We give bounds on the rate of convergence to equilibrium of the symmetric simple exclusion process in Z d. Our results include the existent results in the literature. We get better bounds and larger class of initial states via a unified approach. The method includes a comparison of the evolution of n interacting particles with n independent ones along the whole time trajectory.

In some statistical process control applications, a relationship between a response variable and an explanatory variable referred to as profile characterize the quality of a process or product and should be monitored over time. Many researches have been done in this area but in most of them, the successive observations in different levels of the explanatory variables are assumed to be independe...

Simple exclusion processes for particles moving along two parallel lattices and jumping between them are theoretically investigated for asymmetric rates of transition between the channels. An approximate theoretical approach, that describes the particle dynamics exactly in any vertical cluster of two parallel sites and neglects the correlations between the different vertical clusters, is applie...

Mutational processes of simple sequence repeats (SSRs) in complex genomes are poorly understood. We examined these processes by introducing a two-phase mutation model. In this model, most mutations are single-step changes, but infrequent large jumps in repeat number also occur. We used computer simulations to determine expected values of statistics that reflect frequency distributions of allele...

In traditional approaches business processes are executed on top of IT-based Workflow-Management Systems (WfMSs). However, when dealing with human-driven workflows, conventional WfMSs may turn out to be too restrictive. Especially, the only way to handle exceptions is to bypass the system. If users are forced to bypass WfMSs frequently, the system is more an obstacle than an asset. In order to ...

Universal health coverage (UHC) is high on the global health agenda, and priority setting is fundamental to the fair and efficient pursuit of this goal. In a recent editorial, Rob Baltussen and colleagues point to the need to go beyond evidence on cost-effectiveness and call for evidence-informed deliberative processes when setting priorities for UHC. Such processes are crucial at every step on...

Totally asymmetric simple exclusion processes (TASEP) with particles which occupy more than one lattice site and with a local inhomogeneity far away from the boundaries are investigated. These non-equilibrium processes are relevant for the understanding of many biological and chemical phenomena. The steady-state phase diagrams, currents and bulk densities are calculated using a simple approxima...

the present article discusses and presents a new and comprehensive approachaimed at measuring the maturity and quality of software processes. this method has beendesigned on the basis of the software capability maturity model (sw-cmm) and themulti-level fuzzy inference model and is used as a measurement and analysis tool. among themost important characteristics of this method one can mention si...

in this paper, we introduce the concept of semihyperring $(r,+,cdot)$ together with a suitable partial order $le$. moreover, we introduce and study hyperideals in ordered semihyperrings. simple ordered semihyperrings are defined and its characterizations are obtained. finally, we study some properties of quasi-simple and $b$-simple ordered semihyperrings.