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... problems and algorithms • Systematic treatment of model bias for sample efficiency by using Gaussian processes for model learning and using the uncertainty information for long term prediction in the planning ... distinguish between direct and indirect learning algorithms Direct (model-free) reinforcement learning algorithms include Q -learning [Watkins and 23 Dayan, 1992], TD -learning , or SARSA [Barto, ... function, the dynamics model and the learning /planning algorithm 3.1.1 Learning the (auto-regressive) transition model We propose learning the transition dynamics f by using probabilistic Gaussian...

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... Urban and Regional Planning and Geo-information Management ITC SPECIAL LECTURE NOTES SERIES 11 PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT TOOLS 12 ITC SPECIAL LECTURE NOTES SERIES PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT TOOLS ... Environmental Management PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT TOOLS 10 ITC SPECIAL LECTURE NOTES SERIES PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT TOOLS Preface ITC staff and students apply geosciences and remote sensing − the ... economic and financial CBA 140 Table 8.2 CBA decision criteria ITC SPECIAL LECTURE NOTES SERIES 127 143 PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT TOOLS ITC SPECIAL LECTURE NOTES SERIES PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT TOOLS...

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... MATHEMATICAL and COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS for ELECTRICAL and COMPUTER ENGINEERS USING MATLAB ® © 2001 by CRC Press LLC ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICAL and COMPUTATIONAL TOOLS for ELECTRICAL and COMPUTER ENGINEERS USING ... command min(y) The mean value of the elements of the array is obtained through the command mean(y), and the standard deviation is obtained through the command std(y) The definitions of the mean and ... the meshgrid command • We then plot the function with either the mesh command or the contour command The mesh command gives a 3-D rendering of the surface, while the contour command gives contour...

Ngày tải lên: 31/03/2014, 16:19

... Management is working in tandem with IT and the business to help identify, document and agree on the value of the services being received, and the enablement of service demand modeling and management Further ... identify gaps and areas of attention and/ or improvement The supporting documents and bonus resources found within the book will help you fill these gaps by giving you a focused, practical and user-friendly ... and comprehensive overview of Financial Management in the specialist areas of ITIL Version3 These presentations will give you a good knowledge and understanding of all the terms, activities and...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 12:20

... Workbook Operating and Capital processes are common and fairly standardized, and involve the translation of IT expenditures into corporate financial systems as part of the corporate planning cycle ... systems and service management The result of a service-oriented accounting function is that far greater detail and understanding is achieved regarding service provisioning and consumption, and the ... Workbook Financial demand modeling focuses on identifying the total cost of utilization (TCU) to the customer, and predicting the financial implications of future service demand Demand modeling uses...

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... shareholders and regulatory authorities With the business, weight the identified elements of risk and impact Score candidate services against the weighted elements of risk and impact and total their ... Arrange resources from the business and IT that will work together on the analysis Identify all of the top candidate services for designation as critical, secondary and tertiary Identify core analysis ... which to standardize the translation of service outage to financial cost Calculate the financial impact of each service being analyzed within the BIA using agreed methods, formulas and assumptions...

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... consistent and repeatable service • Lower the overall total cost of ownership • Improve quality of service • Implement industry-wide best practices • Provide an overall structure and process ... estimations is performed Simply put, customer and stakeholders estimate the level of improvements Input is sought from organizational managers, independent experts and external assessments Control group: ... Workbook Page 45 Financial Management Workbook Once costs are calculated, ROI can be calculated using the NPV and IRR techniques mentioned in the earlier slides The final stage is identifying qualitative...

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... database management team (Set-up and ongoing of the availability database) • Accommodation – Physical location (Set-up and ongoing) • Software – Tools (Set-up and ongoing) • Hardware – Infrastructure ... forecasts and assist Customers in preparing IT elements of their budgets Will be requires to report regularly to IT managers and Customers on conformance to budgets Should select suitable tools and ... ensure constant improvements and alignment Note the keywords in the statement For the statement on Financial Management they are “cost effective” and “budgeting, accounting and charging” These are...

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... applicable accounting principles, standards, and other requirements of Federal, state and local financial management systems Directs, manages, and provides policy guidance and oversight of ... activities relating to the programs and operations of and reports directly to the Administrator regarding financial management matters Develops and maintains an integrated financial ... financial reports and statements Reviews on a basis the fees, royalties, rents, and other charges imposed by for the services and things of...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 12:20

... quarterly and annual forecasted profiles • Reduced frequency and severity of Changes required to the Accounting and Budgeting systems • All IT costs are accounted for • Reduced frequency and severity ... total, broken down by business Costs and cost recovery against profile Outlook on costs and cost recovery Problems and costs associated with IT Accounting and Charging systems Page 94 Financial ... fair • Reduction in the number queries and complaints from Customers relating to the calculation of IT costs and charges Others Special Tip: Beware of using percentages in too many cases It may...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 12:20

... implementation and ongoing support Accommodation Costs of housing new staff and any associated new equipment and space for documents or process related concepts ☺ Software New tools required ... reminded of the key topics that have to be considered for planning and implementation of this process Initial planning When beginning the process planning the following items must be completed: CHECK ... under the accounting activities • Designing and agreeing upon a charging model and policies Create and gain agreement on a high-level process plan and a design for any associated process systems...

