This paper proposes a new version of the Particle Swarm Optimization (PSO) namely, Modified PSO (MPSO) for model order formulation of Single Input Single Output (SISO) linear time invariant continuous systems. In the General PSO, the movement of a particle is governed by three behaviors namely inertia, cognitive and social. The cognitive behavior helps the particle to remember its previous visi...

Skilled use of tools requires us to learn an "input-output map" for the device, i.e., how our movements relate to the actions of the device. We used the paradigm of visuo-motor rotation to examine two questions about the plasticity of input-output maps: 1) does extensive practice on one mapping make it difficult to modify and/or to form a new input-output map and 2) once a map has been modified...

This study investigates how topics are managed in virtual exchanges between tertiary-level English language learners from Turkey and Kazakhstan. The reports on a previously unexplored interactional device referred to as “rolling the ball back” (RBB) that invites co-participant maintain current topic of discussion through reciprocation question asked previously. Using multimodal conversation ana...

A novel approach to speech coding is introduced in this paper for the coding of speech signals used in vocoders. While conventional methods code the original input speech signal, the proposed algorithm codes the timescale modified signal instead. In this method, the transmitter speeds up original input speech signal by a factor of beta using waveform similarity overlap-addmethod (WSOLA). This s...

We present a fraction-free approach to the computation of matrix Padé systems. The method relies on determining a modified Schur complement for the coefficient matrices of the linear systems of equations that are associated to matrix Padé approximation problems. By using this modified Schur complement for these matrices we are able to obtain a fast hybrid fraction-free algorithm for their compu...

In this paper a new modification algorithm has been proposed to improve the transient response of the conventional second order CP-PLL system. The performances of the proposed system have been examined by solving the system equations numerically. Some analytical results are incorporated to confirm the performance enhancement of the conventional system by this proposed modified algorithm. Theore...