We present a dynamic nonlocal hybrid Monte Carlo algorithm consisting of pivot and “cut-and-permute” moves. The algorithm is suitable for the study of polymers in semiconfined geometries at the ordinary transition, where the pivot algorithm exhibits quasi-ergodic problems. The dynamic properties of the proposed algorithm are studied. The hybrid dynamics is ergodic and exhibits the same optimal ...

We present a new admissible pivot method for linear programming that works with a sequence of improving primal feasible interior points and dual feasible interior points. This method is a practicable variant of the short admissible pivot sequence algorithm, which was suggested by Fukuda and Terlaky. Here, we also show that this method can be modified to terminate in finite pivot steps. Finedly,...

This paper presents a work related to reordering when dealing with translation using pivot languages. Different pivot strategies are presented in order to compare their translation quality on a ChineseSpanish task. A novel method to generate reordering weights automatically for a language pair that do not share parallel corpus is presented. Experiments which show that the strategy outperforms t...

We present a comparison of two approaches for Arabic-Chinese machine translation using English as a pivot language: sentence pivoting and phrase-table pivoting. Our results show that using English as a pivot in either approach outperforms direct translation from Arabic to Chinese. Our best result is the phrase-pivot system which scores higher than direct translation by 1.1 BLEU points. An error...

A multi-microprocessor based distributed control system manages spatially variable water and chemical application. The microprocessors are networked together using 3120 processors and PLT-20 transceivers in a master slave configuration. The control units consist of an 8051 I/O processor and a 3120 communications processor that communicate over a half mile 480VAC three phase power cable. The pow...

This paper presents a summary of the system of "Reconfigurable Brachiating Space Robot". The robot consists of a center hub and three 6 degree-of-freedom arms with an end-effector and a pivot, which has a reconfigurable mechanism, for each arm. This space robot is capable of moving over the Japanese Experimental Module of the International Space Station in a brachiating manner and also of arm r...

While the use of a normalized pivot structure between analysis and synthesis is a fact for many current transfer-based FAMT systems, this structure is usually tailored for one particular language-pair. The question for a "universal" pivot structure arises when the FAMT is intended to be multilingual. Such universal pivot structure (i.e., the TIS) deviates from the Interlingua approach in that i...

INTRODUCTION This paper will review three-dimensional (3D) motion analysis studies done in my laboratory to present an overview of what we have found. MATERIALS AND METHODS We have looked at parameters such as roll-back, rotation, the pivot center of rotation etc. using a 2D-3D registration technique by evaluating knees before and after implantation of a total knee arthroplasty. CONCLUSION ...

Machine tools with gimbal heads continuously rotate and/or pivot their spindle heads to maintain the required relationship between the tool and the surface being cut. This results in orientation-dependent dynamic behavior at the tool-center-point, which further results in orientation-dependent machining stability of the system, potentially limiting productivity during continuous cutting. A dyna...