As part of our work within the SIMULEKT project, we are modelling compound word intonation in regional varieties of Swedish. The focus of this paper is on the Gotland and Dala varieties of Swedish and the current version of SWING (SWedish INtonation Generator). We examined productions by 75 speakers of the compound mobiltelefonen ‘the mobile phone’. Based on our findings for pitch patterns in c...

In this paper, we tackle a complex real-world problem: trainee allocation for primary school teachers in a French teaching Academy. This complex real-world problem can be reduced into the well-known Hospitals / Residents (HR) problem. However, the most difficult part consists of generating the preference lists according to the real constraints, priorities and wishes. Additionally, we adapt the ...

This paper looks at non-speech uses of the human voice in interactive objects. A collection of projects using non-verbal voice, as input and as output, is briefly reviewed. The Laughing Swing an interactive object using non-verbal voice as output, created by the author and associates is described in terms of motivations, sound design, sonic behavior implementation and user responses. The signif...

This paper addresses the swing-free transport of simply suspended objects which cannot be grasped by robot manipulators, and therefore, must be carried by a hook or a similar device attached to the manipulator endpoint. Two methods are presented to stop the suspended object in a swing-free state at the end of a move/gross motion; (1) limiting transportation time, thus stopping the manipulator a...

We try to better understand decision making in baseball, specifically the interaction between visual stimuli from an incoming pitch and a hitter decision to swing. We employ a psychophysical model of human perception of moving 3d projectiles based on the angular momentum of a pitch to model and classify visual stimuli. Using this as a better characterization for "tunneling", we use this as our ...

Most discussion on the future of the market for internationally traded gas focuses on the ‘swing towards Asia’. Specifically, China and India, the world’s two most populous nations, are frequently highlighted as major drivers of future demand. Yet, there is considerable ambiguity over the assumptions underpinning this observation, particularly with regards to India. The reason for this lack of ...

Object{oriented frameworks are often hard to learn and use [1, 3]. However, knowing only this is not enough to mitigate the problem. In contrast, we need answers to the following questions: what are the typical problems that programmers encounter most frequently? why are they problems? is there any correlation between these problems and the ways the frameworks are designed? is there any relatio...

This paper describes the swing-up and stabilization of a cart–pendulum system with a restricted cart track length and restricted control force using generalized energy control methods. Starting from a pendant position, the pendulum is swung up to the upright unstable equilibrium con5guration using energy control principles. An “energy well” is built within the cart track to prevent the cart fro...

A range of organic molecules with acidic or basic groups exhibit strong pH-dependent binding inside the cavity of a polyhedral coordination cage. Guest binding in aqueous solution is dominated by a hydrophobic contribution which is compensated by stronger solvation when the guests become cationic (by protonation) or anionic (by deprotonation). The Parkinson's drug 1-amino-adamantane ('amantadin...

the doubly fed induction generator (dfig) is one of the most popular technologies used in wind power systems. with the growing use of dfigs and increasing power system dependence on them in recent years, protecting of these generators against internal faults is more considered. loss of excitation (loe) event is among the most frequent failures in electric generators. however, loe detection stud...