Search Results - "Weir, Jeffery D."

ENTRNA: a framework to predict RNA foldability by Su, Congzhe, Weir, Jeffery D, Zhang, Fei, Yan, Hao, Wu, Teresa

“…RNA molecules play many crucial roles in living systems. The spatial complexity that exists in RNA structures determines their cellular functions. Therefore,…”
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An Adaptive Particle Swarm Optimization With Multiple Adaptive Methods by Mengqi Hu, Wu, Teresa, Weir, Jeffery D.

“…Particle swarm optimization (PSO) has attracted much attention and has been applied to many scientific and engineering applications in the last decade. Most…”
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Short-term building energy model recommendation system: A meta-learning approach by Cui, Can, Wu, Teresa, Hu, Mengqi, Weir, Jeffery D., Li, Xiwang

“…•A Building Energy Model Recommendation (BEMR) system is proposed.•BEMR has excellent performance on regular and extrapolation forecasting.•Building data and…”
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An intelligent augmentation of particle swarm optimization with multiple adaptive methods by Hu, Mengqi, Wu, Teresa, Weir, Jeffery D.

“…Over the last two decades, the newly developed optimization technique – Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) has attracted great attention. Two common criticisms…”
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A recommendation system for meta-modeling: A meta-learning based approach by Cui, Can, Hu, Mengqi, Weir, Jeffery D., Wu, Teresa

“…•A meta-learning based recommendation system for meta-modeling is proposed.•Novel meta-features for geometrical characterization on black-box problems are…”
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Learning–interaction–diversification framework for swarm intelligence optimizers: a unified perspective by Chu, Xianghua, Wu, Teresa, Weir, Jeffery D., Shi, Yuhui, Niu, Ben, Li, Li

“…Due to the efficiency and efficacy in performance to tackle complex optimization problems, swarm intelligence (SI) optimizers, newly emerged as nature-inspired…”
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Decentralized operation strategies for an integrated building energy system using a memetic algorithm by Hu, Mengqi, Weir, Jeffery D., Wu, Teresa

“…► A distributed decision model for building clusters is developed. ► A bi-level operation decision framework based on a memetic algorithm is proposed. ► The…”
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Robust goal programming using different robustness echelons via norm-based and ellipsoidal uncertainty sets by Hanks, Robert W., Weir, Jeffery D., Lunday, Brian J.

“…•Introduces three conceptually-motivated, alternative robust goal programming formulations that account for data uncertainty via either cardinality-constrained…”
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Testing local search move operators on the vehicle routing problem with split deliveries and time windows by McNabb, Marcus E., Weir, Jeffery D., Hill, Raymond R., Hall, Shane N.

“…The vehicle routing problem (VRP) is an important transportation problem. The literature addresses several extensions of this problem, including variants…”
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AHPS2: An optimizer using adaptive heterogeneous particle swarms by Chu, Xianghua, Hu, Mengqi, Wu, Teresa, Weir, Jeffery D., Lu, Qiang

“…•Multiple heterogeneous swarms with each consisting a group of homogeneous particles are modeled.•Nature’s law, “survival of the fittest”, is simulated by…”
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Interactive Excel-Based Gantt Chart Schedule Builder by Nurre, Sarah G., Weir, Jeffery D.

“…Many scheduling dispatching rules are intuitive processes used in every day life. For example, when faced with a variety of tasks due at different times one…”
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Estimating Performance Time for Construction Projects by Hoffman, Greg J, Thal, Alfred E, Webb, Timothy S, Weir, Jeffery D

“…The prediction of performance time for construction projects is a problem of interest to both researchers and practitioners. This research seeks to gain…”
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The influence of operational resources and activities on indirect personnel costs: A multilevel modeling approach by Boehmke, Bradley C., Johnson, Alan W., White, Edward D., Weir, Jeffery D., Gallagher, Mark A.

“…Indirect activities often represent an underemphasized, yet significant, contributing source of costs for organizations. In order to manage indirect costs,…”
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Simultaneous task and energy planning using deep reinforcement learning by Wang, Di, Hu, Mengqi, Weir, Jeffery D.

“…•Three models are developed to study simultaneous task and energy planning problem for autonomous vehicles.•A novel neural optimization algorithm using deep…”
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Methodology for competitive strategy development by Bullock, Richard K., Deckro, Richard F., Weir, Jeffery D.

“…Fighting terrorists involves taking action against a highly adaptive and cunning adversary. In this competitive situation, however, those involved may have…”
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Tooth-to-Tail Impact Analysis: Combining Econometric Modeling and Bayesian Networks to Assess Support Cost Consequences Due to Changes in Force Structure by Boehmke, Bradley C., Johnson, Alan W., White, Edward D., Weir, Jeffery D., Gallagher, Mark A.

“…Current constraints in the fiscal environment are forcing the Air Force, and its sister services, to assess force reduction considerations. With significant…”
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Simulation and Analysis of Mission Capability Degrades Due to Supply for the B-1 Bomber by Parson, Carl R, Miller, John O, Weir, Jeffery D

“…This research develops a discrete event simulation to investigate factors that affect key Air Force (AF) metrics for gauging the health of the AF spares supply…”
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Location Analysis: Application of ReVelle and Rosing's Roman Empire Problem by Bell, John E., Weir, Jeffery D.

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Robust goal programming for multi-objective optimization of data-driven problems: A use case for the United States transportation command's liner rate setting problem by Hanks, Robert W., Lunday, Brian J., Weir, Jeffery D.

“…•Demonstrates via a case study the utility of Robust Goal Programming (RGP) to address optimization problems having multiple objectives and parametric…”
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An augmented multi-objective particle swarm optimizer for building cluster operation decisions by Hu, Mengqi, Weir, Jeffery D., Wu, Teresa

“…Flowchart of AMOPSO (“S1”: non-uniform mutation-based method; “S2”: sub-gradient method). •A bi-level operation decision framework based on an augmented…”
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