Maximally predictive states, as defined in recent work by Zurek, Habib and Paz, are studied for more elaborate environment models than a linear coupling to an oscillator bath (which has become known as the Caldeira-Leggett model). An environment model which includes spatial correlations in the noise is considered in the non-dissipative regime. The Caldeira-Leggett model is also re-considered in...

Abstract—The article presents an application of Fractional Model Predictive Control (FMPC) to a fractional order thermal system using Controlled Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average (CARIMA) model obtained by discretization of a continuous fractional differential equation. Moreover, the output deviation approach is exploited to design the K -step ahead output predictor, and the correspondi...

background: medical education curriculum improvements can be a chieved by evaluating students' performance. medical students have to pass two undergraduate comprehensive examinations, basic science and preinternship, in iran. purpose: to measure validity of the students' mean score in comprehensive basic science exam (cbse) for predicting their performance in later curriculum phases. methods: t...

medical curriculum can exposed the medical students to a significant levels of mental pressure. therefore, the prevalence and incidence of psychiatric disorders including abnormal value of stress, depression and anxiety are higher in the schools of medicine. there are two major types of sources that can lead to stress and further mental problems in the medical students: 1. stresses related to t...

BACKGROUND There is increasing interest in the influence of host genetic factors on hepatic fibrosis, and whether genetic markers can reliably identify subjects at risk of developing severe disease. We hypothesised that hepatitis C virus (HCV) infected subjects with progressive fibrosis, classified using strict criteria based on histology at biopsy in addition to disease duration would be more ...

In the article is presented the case of trust-based marketing of over-the-counter (OTC) medicines. The relationship between the hypotheses was tested by means of structural equation modelling. The results of the first model show that the predictor variable (consumer satisfaction with safety and information) has a significant effect on the mediator variable (consumer trust). The results of the s...

Switching max-plus-linear (SMPL) systems are discrete event systems that can switch between different modes of operation. In each mode the system is described by a max-pluslinear state equation and a max-plus-linear output equation, with different system matrices for each mode. The switching may depend on input and state, or it may be a stochastic process. We derive a stabilizing model predicti...

This paper deals with model predictive control of a distributed parameters system which is described by a linear two-dimensional (dependent on two spatial directions) parabolic partial differential equation. This partial differential equation is transformed to the discrete state space description using the finite difference approximation. A model with a large dimension is obtained and has to be...

The paper considers the application of soft computing techniques for predictive modelling in the built sector. TakagiSugeno fuzzy models are built by subtractive clustering to provide initial values of the antecedent non-linear membership functions parameters and the consequent linear algebraic equations coefficients. A method of extensive searching the possible fuzzy model structures is presen...

OBJECTIVE To assess the predictive capacity of a recently described equation that we have termed CUN-BAE (Clínica Universidad de Navarra-Body Adiposity Estimator) based on BMI, sex, and age for estimating body fat percentage (BF%) and to study its clinical usefulness. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS We conducted a comparison study of the developed equation with many other anthropometric indices r...