observations are received with delays caused by temporary unavailability of information (e.g. delayed response of the market to a new product). To that end, we make the following key contributions towards solving Delayed observation POMDPs (D-POMDPs): (i) We first provide an parameterized approximate algorithm

the temporary unavailability of rabies pre-exposure vaccination, and Sanofi-Pasteur notified health professionals that their rabies vaccine, Imovax®, would be available for post-exposure use only. Novartis, the other vaccine manufacturer has limited supplies of their vaccine Rabavert®, and has also

by the system in spite of the occurrence of failures in the underlying components. Adopting these fault-tolerance strategies in highly dynamic distributed computing systems, in which components often suffer from long response times or temporary unavailability, does not necessarily result in the anticipated

to effectively query the Internet. One of the challenges is providing partial results of query computation, based on the initial portion of the input, because it may be undesirable to wait for all of the input. This situation is due to (a) limited data transfer bandwidth (b) temporary unavailability of sites

set of substations inside an electrical distribution grid, communicating by means of a network. We consider scenarios originated by threats such as the denial of service attack to the communication network, and the temporary unavailability of substations due to the failure and the repair

that only the holders of the cryptographic key have access to the cleartext data, an organization may be denied the use of its own critical business records if the key used to encrypt these records becomes unavailable (e.g., through the accidental death of the key holder). This paper describes a system

In this paper we provide efficient robust algorithms for shunting problems concerning the reordering of train cars over a hump. In particular, we study algorithms able to cope with small disruptions, as temporary and local unavailability and/or malfunctioning of key resources that can occur

when dealing with medical data are availability and confidentiality. Unavailability (even temporary)

and unavailability of external funds. The paper traces the origin of structural breaks in the NMT trend and its transitory fluctuations to major shifts in state policy that affected financial markets and temporary shocks in the latter. It concludes that there is significant evidence supporting the existence

and unavailability of external funds. The paper traces the origin of structural breaks in the NMT trend and its transitory fluctuations to major shifts in state policy that affected financial markets and temporary shocks in the latter. It concludes that there is significant evidence supporting the existence