In multicriteria optimization, a compromise solution is a feasible solution whose cost vector minimizes the distance to the ideal point w.r.t. a given norm. The coordinates of the ideal point are given by the optimal values for the single optimization problem for each criterion. We show that the concept of compromise solutions fits nicely into the existing notion of Pareto optimality: For a hug...

Cancer cells alter their migratory properties during tumor progression to invade surrounding tissues and metastasize to distant sites. However, it remains unclear how migratory behaviors differ between tumor cells of different malignancy and whether these migratory behaviors can be utilized to assess the malignant potential of tumor cells. Here, we analyzed the migratory behaviors of cell lines...

We compare the absolute visual magnitude of the majority of bright O stars in the sky as predicted from their spectral type with the absolute magnitude calculated from their apparent magnitude and the Hipparcos parallax. We find that many stars appear to be much fainter than expected, up to five magnitudes. We find no evidence for a correlation between magnitude differences and the stellar rota...

In this article, we present a new construction of codes from algebraic curves. Given a curve over a non-prime finite field, the obtained codes are defined over a subfield. We call them Cartier Codes since their construction involves the Cartier operator. This new class of codes can be regarded as a natural geometric generalisation of classical Goppa codes. In particular, we prove that a well-kn...

We have analyzed the two longest (elapsed time > ∼ 3 days) BeppoSAX observations of the X-ray brightest Seyfert galaxy, NGC 4151, to search for spectral variability on timescales from a few tens of ksec to years. We found in both cases highly significant spectral variability below≈ 6 keV down to the shortest timescales investigated. These variations can be naturally explained in terms of variat...

Given a point set S and an unknown metric d on S, we study the problem of efficiently partitioning S into k clusters while querying few distances between the points. In our model we assume that we have access to one versus all queries that given a point s ∈ S return the distances between s and all other points. We show that given a natural assumption about the structure of the instance, we can ...

This work is an attempt to construct a perceptual representation of Thai consonants based on perceptual identification results (from 28 Thais) of 21 phonemes presented in noise. The experiment is designed to equally make pairwise comparisons among 21 word-initial phonemes, which results in 210 real-word stimulus pairs. Percent correct responses and confusion matrices are obtained. Similarity sc...

tetra-n-butyl ammonium hydroxide was used as a catalyst for one-pot, three component condensation reactions consisting of aromatic aldehydes, malononitrile and barbituric acid in ethanol:water solvent system at 60oc. current method has major advantages like mild reaction conditions with simple operation, high yields, by using a less toxic and lower costlier catalyst.in conclusion, we have explo...

Increasing interest is being shown in the use of microprocessor for protection, switching and data acquisition required in modern high voltage substations. One of the most difficult functions to fulfill is that of transmission line distance protection employing samples of the voltage and current waveform taken from high voltage transducer equipment at the usual relaying point. This paper examin...