generation social mobility in an iranian urban...

Generally the generation units in the traditional structure of the electricity industry try to minimize their costs. However, in a deregulated environment, generation units are looking to maximize their profits in a competitive power market. Optimum generation planning in such structure is urgent. This paper presents a new method of solving economic dispatch in the competitive electricity marke...

Researchers in natural language generation are becoming increasingly aware of the similarities between the task of planning the content and structure of the natural language text and that of other AI planning tasks. The problem of text planning and other AI planning problems have been studied separately from each other, and while many overlapping results have been found, they have not been shar...

The operation planning of hydrothermal systems aims to specify how the set of power plants should be operated so that the resources available for power generation are used efficiently. In hydrothermal systems with great participation of hydroelectric generation, as is the case of the Brazilian system, the operation planning intends to establish Reservoir Operation Rules (RORs) to replace, whene...