We propose a product specification database which is suited to product evolution, modeling the product specification as an object. In this database, we propose a behavioral constraint to maintain consistency. Furthermore, this database can manage visual specification, such as operational specification, which is hard to handle in an ordinary database. We have been developing Visual CASE: an obje...

There are two major design problems for upper seam longwall gateroads operating in a multi-seam environment. The first is to determine the location, magnitude and duration of stress transferred from lower seam mines; and the second is to predict the effect of stress transferred from lower seam mines on opening stability. To solve these problems for both longwall and room-and-pillar mines, case ...

In this paper, we propose a new variant of Linear Discriminant Analysis to overcome underlying drawbacks of traditional LDA and other LDA variants targeting problems involving imbalanced classes. Traditional LDA sets assumptions related to Gaussian class distribution and neglects influence of outlier classes, that might hurt in performance. We exploit intuitions coming from a probabilistic inte...

Agents are of interest mainly when confronted to complex tasks. We propose a methodology for the automated design of such agents (in the framework of Markov Decision Processes) in the case where the global task can be decomposed into simpler -possibly concurrentsub-tasks. This is accomplished by automatically combining basic behaviors using Reinforcement Learning methods. Basic behaviors can be...

Building on previous research, this study develops a research simulation model for the main factors affecting business innovation performance. It links the properties of knowledge obtained from outside network, firm’s absorptive capacity and the features of a firm’s knowledge network topology to predict innovation performance. We use VB.NET 2005 programming languages to develop simulations to c...

Creating MIDI music can be a practical challenge. In the past, working with it was difficult and frustrating to all but the most accomplished and determined. Now, however, we are offering a powerful Visual Basic program called MIDI-LAB, that is easy to learn, and instantly rewarding to even the newest users. MIDILAB has been developed to give users the ability to quickly create music with a lim...

by Jeff Webb : Programming Excel with VBA and .NET: Solve Real-World Problems with Excel ISBN : #0596007663 | Date : 2006-05-05 Description : PDF-716bf | Why program Excel? For solving complex calculations and presenting results, Excel is amazingly complete with every imaginable feature already in place. But programming Excel isn't about adding new features as much as it's about combining exist...

The article introduces the concept of visual classes as a general framework for object classiication. Visual classes group together appearances which are similar with respect to a set of image measurements. As deened here, visual classes are implicit in many object representation schemes (geometric as well as appearance based models). We argue that the identiication of visual classes provides a...

Action-probabilistic logic programs (ap-programs) are a class of probabilistic logic programs that have been extensively used during the last few years for modeling behaviors of entities. Rules in ap-programs have the form “If the environment in which entity E operates satisfies certain conditions, then the probability that E will take some action A is between L and U”. Given an ap-program, we ...