Sequences of decisions that occur under uncertainty arise in a variety of settings, including
transportation, communication networks, finance, defence, etc. The classic approach to find …

This article examines a major maritime disaster scenario in which the objective is to
maximize the number of survivors. To achieve this objective, we seek to optimize the …

The continued growth of the global cruise market has posed a major challenge to maritime
search and rescue, as available rescue resources are limited compared to the scale of …

In this paper, we study a scenario in which a large number of individuals in various levels of
medical distress are stranded at a remote location, such as in the Arctic, and must be …

The effects of global climate change are concentrating exponentially at the poles,
fundamentally challenging and changing life in Canada's Inuit Nunangat. Looking beyond …