Results from a triple-blind mixed-method user study into the effectiveness of mixed-initiative tools for procedural generation game levels are presented. A tool which generates using interactive evolutionary optimisation was designed this (a) is focused on supporting designer to explore design space and (b) only requires interact with it by designing levels. The identifies level patterns in an ...

In this paper, by using the generalized Hadamard product and the orthogonal decomposition of projection matrix, we propose a new general approach to construct mixed-level orthogonal arrays. As an application of the method, some new mixed-level orthogonal array’s of run sizes 36 and 72 are constructed. c © 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.

this research presents a new application of the cloud theory-based simulated annealing algorithm to solve mixed model assembly line sequencing problems where line stoppage cost is expected to be optimized. this objective is highly significant in mixed model assembly line sequencing problems based on just-in-time production system. moreover, this type of problem is np-hard and solving this probl...

A method is described for the determination of total arsenic by hydride generation-atomic absorption spectrophotometry using a mixed acid as a pretreatment. Hydride generation is done by the flow-injection method. The authors investigated in detail the temperature and time of decomposition using inorganic, organic arsenic and environmental standard samples, pretreated with nitric-perchloric-sul...

In this paper, a hybrid multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM)-method and mixed integer linear programming (MILP) approach in order to evaluation of the returned products' collectors along with their ordered quantities, is utilized. Firstly, the most important criteria of collection center in the car industry are identified. Then, in order to evaluate these proposed criteria, a hybrid Fuzzy Deci...

Instantaneous fundamental frequency (F0) in voiced speech can be obtained from the sequence of epochs corresponding to the instants of significant excitation. The epoch sequence can be derived using the recently proposed epoch extraction method based on zero frequency filtering. The epoch extraction method is robust against additive noise degradation. But in a multispeaker mixed signal, the deg...