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Deep Reinforcement Learning Approaches for Sensor Data Collection by a Swarm of UAVs

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This article presents four decentralized reinforcement learning algorithms for autonomous data harvesting and investigates how collaboration improves collection efficiency. It also presents strategies to minimize training times by improving model flexibility, enabling algorithms to operate with varying number of agents and sensors.
Thiago de Souza Lamenza, Bruno José Olivieri de Souza, Markus Endler   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Incentivizing Hospital Quality Through Care Bundling. [PDF]

Health Econ
Grašič K, Villaseñor A, Gaughan J, Gutacker N, Siciliani L.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Enabling Stochastic Dynamic Games for Robotic Swarms

Advanced Intelligent Systems, EarlyView.
This paper scales stochastic dynamic games to large swarms of robots through selective agent modeling and variable partial belief space planning. We formulate these games using a belief space variant of iterative Linear Quadratic Gaussian (iLQG). We scale to teams of 50 agents through selective modeling based on the estimated influence of agents ...
Kamran Vakil, Alyssa Pierson
wiley   +1 more source

Grade Disparities Associated with Student Demographics in Upper-Division Biology Courses Across Multiple Institutions. [PDF]

CBE Life Sci Educ
Farrar VS, Medinaceli MV, Young NT, Bonem E, Mead C, Matz RL, Caporale N.   +6 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Uncovering renewable energy policy impact channels on land values, the local farm structure, and farmland heterogeneity

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act (REA), enacted in 2000 and subsequently amended, subsidized national renewable energy production with fixed feed‐in tariffs for renewable energy sources (RE) from wind, solar, and biogas. Empirical studies suggest that the policy was creating windfall effects for landowners and attribute farmland use ...
Lars Isenhardt, Stefan Seifert, Saskia Wolff, Tobia Lakes, Marten Graubner, Axel Werwatz, Silke Hüttel   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Merit-Based Incentive Payment System: longitudinal performance and uneven rewards for safety-net providers over 5 years. [PDF]

Health Aff Sch
Lin MY, Zhang Z, Carey K, Gidwani R, Hanchate AD.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Causal analysis of trade loss from pathogens: A global study of foot and mouth disease impacts on meat exports

American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.
Abstract Our general interest is in global trade loss from livestock pathogens, specifically exports. We adopt a causal inference approach that considers animal disease outbreaks over time as non‐staggered binary treatments with the potential for switching in (infection) and out of treatment (recovery) within the sample period. The outcome evolution of
Mohammad Maksudur Rahman, Thomas L. Marsh   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

Finite source Markovian inventory system with bonus service for certain customers [PDF]

International Journal of Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics, 2015
K. Jeganathan
doaj  

Estimating the Budgetary Impact of Reforms to the Medicare Advantage Quality Bonus Program.

JAMA
Dixit MN, Shroff J, Meyers DJ, Ryan AM.
europepmc   +1 more source

Insights into healthcare public managers' compensation: Influential factors and sustainable financing solutions: A scoping review. [PDF]

J Educ Health Promot
Alayi R, Nikoomanesh M, Nejhad SMM, Zali ME.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source