The paper is an investigation of challenges in assessing parameters of a socio-technical system. The investigation is carried out using an augmented socio-technical matrix the quadrants of which represent culture, type of structure, methods/technique and type of technology. Investigation concerns a specific kind of matrixes developed for the purpose of achieving the right level of flexibility f...

The association rules, discovered by traditional support–confidence based algorithms, provide us with concise statements of potentially useful information hidden in databases. However, only considering the constraints of minimum support and minimum confidence is far from satisfying in many cases. In this paper, we propose a fuzzy method to formulate how interesting an association rule may be. I...

The perceived resolution of matrix displays increases when the relative position of the color subpixels is taken into account. ‘Subpixel rendering’ algorithms are being used to convert an input image to subpixel-corrected display images. This paper deals with the consequences of the subpixel structure, and the theoretical background of the resolution gain. We will show that this theory allows a...

The network traffic matrix is widely used in network operation and management. It is therefore of crucial importance to analyze the components and the structure of the network traffic matrix, for which several mathematical approaches such as Principal Component Analysis (PCA) were proposed. In this paper, we first argue that PCA performs poorly for analyzing traffic matrix that is polluted by l...

In the context of previous work on redundant modeling, permutation problems and matrix modeling, we introduce the notion of partial redundant modeling and categorical channeling constraints. To do so, we look at problems with categorical structure. Categorical channeling constraints also introduce the more general notion of channeling constraints over global constraints in redundant models. Thi...

‎Triangular matrix rings are examples of trivial extensions‎. ‎In this article we determine the structure of derivations and biderivations of the trivial extensions‎, ‎and thereby we describe the derivations and biderivations of the upper triangular matrix rings‎. ‎Some related results are also obtained‎.

The design of a product determines the flexibility of that product for future evolutions, which may arise from a variety of change modes such as new market needs or technological change. The energy, material, and information exchanged between components of a product along with the spatial relationships and movement between those components all influence the ability of that product’s design to b...

Cytochrome c (cyt c) and other heme proteins are oxidatively modified in the presence of hydrogen peroxide in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. Cyt c modification has been monitored by several spectral probes by absorption spectroscopy (at wavelengths 410 nm, 530 nm), and circular dichroism (222, 268, 288 and 417 nm). Kinetics monitored with these spectral probes indicates that the ox...