In the classical sequential assignment problem, ‘‘machines’’ are to be allocated sequentially to ‘‘jobs’’ so as to maximize the expected total return, where the return from an allocation of job j to machine k is the product of the value xj of the job and the weight pk of the machine. The set of m machines and their weights are given ahead of time, but n jobs arrive in sequential order and their...

In this design, a VTOL aircraft system is used as the controlled object. Aiming at trajectory tracking problem of its position and attitude output, control method based on double closed-loop PD adopted to design. The decomposed into track subsystem roll subsystem. At same time, structure outer loop inner constructed, controller feedforward compensation designed. pole assignment set select param...

Genetic population assignment used to inform wildlife management and conservation efforts requires panels of highly informative genetic markers and sensitive assignment tests. We explored the utility of machine-learning algorithms (random forest, regularized random forest and guided regularized random forest) compared with FST ranking for selection of single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) for f...

Addressing Carsten and Worsfold's (2000) assertion that online learning eliminates the possibility for "liberal learning," the author of this paper describes the context and guidelines for an online discussion assignment that he used as a faculty member at a liberal arts college. The purpose of this assignment was to help students engage in personal development by examining the ways course cont...

Abstract Although research on human–machine task assignment has presently received academic attention, the theoretical foundation of requires further development. Based two-dimensional characteristics flexibility and cognition, a machine endowment cost model is built to examine economic allocation tasks between humans machines. The derives production possibility curve that directly divides all ...

This paper examines the time-consuming process of matching the two sides of a market each having diverse characteristics. This is cast in a labor market setting where workers of di®erent skills need be matched with di®erent machine qualities to produce output. I characterize the e±cient allocation and then show that it can be decentralized by a competitive framework. A prominent feature of the ...

This research paper presents a novel controller design for one degree of freedom (1-DoF) stabilizing platform using inertial sensors. The plant is a ball on a pivoted beam. Multi-loop controller design technique has been used. System dynamics is observable but uncontrollable. The uncontrollable polynomial of the system is not Hurwitz hence system is not stabilizable. Hybrid compensator design s...

One of the basic combinatorial optimization problems is the assignment problem that deals with assigning jobs to individuals. In traditional assignment problems, n jobs usually assign to n individuals such that the total cost is minimized or the total profit is maximized. However, in numerous real-life applications, various attributes could be considered in assignment problems while data (obj...

This paper describes the application of static var compensators, (SVC) on an electrical distribution network containing two large synchronous motors, one of which is excited via a three-phase thyristor bridge rectifier. The second machine is excited via a diode bridge rectifier. Based on linear optimization control (LOC), the measurable feedback signals are applied to the control system loops o...