This paper discusses the current developments within a novel environment to perform related model-based activities. In particular, the paper focuses in the modules corresponding to data preprocessing and dynamic data reconciliation. In terms of the former module, this work discusses the implementation of three approaches based on the minimum median distance (MMD), the moving median (MM), and th...

A project is any endeavor involving planned action, for example, developing a new product or constructing a dam. Major factors for a project to be successful are applying performance measurement and feedback tool. One such well-known performance measurement tool to control the project execution is earned value management (EVM). EVM uses the fundamental principle that trends in the past can be g...

BACKGROUND Endocardial voltage mapping (EVM) identifies low-voltage right ventricular (RV) areas, which may represent the electroanatomic scar substrate of life-threatening tachyarrhythmias. We prospectively assessed the prognostic value of EVM in a consecutive series of patients with arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy/dysplasia (ARVC/D). METHODS AND RESULTS We studied 69 consecu...

Eulerian Video Magnification (EVM) can enhance subtle changes in videos to reveal what was once invisible to the naked eye. In this proof of concept study, we investigated using EVM as a novel form of free flap monitoring. Free flaps with skin paddles were filmed in the operating room with manipulation of their pedicles. In a representative 77-year-old female who received a latissimus dorsi-ser...

Earned Value Management (EVM) is a well-known cost and schedule management technique in government and defense industry projects. Its usage, however, is not as wide spread in the general software industry. In this paper we explore some of the shortcomings in EVM and suggest several improvements in the application of EVM in software development projects. In particular, we analyze the nature of s...

The lack of integrated project control techniques covering both qualitative and quantitative indices is one of the most important reasons leading to unfinished projects under predetermined schedules and expected budgets. Two modern techniques proposed in project control—the critical chain method and buffer management (CCM/BM), and the earned value analysis or earned value management and earned ...

This paper deals with the performance analysis of HOM (higher order modulation) in LTE-A system. Firstly, we analyzed the requirement of HOM in small cell deployment, and then we analyzed the problem of EVM (Error Vector Magnitude) modeling in LTE system. With the assumption of small cell deployment, some link level simulation results are proposed, where the impacts of EVM on different MCS (mod...

Smart contracts in Ethereum are executed by the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). We defined EVM in Lem, a language that can be compiled for a few interactive theorem provers. We tested our definition against a standard test suite for Ethereum implementations. Using our definition, we proved some safety properties of Ethereum smart contracts in an interactive theorem prover Isabelle/HOL. To our k...

Standards for modern digital CDMA communication systems specify limits on the error vector magnitude (EVM) of the transmitted signal at the transmitter, whereas performance at the receiver is characterized by the bit error rate (BER). Traditionally, RF receiver specification defines limits on amplitudeand phase ripple over a certain bandwidth, IP3, IQ-mismatch, DC-offset, etc. Unfortunately, th...

Ethereum is a cryptocurrency framework that uses blockchain technology to provide an open distributed computing platform, called the Ethereum Virtual Machine (EVM). EVM programs are written in bytecode which operates on a simple stack machine. Programmers do not usually write EVM code; instead, they can program in a JavaScript-like language called Solidity that compiles to bytecode. Since the m...