Scalable system predicts hot videos for peak VOD service.
problem Improving peak service quality of video on demand.
method Two neural networks: clustering and dispatch policy. Clustering reduces video numbers, dispatch policy ranks videos with probabilities. Networks are trained end-to-end.
result Average prediction accuracy of 17% compared to 3% baseline, for same number of dispatches.
Modern vehicle fleets, e.g., for ridesharing platforms and taxi companies, can reduce passengers' waiting times by proactively dispatching vehicles to locations where pickup requests are anticipated in the future. Yet it is unclear how to best do this: optimal dispatching requires optimizing over several sources of unc…
Deep RL learns effective job shop scheduling rules from raw features.
problem Designing effective priority dispatching rules for job shop scheduling is challenging.
method End-to-end deep reinforcement learning using Graph Neural Networks.
result Agent learns high-quality dispatching rules from raw features and generalizes well to unseen instances.
Paper proposes MAMRL for efficient energy dispatch in self-powered edge computing systems.
problem High energy consumption in self-powered edge computing systems.
method Developed a semi-distributed data-driven MAMRL framework to solve a two-stage linear stochastic programming problem.
result The proposed MAMRL framework reduces up to 11% non-renewable energy usage and 22.4% energy cost.
Paper proposes RL for efficient dispatching in dynamic manufacturing environments.
problem Efficient dispatching in dynamic, stochastic manufacturing environments.
method Reinforcement learning (RL) with policy transfer for dynamic shop floor settings.
result Proposed RL approach outperforms other methods in terms of total discounted reward and average lateness, tardiness.
Year by year control of normal and emergency conditions of up-to-date power systems becomes an increasingly complicated problem. With the increasing complexity the existing control system of power system conditions which includes operative actions of the dispatcher and work of special automatic devices proves to be ins…
Proposes a machine learning framework for more efficient economic dispatch.
problem Temporal and spatial correlations between system cost and load prediction errors.
method End-to-end machine learning approach with task-specific learning criteria and an efficient optimization kernel.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed learning framework.
Deep RL tackles fleet management and dispatching for ride-sharing platforms.
problem Optimizing dispatching and repositioning of drivers in ride-sharing platforms.
method Deep reinforcement learning approach treating drivers as a central system agent.
result Centralized decision-making improves overall fleet efficiency.
Modeling intraday dispatch for wind-battery assets to meet grid targets.
problem Meeting grid targets for wind-battery assets in an intraday context.
method Developed a mathematical model with closed-form solutions and a novel algorithm for stochastic control.
result Calibrated model to 140+ wind-battery assets in Texas, demonstrating economic benefits.
We address the problem of assisting human dispatchers in operating power grids in today's changing context using machine learning, with theaim of increasing security and reducing costs. Power networks are highly regulated systems, which at all times must meet varying demands of electricity with a complex production sys…
The energy transition is well underway in most European countries. It has a growing impact on electric power systems as it dramatically modifies the way electricity is produced. To ensure a safe and smooth transition towards a pan-European electricity production dominated by renewable sources, it is of paramount import…
Paper uses DRL for smart MG energy dispatch, improving stability and performance.
problem Improving energy dispatch in IoT-driven smart MGs with DGs, PVs, and batteries.
method Formulated POMDP model, proposed FH-DDPG and FH-RDPG algorithms, compared with baseline algorithms.
result Proposed algorithms enhance MG performance and stability under uncertainty.
DNN policies improve stochastic AC OPF for power grid optimization.
problem Optimizing power grid operations under uncertainty.
method Deep neural network (DNN) policies for real-time generator dispatch decisions.
result DNN policies enforce feasibility constraints and produce near optimal solutions.
DiffOPF solves multi-valued OPF problems by sampling from system history.
problem Multi-valued and non-convex OPF problems due to system parameter variability.
method DiffOPF treats OPF as a conditional sampling problem, learning from historical data.
result DiffOPF enables statistically credible warm starts with favorable cost and constraint satisfaction trade-offs.
Paper proposes RL for designing efficient scheduling functions in SDN.
problem Designing effective scheduling functions for SDN controllers.
method Reinforcement Learning (RL) approach to learn SFs.
result RL approach designs SFs with optimal performance and generalizes well.
Sparse oblique decision tree improves security rules for renewable power systems.
problem Identifying secure operating conditions in power systems with high renewable energy.
method Sparse weighted oblique decision tree to learn and embed linear security rules.
result The method significantly increases secure states and reduces solution time.
