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Entropy Minimization for Optimization of Expensive, Unimodal Functions
Xiaohe Luo, Warren B. Powell
Maximization of an expensive, unimodal function under random observations has been an important problem in hyperparameter tuning. It features expensive function evaluations (which…
An Information-Collecting Drone Management Problem for Wildfire Mitigation
Lawrence Thul, Warren B Powell
We present a formal mathematical multi-agent modeling framework for autonomously combating a wildland fire with unmanned aerial vehicles. The problem is formulated as a collaborati…
The Information-Collecting Vehicle Routing Problem: Stochastic Optimization for Emergency Storm Response
Lina Al-Kanj, Warren B. Powell, Belgacem Bouzaiene-Ayari
We address the problem of mitigating damage to a power grid following a storm by managing a vehicle that has to be routed while simultaneously performing two tasks: learning about…
The Parametric Cost Function Approximation: A new approach for multistage stochastic programming
Warren B Powell, Saeed Ghadimi
The most common approaches for solving multistage stochastic programming problems in the research literature have been to either use value functions ("dynamic programming") or scen…
Stochastic Search with an Observable State Variable
Lauren A. Hannah, Warren B. Powell, David M. Blei
In this paper we study convex stochastic search problems where a noisy objective function value is observed after a decision is made. There are many stochastic search problems whos…