The main objective of this study was to analyze anomalies voluntarily reported by pilots in civil aviation sector and identify factors leading to such anomalies. Experimental data were obtained from the NASA aviation safety reporting system (ASRS) database. These data contained a range of text records spanning 30 years of civilian aviation, both commercial (airline operations) and general aviat...

We present a computational theory of cognitive maps which proposes that the cognitive map, a representation for a viewer’s experience of their spatial environment, comprises two loosely coupled modules, the raw cognitive map and the full cognitive map. The raw map is a representation for the spatial arrangement and physical characteristics of surfaces. The various interpretations (or conceptual...

The aim of this work is to build a cognitive model for the humanoid robot, especially, we are interested in the navigation and mapping on the humanoid robot. The agents used are the Alderbaran NAO robot. The framework is effectively applied to the integration of AI, computer vision, and signal processing problems. Our model can be divided into two parts, cognitive mapping and perception. Cognit...

Characterizations of coy females and ardent males are rooted in models of sexual selection that are increasingly outdated. Evolutionary feedbacks can strongly influence the sex roles and subsequent patterns of sex differentiated investment in mating effort, with a key component being the adult sex ratio (ASR). Using data from eight Makushi communities of southern Guyana, characterized by varyin...

OBJECTIVE ADHD and autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can be viewed as the extreme end of traits found in the general population. Clinical and genetic studies suggest that ADHD and ASD often co-occur and share genetic susceptibility. The aim of this study was to examine co-occurrence of ADHD and ASD traits in the general population. METHOD In total, 334 participants were recruited from a populati...

This paper considers the problem of speaker adaptation of acoustic models in speech recognition. We have investigated four different possible methods which integrate the concepts of both Structural Maximum Likelihood Linear Regression (SMLLR) and EigenVoices technique to adapt the Gaussian means of the speaker independant models for a new speaker. The experiments were evaluated using the speech...

The purpose of this article is to investigate the potentials of implementing an integrated Automated Storage and Retrieval System (ASRS) and Automated Guided Vehicle System (AGVS) in maritime container terminals. We first define the main components of the proposed configuration and justify the potential impacts of each and that of the integrated system. A 3D simulation (and animation) model is ...