One of the main issues with the existing management configuration is the absence of a transactional model, which should allow the network configuration data to retain their integrity and consistence during the configuration process. In this paper, we propose a mathematical framework based on lattice theory allowing the structuring of configuration operations leading to the concept of component ...

This paper provides new results of consistence and convergence of the lumped parameters (ODE models) toward one-dimensional (hyperbolic or parabolic) models for blood flow. Indeed, lumped parameter models (exploiting the electric circuit analogy for the circulatory system) are shown to discretize continuous 1D models at first order in space. We derive the complete set of equations useful for th...

What happens when agents with different knowledge need to communicate with neighbouring agents in order to refine their hypotheses regarding the actual state of their environment ? This is a problem faced in many situations where it would not be possible to adopt a centralized approach. In this paper, we assume that agents individually face abductive tasks in a globally coherent environment, wi...

This paper describes some improvements over the original Space-Optimized Tree technique for the visualization and manipulation of very large hierarchies. The new system uses an improved algorithm to calculate geometrical layouts and it also provides better navigation capability. We introduce our new layout algorithm that can make more consistence of the display than the original layout techniqu...

We present a simple approach to the topological analysis of divergencefree 2D vector fields using discrete Morse theory. We make use of the fact that the point-wise perpendicular vector field can be interpreted as the gradient of the stream function. The topology of the divergence-free vector field is thereby encoded in the topology of a gradient vector field. We can therefore apply a formulati...

Existing work for abstractive multidocument summarization utilise existing phrase structures directly extracted from input documents to generate summary sentences. These methods can suffer from lack of consistence and coherence in merging phrases. We introduce a novel approach for abstractive multidocument summarization through partial dependency tree extraction, recombination and linearization...

Highly weathered soils are widepsread in the humid tropics. These deep, clayey, and reddish contain scant amounts of nutrients like Si due to excessive leaching, heavy desilication-aluminization, erosion owing their slope gradient position. However, few investigations have been published terms nature, characteristics, nutrient status, especially for geologically young Philippine islands. This s...

This paper investigates the existence of absolute optimal solutions for a partition P in continuous and quasiconcave games. We show that the P -consistence property introduced in the paper, together with the quasiconcavity and continuity of payoffs, permits the existence of P -absolute optimal solutions in games with compact and convex strategy spaces. The P consistency property is a general co...

In this paper, a modified Gaussian Mixture Model algorithm based on dependable spatial constraints is proposed for image segmentation. In order to enhance the segmentation performance, the proposed algorithm utilizes the consistence between the pixel and its local window to discriminate uncorrupted pixels from corrupted pixels. Then, using these uncorrupted pixels, the dependable spatial constr...

Software has been reused in applications development ever since programming started. However, the reuse practices have mostly been ad hoc, and the potential benefits of reuse have never been fully realized. Systematic reuse offers the greatest potential for significant gains in software development productivity and quality. Organizations are looking for ways to develop a software reuse program....