In this context, a novel structure has been proposed for simple Differential Evolutionary (DE) algorithm to solve optimal recloser placement. For this, an operator is added to DE algorithm to adapt concept of the problem. Other contribution of this work is formulating a novel objective function. The proposed objective function has been formulated to improve four reliability indices which consis...

In this context, a novel structure has been proposed for simple Differential Evolutionary (DE) algorithm to solve optimal recloser placement. For this, an operator is added to DE algorithm to adapt concept of the problem. Other contribution of this work is formulating a novel objective function. The proposed objective function has been formulated to improve four reliability indices which consis...

Background: There is limited research on the association between opportunity cost of time and sports and exercise due to lack of data on opportunity cost of time. Using a sample of 14142 adults from Health Survey for England (2006), we develop and test a composite index of opportunity cost of time (to address the current issues with data constraint on opportunity cost of time) in order to explo...

Abstract The Construction Industry Development Council (CIDC) of India has been calculating and publishing the Cost Index (CCI), monthly, since 1998. cost variations interrogate different kinds projects such as roads, power plants, buildings, industrial structures, railways bridges. success rate completion construction project is diminished due to lack prediction knowledge in CCI. Predicting CC...

Optimal index configurations for in-memory databases differ significantly from configurations for their traditional disk-based counterparts. Operations such as full column scans that have previously been prohibitively expensive in disk-based and row-oriented databases are now computationally feasible with columnar main memory-resident data structures and even outperform index-based accesses in ...

To avoid OID index retrieval becoming a bottleneck, eecient buuering strategies are needed to minimize the number of disk accesses. In this paper, we develop analytical cost models which we use to nd optimal sizes of the index page buuer and the index entry cache, for diierent memory sizes, index sizes, and access patterns. Because existing buuer hit estimation models are not applicable for ind...

Purpose While the classic futures pricing tool works well for capital markets that are less affected by sentiment, it needs further modification in China's case as retail investors constitute a large portion of Chinese stock market participants. Their expectations rate return prone to emotional swings. This paper, therefore, explores role investor sentiment explaining basis changes via channel ...

Background: Mobility, defined as the ability to walk safely and independently, is integral theperformance of basic activities daily living.An interruption in normal gait cycle energyconserving characteristics trunk limb motion results an increased energy expenditure.Objective: The objective study was compare Physiological Cost Index(PCI) walking instroke survivors with their Functional Ambulati...