This paper proposes an opportunistic maintenance policy for the multi-unit series production system. This proposed maintenance policy is on the basis of the failure rate analysis, which is more realistic than age-based or time-based opportunistic replacement models. When a system halts for performing preventive maintenance or opportunistic maintenance, the alternative decision of replacement an...

Objective: Diabetic patients suffer from different types of complications associated with peripheral nerves. A clear manifestation of these complications is found in the mouth where neuropathies commonly occur. The measurement of electrical stimulation threshold of teeth signifies premature involvement of peripheral nerves in the teeth. The aim of present study is to compare pulp tester respons...

4 Literature review 6 4.1 Review of fixed to mobile substitution in developed countries for broadband services . . . . . 6 4.2 Measurement of fixed and mobile substitution in developing countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 4.3 Evaluations of open access policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 4.4 Methodological problems with empirical studies on FMS and ope...

Abstmet-This paper addresses the issue of call admission control with the necesary QaS guarantee for a micddala integrated wireless cellular network. Specifically, we propose a new call admission control policy called Dual-Threshold Call Admission Conml (DT-CAC) policy. It uses hw rhresholdr, one to reserve channels for narrow-band voice handoffcalls, and the other for wideband data handoff Irf...

Off-policy learning refers to the problem of learning the value function of a way of behaving, or policy, while following a different policy. Gradient-based off-policy learning algorithms, such as GTD and TDC/GQ [13], converge even when using function approximation and incremental updates. However, they have been developed for the case of a fixed behavior policy. In control problems, one would ...

Abstmet-This paper addresses the issue of call admission control with the necesary QaS guarantee for a micddala integrated wireless cellular network. Specifically, we propose a new call admission control policy called Dual-Threshold Call Admission Conml (DT-CAC) policy. It uses hw rhresholdr, one to reserve channels for narrow-band voice handoffcalls, and the other for wideband data handoff Irf...

We present a model of opinion dynamics in which agents adjust continuous opinions as a result of random binary encounters whenever their difference in opinion is below a given threshold. High thresholds yield convergence of opinions toward an average opinion, whereas low thresholds result in several opinion clusters. The model is further generalized to network interactions, threshold heterogene...

We argue that joint administration of access policies for a dynamic coalition formed by autonomous domains requires that these domains set up a coalition authority that distributes attribute certificates authorizing access to policy objects (e.g., ACLs). Control over the issuance of such certificates is retained by member domains separately holding shares of the joint coalition authority’s priv...