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Diverse, top-k, and top-quality planning are concerned with the generation of sets of solutions to sequential decision problems. Previously this area has been the domain of classical planners that require a symbolic model of the problem…

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Solving complex problems requires continuous effort in developing theory and practice to cope with larger, more difficult scenarios. Working with surrogates is normal for creating a proxy that realistically models the problem into the…

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Sustainable management of groundwater resources under changing climatic conditions require an application of reliable and accurate predictions of groundwater levels. Mechanistic multi-scale, multi-physics simulation models are often too…

The automated analysis of historical documents, particularly maps, has drastically benefited from advances in deep learning and its success across various computer vision applications. However, most deep learning-based methods heavily rely…

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Poroelasticity -- coupled fluid flow and elastic deformation in porous media -- often involves spatially variable permeability, especially in subsurface systems. In such cases, simulations with random permeability fields are widely used for…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-16 Sangjoon Park , Yeonjong Shin , Jinhyun Choo

The optimization of large-scale multibody systems is a numerically challenging task, in particular when considering multiple conflicting criteria at the same time. In this situation, we need to approximate the Pareto set of optimal…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Augustina C. Amakor , Manuel B. Berkemeier , Meike Wohlleben , Walter Sextro , Sebastian Peitz

High fidelity design evaluation processes such as Computational Fluid Dynamics and Finite Element Analysis are often replaced with data driven surrogates to reduce computational cost in engineering design optimization. However, building…

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Deep reinforcement learning has shown remarkable success in the past few years. Highly complex sequential decision making problems from game playing and robotics have been solved with deep model-free methods. Unfortunately, the sample…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-07-20 Aske Plaat , Walter Kosters , Mike Preuss

During the design process of an autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV), the pressure vessel has a critical role. The pressure vessel contains dry electronics, power sources, and other sensors that can not be flooded. A traditional design…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-07-12 Harsh Vardhan , Janos Sztipanovits

Self-organization of complex morphological patterns from local interactions is a fascinating phenomenon in many natural and artificial systems. In the artificial world, typical examples of such morphogenetic systems are cellular automata.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-09-06 Mayalen Etcheverry , Clement Moulin-Frier , Pierre-Yves Oudeyer

An accurate and efficient simulation of the hysteretic behavior of materials and components is essential for structural analysis. The surrogate model based on neural networks shows significant potential in balancing efficiency and accuracy.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Yongjia Xu , Xinzheng Lu , Yifan Fei , Yuli Huang

Surrogate modeling techniques have become indispensable in accelerating the discovery and optimization of high-entropy alloys(HEAs), especially when integrating computational predictions with sparse experimental observations. This study…

With the rapid evolution of GPU architectures, the heterogeneity of model training infrastructures is steadily increasing. In such environments, effectively utilizing all available heterogeneous accelerators becomes critical for distributed…

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In this paper we introduce a novel way of estimating prediction uncertainty in deep networks through the use of uncertainty surrogates. These surrogates are features of the penultimate layer of a deep network that are forced to match…

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This paper combines the idea of a hierarchical distributed genetic algorithm with different inter-agent partnering strategies. Cascading clusters of sub-populations are built from bottom up, with higher-level sub-populations optimising…

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To cope with the high level of ambiguity faced in domains such as Computer Vision or Natural Language processing, robust prediction methods often search for a diverse set of high-quality candidate solutions or proposals. In structured…

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While Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) shows promise in Large Language Model (LLM) based Automatic Heuristic Design (AHD), it suffers from a critical over-exploitation tendency under the limited computational budgets required for heuristic…

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Modern heterogeneous systems consist of many different processing units, such as CPUs, GPUs, FPGAs and AI units. A central problem in the design of applications in this environment is to find a beneficial mapping of tasks to processing…

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High Definition (HD) maps are maps with precise definitions of road lanes with rich semantics of the traffic rules. They are critical for several key stages in an autonomous driving system, including motion forecasting and planning.…

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