WWW RESOURCES C.G. Cassandras
·
Infinitesimal
Perturbation Analysis for the M/G/1 system
An interactive
java applet illustrating Infinitesimal Perturbation Analysis (IPA) for M/G/1
systems
· Optimal Control of Hybrid Systems
An interactive
java applet illustrating optimal control techniques applied to manufacturing
systems
Information about
our “smart parking” project: drivers request parking for a given destination and
are allocated an optimal space which is also reserved for them. Optimality is
determined based on a combination of cost and of proximity to the desired
destination.
The site includes
a movie demonstrating “smart parking” in action at a Boston University garage
(go there directly)
and another showing the “smart parking” approach in a laboratory urban setting
with wireless robots, roadways, parking spots, and traffic lights (go there directly).
… including activities and advances in distributed
control and optimization, movies of laboratory experiments and simulations
and activities in cooperative
control of wireless robots and sensor networks
The
following are introductory presentations on material that forms the basis of
much of our research in the CODES Laboratory.
They
are Microsoft Powerpoint files containing various
animated features and can only be watched using Microsoft’s Internet Explorer
browser
(unless
you know of software allowing viewing Powerpoint
slide shows in other browsers)
· Introduction to
Discrete Event Systems
An introductory
overview of Discrete Event Systems (DES) explaining important differences
between
event-driven and time-driven dynamic systems. Examples of DES are provided and an
overview
of resource
contention problems that are often encountered in DES (such as admission
control,
routing, and
scheduling) is also included.
· Intelligent
Simulation, Perturbation Analysis, and “Rapid Learning”
An introduction to “rapid learning” as
opposed to traditional “trial-and-error” learning methods.
The theory of Perturbation Analysis is introduced, both as a gradient estimation
and as a finite-difference
estimation approach. The theory of Concurrent Estimation is overviewed as
it applies both to simulation
and to real-time applications.
