A bivariate Chebyshev polynomials approach is proposed to estimate the dynamic response bounds of nonlinear systems with interval uncertainties. The existing collocation method directly searches maximum and minimum values surrogate model in entire space by scanning (SM). presence too many uncertain parameters will lead expansive computational cost. To overcome this shortcoming, decomposed a fun...

An investigation of the color metrics and the complexity of the CIEDE2000 formula shows that CIELAB space is inadequate to represent small-medium color differences. The OSA-UCS (Uniform Color Space) Committee has shown that no space with uniform scale for large color differences exists. Therefore the practical way for color-difference specification is a color-difference formula in a nonuniform ...

This document specifies a general channel mechanism for sending messages, such as Bidirectional Forwarding Detection (BFD) messages, between Routing Bridges (RBridges) and between RBridges and end stations in an RBridge campus through extensions to the Transparent Interconnection of Lots of Links (TRILL) protocol. Information about the current status of this document, any errata, and how to pro...

Current molecular methods of species delimitation are limited by the types of species delimitation models and scenarios that can be tested. Bayes factors allow for more flexibility in testing non-nested species delimitation models and hypotheses of individual assignment to alternative lineages. Here, we examined the efficacy of Bayes factors in delimiting species through simulations and empiric...

This paper presents a periodic heuristic algorithm to solve the timeslots assignment problem of multi-terminals in MF-TDMA system with star topology. The goal is to design an algorithm that allows the processing of a given traffic profile with some constraints and a maximum utilization of the total frequency channel capacity, using the minimum spectrum bandwidth. The MF-TDMA system is viewed as...

An active distribution network (ADN) is an electrical-power distribution network that implements a real-time monitoring and control of the electrical resources and the grid. Effective monitoring and control in an ADN is realised by deploying a large number of sensing and actuating intelligent electronic devices (IEDs) and a reliable two-way communication infrastructure that facilitates the tran...

We propose a new solution approach based on variable neighborhood search for routing problems having vehicles with multiple compartments and where several incompatibilities need to be respected. The introduced additions either directly deal with the packing of the vehicles or try to optimize the routing from a packing viewpoint. Results on a large set of available benchmark instances show the e...

Finite element modeling of ballistic impact inserts containing titanium structures were presented in the article. The an additional layer made using additive manufacturing technology analyzed. was created from repetitive elements without connections (adjacent cells inseparable). Four variants printed placed between layers Twaron CT 750 aramid fabric to create inserts. In order assess resistance...

BACKGROUND The ingestion of inorganic arsenic causes bladder and lung cancers demonstrably at >400-500ug/L but questionably below 100-200ug/L. Using the standard 42-village cancer mortality dataset from the Blackfoot-disease (BFD) endemic area of southwest Taiwan (Wu et al., 1989), we examined the risk from low exposures by excluding the high exposures. METHOD Poisson regression analyses with...