New approach uses deep reinforcement learning for vehicle dispatching, reducing waiting times.
problem Dynamic vehicle dispatching problem in various contexts.
method Event-based semi-Markov decision process with deep q-learning.
result Deep reinforcement learning policies outperform heuristic methods in New York City data.
In distributed machine learning, data is dispatched to multiple machines for processing. Motivated by the fact that similar data points often belong to the same or similar classes, and more generally, classification rules of high accuracy tend to be "locally simple but globally complex" (Vapnik & Bottou 1993), we propo…
Model predicts passenger origin-destination for online taxi-hailing systems.
problem Predicting passenger origin-destination for efficient transportation planning.
method K-means clustering, non-negative matrix factorization, stacked recurrent neural network.
result Proposed model reduces MAPE by 5-7% for 1-hour windows and 14% for 30-minute windows.
New findings challenge the importance of forecast accuracy in battery storage optimization, highlighting the role of rank correlation instead.
problem The challenge of optimizing battery storage dispatch decisions in multi-market electricity trading using forecast accuracy metrics.
method A hierarchical three-layer optimization system trading in multiple markets (FCR, aFRR, day-ahead, intraday) with real market data.
result Rank correlation (Kendall tau) is a better predictor of intraday dispatch value than forecast accuracy (MAE), with a threshold of tau around 0.85-0.95 capturing up to 97-100% of perfect-foresight revenue.
Deep Q-learning optimizes same-day delivery with vehicles and drones.
problem Optimizing same-day delivery with limited vehicle and drone capacities.
method Deep Q-learning approach to assign packages to vehicles or drones.
result Deep Q-learning policy outperforms benchmark policies and maintains effectiveness with changing fleet sizes.
A learning-based algorithm optimizes admission control in a queuing system.
problem Optimizing admission decisions in a queuing system with unknown parameters.
method Proposes a learning-based dispatching algorithm to minimize regret compared to optimal policies.
result Achieves optimal regret bounds for different scenarios of unknown parameters.
Improved forecast accuracy for energy systems through decision-focused fine-tuning.
problem Challenges in integrating forecast values into time series models for diverse and specific instances.
method Decision-focused fine-tuning within time series foundation models for dispatchable feeder optimization.
result Improvement of 9.45% in average total daily costs.
Paper benchmarks and customizes energy forecasting methods.
problem Energy forecasting challenges and differences from traditional time series.
method Collected large-scale load datasets and renewable energy datasets. Developed feature engineering and customized loss functions.
result Comprehensive evaluation of 21 forecasting methods in energy datasets.
GraPhyR uses GNNs to optimize power grid reconfiguration in real-time.
problem Optimizing power grid reconfiguration for reliability and efficiency.
method Physics-informed Graph Neural Network (GNN) framework.
result GraPhyR learns to optimize DyR tasks efficiently.
GP CC-OPF solves uncertain power grid optimization with Gaussian Process.
problem Uncertainty in power grid operations due to high renewables integration.
method Data-driven Gaussian Process regression for solving non-convex CC-OPF problem.
result Effective economic dispatch optimization in uncertain power grids.
Proposes a new method for predicting uncertain net electricity demand.
problem Uncertain net electricity demand and asymmetric cost structure.
method Bilevel program using clustering to tailor prescriptions.
result Substantial cost savings compared to standard methods.
FMOPF generates diverse near-optimal power flow solutions.
problem Generating diverse near-optimal power flow solutions for risk quantification.
method Decouples compression from generation through latent flow matching and explicitly models load-state coupling.
result FMOPF provides the most effective Newton-Raphson warm starts and lowest tail risk.
A new method solves complex hydroelectricity planning problems.
problem Solving multistage stochastic linear programming for hydrothermal dispatch planning.
method Regularized Linear Decision Rules (AdaLASSO) to reduce overfitting and improve out-of-sample performance.
result Significant reductions in non-zero coefficients and improved spot-price profiles.
Efficient FPGA virtualization for deep learning reduces user isolation and overhead.
problem Poor isolation and heavy re-compilation overhead in FPGA-based DNN accelerators.
method Two-level instruction dispatch module, multi-core hardware resources pool, tiling-based instruction frame package, two-stage static-dynamic compilation.
result 1.07-1.69x and 1.88-3.12x throughput improvement over previous designs.
Predict and explain service failures in supply-chain networks using data models.
problem Predict and explain service failures in supply-chain networks, particularly last-mile pickup and delivery.
method Used supervised classification with Random Forests and Association Rules on a dataset of 500,000 services.
result Classifier reaches an average sensitivity of 0.7 and specificity of 0.7 for 5 types of failure.
