This paper presents an aggregation approach of similarity measures for ontology matching called n-Harmony. The n-Harmony measure identifies top-n highest values in each similarity matrix to assign a weight to the corresponding similarity measure for aggregation. We can also exclude noisy similarity measures that have a low weight and the n-Harmony outperforms previous methods in our experimenta...

Harmony search algorithm is a meta-heuristic optimization method imitating the music improvisation process, where musicians improvise their instruments’ pitches searching for a perfect state of harmony. First, an improved harmony search algorithm is presented using the concept of swarm intelligence. Next, it is employed for training feedforward neural networks for three benchmark classification...

We, in 1956 the Department of Architecture at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, decided to start an extensive color harmony experiment. The experimental work, the collation, and processing of the collected data, lasting 50 years, was completed in 2006. The experiments described in this article are based on earlier experimental results obtained from investigation into the harm...

In most patterns of harmony and assimilation, a single segment triggers harmony to the left or right, until the end of the word or until some intervening blocker. Here, I classify the new subpattern of trigger-based count effects, in which multiple triggers are needed to induce harmony. For example, nasal assimilation in Kazakh requires two triggers: the onset of a suffix assimilates to a nasal...

Article history: Received 3 September 2011 Received in revised form 9 December 2012 Accepted 31 December 2012 Available online 16 January 2013

This paper presents an exploratory investigation of the Manufacturing/Marketing (hereafter M/M) interface. From the literature and prior empirical work in M/M strategies, we propose a path model for assessing the mediating impact of the M/M interface harmony on M/M morale and business performance. Using two convenience samples of executives, we empirically test the direct and indirect influence...

A new hybrid algorithm is proposed in this paper. An independent task scheduling algorithm is designed based on the hybrid algorithm. The hybrid algorithm adopt list scheduling method to code harmony solution and convert harmony vector to priority-based independent task scheduling model, and perform variable neighborhood search on harmony solutions to improve Harmony Search efficiency and solut...

The mission of ORTEC, and specifically of HARMONY, is to provide planners and managers access to the benefits of mathematics, and operations research in particular. The basic philosophy of HARMONY is to integrate workforce management with administrative and (other) logistic processes of an organisation and to enrich decision-making within workforce management by OR/MS techniques. The integral a...

Tonal Harmony is widely considered to be the most technical and complex part of music theory, and harmonic skills can be hard to acquire. Experience of the precise and flexible manipulation of harmony in real time generally requires hard-won instrumental skill. Even with instrumental skills, it can be hard to gain clear insight into harmonic abstractions. The above state of affairs gives rise t...