In this paper an open environment for heterogeneous system design is presented supporting all design phases. Our approach separates front-end tools with structural and behavioral modeling from back-end tools for analysis, simulation and emulation. This separation is realized with the emerging CASE data interchange format CDIF. Though CDIF is intended as an interchange format for the interchange...

Context-aware systems enable the sensing and analysis of user context in order to provide personalized services to users. We observed that it is possible to automatically learn contextual factors and behavioral patterns when users interact with the system. We later utilize the learned patterns to infer contextual user interests within a recommender system. We present a novel context-aware model...

This paper describes a table-based behavioral modeling method and an efficient transient simulation method for oversampled MEMS systems. A system is represented by a set of coupled ordinary differential equations (ODEs) numerically described by table-based macromodels. Cubic spline interpolation is used to evaluate the model functions. The instant settling approximation and the explicit ODE sol...

background: multiple sclerosis is accompanied by secondary clinical signs such as insomnia. considering the side effects of drugs and also increasing acceptability of psychotherapy methods in health systems, we aimed to determine the effect of group cognitive behavioral therapy on the quality of sleep in women with multiple sclerosis in 2014. methods: this study is a randomized controlled clini...

objective: knowing about cognitive dissonance aspects and psychological components will be helpful not only in psychological field but also in commercial and political areas. therefore the aim of this study was evaluation of relation between personality and physiological components of cognitive dissonance.   method: 130 students of elmi-karbordi university of safadasht were invited and they wer...

This paper attempts to relate robust control and behavioral frameworks by incorporating structured uncertainty into the description of behavioral systems. Behavioral equations are expressed as linear fractional transformations (LFTs) on an uncertainty structure, and a method of interconnection is outlined. A method for obtaining input-output maps from LFT representations of behavioral systems i...

Modern general system theory proposed a holistic integrative approach based on input-state-output dynamics as opposed to the traditional reductionist detail based approach. Information complexity and uncertainty required a fuzzy system theory, based on fuzzy sets and fuzzy logic. While successful in dealing with analysis, synthesis and control of technical engineering systems, general system th...

despite  impressive  advancements  in  diagnostic  and  treatment technologies,  infectious  diseases  still  cause  a  significant  amount  of mortality and morbidity throughout the world due to the unpredictable and inevitable  rise  of  new  or  previously  dormant  pathogens.  emerging infectious disease (eid) outbreaks are mainly associated with changes in physical environment and human be...