CoLA automates efficient numerical linear algebra for complex matrix structures.
problem Efficiently solving large-scale linear algebra problems with complex matrix structures.
method Combining linear operator abstraction with compositional dispatch rules.
result Automatic and efficient numerical algorithms for various linear algebra operations.
A new method improves ridesharing efficiency using QMIX.
problem Improving ridesharing dispatch efficiency with complex environments.
method QMIX for centralized training with decentralized execution.
result QMIX outperforms IDQN in various scenarios.
Model predicts BESS interactions and price impacts in energy markets.
problem Understanding BESS interactions and price formation in energy markets.
method Stochastic game-theoretic model with linear-quadratic differential game.
result Equilibrium controls and prices derived for BESSs in both heterogeneous and homogeneous settings.
The potential of recovering the topology of a grid using solely publicly available market data is explored here. In contemporary whole-sale electricity markets, real-time prices are typically determined by solving the network-constrained economic dispatch problem. Under a linear DC model, locational marginal prices (LM…
Paper uses econometrics time series model with T-student Distribution for short-term load forecasting.
problem Accurate short-term load forecasting for optimizing electrical sources and protecting energy.
method Uses SARIMA-GARCH model with T-student Distribution to forecast electric load.
result The proposed model outperforms the ARIMA model with Normal Distribution.
Develops Bayesian approach for end-to-end learning in stochastic optimization.
problem Stochastic optimization problems under uncertainty.
method Bayesian interpretation and new end-to-end learning algorithms.
result Improved decision maps for empirical risk minimization and distributionally robust optimization.
M4L-JMF tackles multi-typed objects learning, improving on M3L.
problem Learning from multi-typed objects with diverse features and labels.
method Joint matrix factorization to encode and factorize multi-typed bags and their instances.
result M4L-JMF outperforms existing methods on benchmark datasets.
The recent research report of U.S. Department of Energy prompts us to re-examine the pricing theories applied in electricity market design. The theory of spot pricing is the basis of electricity market design in many countries, but it has two major drawbacks: one is that it is still based on the traditional hourly sche…
We evaluate the applicability of the generic Vickrey-Clarke-Groves (VCG) mechanism as an antimonopoly measure against a profit-maximizing producer with market power operating a portfolio of generating units at the centralized two-settlement energy market. The producer may indicate in its bid not only the altered cost f…
Meta-learning improves drone trajectory design for dynamic wireless networks.
problem Designing optimal trajectories for energy-constrained drones in dynamic network environments.
method Proposes a meta-learning algorithm to adaptively tune a reinforcement learning solution for trajectory design.
result Meta-tuned RL yields faster convergence and improved communication performance compared to baseline algorithms.
Optimal allocation of human effort to correct AI assessments in decision-making.
problem How to allocate costly human effort to correct noisy or biased AI-generated assessments.
method Decision-theoretic framework treating AI assessments as signals and human judgments as costly information. Developed estimation procedures under nonparametric and linear models.
result Our approach substantially outperforms LLM-only predictions and achieves performance comparable to full human review while using only 20-30% of the human information.
Grid security and open markets are two major smart grid goals. Transparency of market data facilitates a competitive and efficient energy environment, yet it may also reveal critical physical system information. Recovering the grid topology based solely on publicly available market data is explored here. Real-time ener…
This paper describes Convex, a convex optimization modeling framework in Julia. Convex translates problems from a user-friendly functional language into an abstract syntax tree describing the problem. This concise representation of the global structure of the problem allows Convex to infer whether the problem complies …
We consider the problem of reconstructing the dynamic state matrix of transmission power grids from time-stamped PMU measurements in the regime of ambient fluctuations. Using a maximum likelihood based approach, we construct a family of convex estimators that adapt to the structure of the problem depending on the avail…
A new method streamlines digital payment programming using smart contracts.
problem High costs and security challenges in programming smart contracts for digital payments.
method Transforming digital currencies into token streams and using configurable templates to generate specialized smart contracts.
result Reduces payment programming costs and enhances security, self-enforcement, adaptability, and controllability.
Airlines optimize fuel loading with better flight time predictions.
problem Flight time uncertainties and their impact on fuel consumption.
method Developed a spatial weighted recurrent neural network model.
result The model provides more accurate flight time predictions, reducing fuel consumption.
Paper develops robust OPF method using contextual information.
problem Optimal Power Flow problem under incomplete uncertainty knowledge.
method Distributionally robust chance-constrained formulation with probability trimmings and optimal transport.
result Distributional robustness improves expected cost and system reliability.