The International Sourcing Problem consists of selecting a subset from an available set of potential suppliers internationally located. The selected suppliers must meet the demand for items of a set of plants, which are also located worldwide. Since the costs are affected by macroeconomic conditions in the countries where the supplier and the plant are located, the formulation considers the unc...

References [1] Harold Abelson, Gerald Jay Sussman, and Julie Sussman. Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs. MIT Press, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1985. [2] Gregory R. Andrews. Concurrent Programming. Benjamin/Cummings, Redwood City, California, 1991. [3] Krzysztof R. Apt and E.-R. Olderog. Verification of Sequential and Concurrent Programs. Springer-Verlag, New York, 1991. [4] Hendr...

In this paper we show that programming languages are implementable on neural nets, namely, neural nets can be designed to solve any (computable) high level programming task. Constructions like the one that follows can also be used to built large scale neural nets that integrate learning and control structures. We use a very simple model of analog recurrent neural nets and a number-theoretic app...

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Vagus nerve stimulation (VNS) provides palliation of seizure reduction for patients with medically refractory epilepsy. VNS is indicated for symptomatic localization-related epilepsy with multiple and bilateral independent foci, symptomatic generalized epilepsy with diffuse epileptogenic abnormalities, refractory idiopathic generalized epilepsy, failed intracranial epilepsy surgery, and other s...