Abstract: This paper presents the bias-policy iteration, a modified adaptive dynamic programming method, to achieve optimal control design of discrete-time nonlinear systems. Firstly, the formulation ...

The federal government created a program to help disabled Americans return to work, made it free, made it voluntary, and then forgot to tell anyone about it. Twenty-five years later, most Americans ...

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A select panel of L.A. County judges now have access to an artificial intelligence tool that can help them summarize motions and draft rulings in civil court. The tool, Learned Hand, is already in use ...

Costco's Auto Program should be as popular as its $5 rotisserie chicken — but I've learned not too many of its members actually know it exists. I discovered the program this past summer during a ...

Many nonprofits in low- and middle-income countries face a critical mismatch: urgent social problems demand rapid program iteration, yet organizations often wait years for externally-produced ...

USB-C chargers are increasingly becoming a common way to charge most mobile devices, from smartphones to laptops. This shift has led many smartphone makers to stop including a power brick in the ...

PythoC lets you use Python as a C code generator, but with more features and flexibility than Cython provides. Here’s a first look at the new C code generator for Python. Python and C share more than ...

CASTLEWOOD, Va. – Two teams advanced to the regional championship, one team saw its season end and another team played in the final volleyball match of its school history Thursday. Patrick Henry used ...

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Air travel is stressful enough–and then there are people who can pay to jump the queue. How do some people get ushered straight to the front of the airport security line, while others find themselves ...