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... selection guideline for the evaluation and selection of tools required to support this process area (i.e Financial Management tools) Purchase and install tools required to support this process ... Document and get agreement on roles, responsibilities and training plans Communicate with and provide necessary education and training for staff that covers the actual importance of the process and ... structure Spreadsheets, databases and other repositories Other… Implementation Planning After base decisions regarding the scope of the process and the overall planning activities are complete...

Ngày tải lên: 21/06/2014, 12:20

... solutions in two different cases, and leave other cases as exercises for your fun and exploration © 2001 by CRC Press LLC Case Here, a = –0.99, and we consider the cases b = and b = 0.98 The starting ... points are randomly chosen Executing the following script M-file illustrates the a = 0.24 case, with random initial conditions See Figure 2.5 a=0.24; b=sqrt(1-a^2); rx=rand(1,40); ry=rand(1,40); ... r)2C – p(1 + r) – p (2.5) At k = 3, using Eq (2.2), (2.4), and (2.5), we obtain: y(3) = (1 + r)y(2) – p = (1 + r)3C – p(1 + r)2 – p(1 + r) – p etc … (2.6) and for an arbitrary k, we can write,...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 02:21

... lines L1 and L2, using the previous values for the circuit parameters b Holding the graph for the case R = 100Ω, sketch L1 and L2 again for R = 50Ω and R = 500Ω How the values of the voltage and the ... the use and syntax of the zoom and ginput commands for a more accurate reading of the coordinates of a point.) Pb 3.4 Write a function M-file for the line passing through a given point and intersecting ... of Vs, R, and R1, then Eqs (3.4) and (3.5) can be represented as lines drawn on a plane with ordinate I and abscissa V Suppose we are interested in finding the value of the current I and the voltage...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 02:21

... operation, the numerical integrator, and the numerical differentiator by {w}, {w1}, and © 2001 by CRC Press LLC {w2}, respectively, and using the notation and results of Section 2.5, we have for ... courses In particular, familiarize yourself, using the help folder, with the commands quad and quad8 Pb 4.34 The goal of this problem, using the quad8 command, is to develop a function M-file for the ... equations for D(k) and D2(k), as given respectively by Eqs (4.16) and (4.30), and with the initial conditions for the function and its derivative The first elements for the y, D, and D2 arrays are...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 02:21

... n-funname) and entering the following commands in the command window: xmax=fmin('n-funname',xi,xf) fmax=-1*feval('n-funname',xmax) Homework Problems Pb 5.22 We have two posts of height m and m, and ... The command is poly poly(r) In-Class Exercise Pb 5.14 Find the roots of the polynomial p = [1 pute their sum and product 3], and com- Pb 5.15 Consider the two polynomials: p1 = [1 3] and p2 = ... generated it ourselves using the techniques of Section 4.7 because we know the ODE that it satisfies, and its value and that of its derivative at x = 0, namely: J ( x = 0) = and J ( x = 0) = ′ The...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 02:21

... the addition and subtraction of vectors Example 6.2 Find the sum and difference of the complex numbers © 2001 by CRC Press LLC z1 = + 2j and z2 = + j Solution: Grouping the real and imaginary ... resultant signal if N = 1000, and compare it with the maximal constructive interference result (Hint: Recall that the rand(1,N) command generates a 1-D array of N random numbers from the interval ... prototype bandpass filter ideally filters out from a signal all frequencies lower than a given frequency and higher than another frequency In practice, the cutoffs are not so sharp and the lower and higher...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 02:21

... (u1 , u2 , u3 ) and v = (v1 , v2 , v3 ) is found using the cross(u,v) command r r r The triple scalar product of the vectors u, v , and w is found through the det([u;v;w]) command Make sure that ... of n-resistors in series and in parallel, under what conditions does the equality hold? 7.5 Cross Product and Scalar Triple Product* In this section and in Sections 7.6 and 7.7, we restrict our ... and ϕ is any element in the space, then a ψ is also an element of the space; and b If a and b are constants, and ϕ and ψ are elements belonging to the space, then a ϕ + b ψ is also an element...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 02:21

... Eigenvalues and Eigenvectors Using MATLAB Given a matrix M, the MATLAB command to find the eigenvectors and eigenvalues is given by [V,D]=eig(M); the columns of V are the eigenvectors and D is a ... Now separating the even power and odd power terms, using the just derived r result for the odd and even powers of (σ ⋅ ê ), and Taylor expansions of the cosine and sine functions, we obtain the ... primary tool for understanding and solving physical problems at the atomic and subatomic scales In this section, we define these matrices and find key properties of their eigenvalues and eigenvectors...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 02:21

... you have equal x-range and y-range and an aspect ratio of If you would like to add any text anywhere in the figure, use the command gtext 9.1.2 Inversion about the Origin and Reflection about the ... employed in the handling and manipulation of digital images Let us explore and observe the structure of a matrix subjected to the above elementary trasformations For this purpose, execute and observe ... coordinates using results from the complex numbers chapter (Chapter 6) Recall that every point in a 2-D plane represents a complex number, and multiplication by a complex number of modulus and argument...

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