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Showing 1 to 20 of 37 for “"Autonomous Decision Making"”.
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Hierarchical reinforcement learning for adaptive and autonomous decision-making in robotics
In recent years, Reinforcement Learning has been able to solve extremely complex games in simulation, but with limited success in deployment to real-world scenarios. The goal of this work is create an ecosystem in which Reinforcement Learning algorithms can be deployed onto real robots in complex …
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Noncontact sensing systems and autonomous decision-making for early-age concrete
… certain early-age concrete construction activity decisions through quantitative indicators. A non-contact, ultrasonic testing system (UTS) to monitor concrete set time has been developed by monitoring the evolution of leaky Rayleigh (LR-wave) wave signals over time and space (surface of the …
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Balancing exploration and exploitation: task-targeted exploration for scientific decision-making
… face of these challenges, we propose to leverage autonomous decision-making to augment and accelerate human scientific discovery. Autonomous decision-making in scientific domains faces an important and classical challenge: balancing exploration and exploitation when making decisions under …
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Balancing Exploration and Exploitation: Task-Targeted Exploration for Scientific Decision-Making
… face of these challenges, we propose to leverage autonomous decision-making to augment and accelerate human scientific discovery. Autonomous decision-making in scientific domains faces an important and classical challenge: balancing exploration and exploitation when making decisions under …
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Autonomous Finite Capacity Scheduling using Biological Control Principles
… adopts these principles in the development of an autonomous finite capacity scheduling control logic aimed at reducing excessive use of manual input in planning tasks. With autonomous decision-making functionality, finite capacity scheduling will as much as practicably possible be able to respond …
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Governing the conduct of migrant agricultural workers
… the author asserts that the potential for autonomous decision-making and self-directed action is diminished by the implementation of policies, procedures and practices. It is illustrated through interviews, program documents and materials, and related literature that these forms of rule …
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Design and Implementation of Intelligent Guidance Algorithms for UAV Mission Protection
… algorithm approach is proposed along with decision-making capabilities to enhance UAVs post-failure performance. This intelligent algorithm integrates a set of path planning algorithms, a health monitoring system and a power estimation approach. Post-fault conditions are considered as …
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Stories of professional growth : reflections on a multifaceted inquiry into the implementation and evaluation of a many-layered learning environment for in-service teacher education in Quebec
… which have as a secondary aim the fostering of autonomous decision-making at the school level and a creation of professional identity and community.
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Autonomous adaptation and collaboration of unmanned vehicles for tracking submerged contacts
Autonomous operations are vital to future naval operations. Unmanned systems, including autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) and autonomous surface vehicles (ASVs), are anticipated to play a key role for critical tasks such as mine countermeasures (MCM) and anti-submarine warfare (ASW). Addressing …
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Interstellar Mission Design of a Fusion-Powered Spacecraft to Proxima b
… data back to Earth and the implementation of an autonomous decision-making architecture that guides the spacecraft at extreme distances.
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"Can You Hail Me Now?": Brand, Identity, and Althusserian Ideological Interpellation
… inspects the human capacity to exercise autonomous decision-making and highlights the influence of social structures upon individuals. Through the Althusserian constructs of ideology and interpellation, as well as Althusser’s stance as an anti-humanist, the question guiding this process …
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Electrophysiology, agent-based modeling and inverse optimal control applications in neuroethology
Decision-making is based on the integration of sensory information, motivational states and memory, from which assessment of outcomes and optimal action selection emerge. In foraging, animals tend to make decisions that reconcile two core goals: energy maximization and time minimization. The …
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Single cell decisions in endothelial population in the context of inflammatory angiogenesis
… model, in which individual cells are modeled as autonomous decision making entities, has become an important tool for simulating complex phenomena including angiogenesis. The reliability of these models depends on model validation by quantitative experimental characterization of the cellular …
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Political Economy of Healthcare in Post-conflict Timor-Leste: Contestation and Ownership in Policy-Making
… government (2002-2007) was able to exercise some autonomous decision-making even though it was heavily aid dependent. Conversely, under CNRT government (2007-2017), elites were empowered by oil resources and consequently they had greater control over development. The study identifies three main …
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Design and analysis of a stage-based electrospray propulsion system for CubeSats
… design as well as provide the framework for autonomous decision making. Finally, applications of a stage-based propulsion system for missions to near-Earth asteroids are explored as well as analytical guidance for the escape trajectory.
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Sensor Fusion, Navigation, and Control of Autonomous Vehicles
The development of completely autonomous mobile vehicles has been the topic of a great deal of research over the past few decades. Spurred by interests as diverse as space exploration and land mine removal, research has focused on the mechanical requirements, sensing and computational requirements, …
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The Ethically Required Level of Mental Capacity Needed for Consent to Participate in Clinical Research on the Terminally Ill
… is to be truly considered an expression of autonomous action, then it is necessary that the decision-maker be sufficiently competent to provide that informed consent. Given the vital role that competence plays in proper autonomous decision-making, the following will first engage in an …
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Discovering the Language of Actions
… parsed into skills/concepts and can we tie the decision of what may be the right set of skills with the problem of generating plans over a continuous action space as in the original stream of data? Can we utilize supervision from aligning parallel language instructions to scaffold the discovery …
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Probable future managerial response by nursing education administrators to trends in health care : a Delphi application
… clients; use of computers by staff nurses for autonomous decision-making concerning patient care; utilization of "technical" and "professional" nurses according to uniform job descriptions for each level; increase of faculty-student ratio to 1:15 in clinical education; utilization of computers …
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Design of an Ultrasound-Guided Steerable Robotic Catheter for Aortic Interventions
… associated with them can be steep. Incorporating autonomous steering has the potential to reduce risks caused by surgeon errors, shorten procedure time, and make robotic endovascular surgery accessible for surgeons. As an alternative to x-ray imaging, it is possible to use ultrasound technology as …
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