in this paper we introduce the concept of entropy operator for continuous systems of finite topological entropy. it is shown that it generates the kolmogorov entropy as a special case. if $phi$ is invertible then the entropy operator is bounded with the topological entropy of $phi$ as its norm.

a common method to determine the order of minimal realization of a continuous linear time invariant descriptor system is to decompose it into slow and fast subsystems using the weierstrass canonical form. the weierstrass decomposition should be avoided because it is generally an ill-conditioned problem that requires many complex calculations especially for high-dimensional systems. the present ...

An emerging trend in the engineering of complex systems is the use of component integration frameworks. Such a framework prescribes an architectural design that permits exible composition of thirdparty components into applications. A good example is Sun Microsystems' Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB) framework, which supports objectoriented, distributed, enterprise-level applications, such as account ...

Different continuous operating modes of a nondispersive solvent extraction (NDSX) process with membrane modules of hollow fibre for wastewater treatment and metal recovery are evaluated. Cocurrent and countercurrent flow of aqueous and organic phases in the membrane modules with alternative product extraction locations for the removal and recovery of hexavalent chromium from wastewater are stud...

This document presents a novel approach to teaching generative design systems by extending a design grammar to support parametric and evolutionary design. We present some of the problems that design students have learning about generative systems, describe our solution to providing students with a progressive learning experience from design grammars, through parametric design, to evolutionary d...

We introduce a general implicit algorithm for finding a common element of‎ ‎the set of solutions of systems of equilibrium problems and the set of common fixed points‎ ‎of a sequence of nonexpansive mappings and a continuous representation of nonexpansive mappings‎. ‎Then we prove the strong convergence of the proposed implicit scheme to the unique solution of the minimization problem on the so...