We define events so as to reduce the number of events and decision variables needed for modeling batchscheduling problems such as described in [Westenberger and Kallrath (1994)]. We propose a new MILP formulation based on this concept, defining non-uniform time periods as needed and decision variables that are not time-indexed. It can handle complicated multi-product/multi-stage machine process...

Portable digital cameras are being used widely by students and professionals in different fields as a practical way to digitize documents. Tools such as PhotoDoc enable the batch processing of such documents, performing automatic border removal and perspective correction. A PhotoDoc processed document and a scanned one look very similar to the human eye if both are in true color. However, if on...

We propose an adaptive load balancing algorithm for heterogeneous distributed systems. The algorithm intrinsically allows a batch of tasks to be relocated. The key of the algorithm is to transfer a suitable amount of processing demand from senders to receivers. This amount is determined dynamically during sender-receiver negotiations. Factors considered when this amount is determined include pr...

Much of the motion capture data used in animations, commercials, and video games is carefully segmented into distinct motions either at the time of capture or by hand after the capture session. As we move toward collecting more and longer motion sequences, however, automatic segmentation techniques will become important for processing the results in a reasonable time frame. We have found that s...

Effects of initial ammonium sulphate concentration on growth and glycerol production kinetics of two endogenic wine yeast strains, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Kalecik 1 and Narince 3, were investigated in a batch system. Maximum specific growth rates for Kalecik 1 and Narince 3 were obtained at initial concentrations of 1.0 g/L, and 0.8 g/L ammonium sulphate, respectively. Further, maximum specifi...

Human discovery of cause and effect in perception streams requires reliable online inference in highly unstructured noisy environments with very few (maybe even only one) positive examples. Automated causal discovery research, on the other hand, has typically operated in a qualitatively different setting: Data used for learning is cast into more static scenarios where all prospect observable ca...

Batch processes take an important place in process industries. A batch process involves a sequence of operations that are carried out on a discrete quantity of material within a piece of operating equipment. A recipe specifies the sequence of operations to be executed and all possible ways the plant can by utilized in order to produce the desired product. A discrete supervisor can be used to co...

Batch service is a kind of specific stochastic service system which has broad application background. However, in practical, batch service exists commonly as one or several steps in a production or business process. Workflow management system (WfMS) is a powerful tool to support business processes modeling and execution. It has gained extensive attention from both industry and academic domain. ...

Numerous genomic annotations are currently stored in different web-accessible databanks that scientists need to mine with user-defined queries and in a batch mode to orderly integrate the diverse mined data in suitable user-customizable working environments. Unfortunately, to date, most accessible databanks can be interrogated only for a single gene or protein at a time and generally the data r...

Traditional batch job schedulers are a poor fit for a grid computing environment. In order to respond to the grid scheduling challenges, the client must perform planning. In this paper, we expound upon the differences between planning versus scheduling, and present two grid projects which utilize a ClassAd matchmaking framework to enable planning on the grid. Planning for purposes of job placem...