For any class of binary functions on [n] = {1, . . . , n} a classical result by Sauer states a sufficient condition for its VC-dimension to be at least d: its cardinality should be at least O(n). A necessary condition is that its cardinality be at least 2 (which is O(1) with respect to n). How does the size of a ‘typical’ class of VC-dimension d compare to these two extreme thresholds ? To answ...

A kind of parametric finite element analysis system for the L type gantry crane’s gate frame is developed by making use of the secondary development on the platform of ANSYS, MATLAB through VC++ programming. The interface technology of VC++, ANSYS, and MATLAB is employed as well as the encapsulation on APDL. To input parameter in the VC++ and to calculate the quality of the L type gantry crane ...

In a network of spiking neurons a new set of parameters becomes relevant which has no counterpart in traditional neural network models: the time that a pulse needs to travel through a connection between two neurons (henceforth called \delay" of a connection). It is known that these delays are tuned in biological neural systems through a variety of mechanisms. We investigate the VC-dimension of ...

Spiking neurons are models for the computational units in biological neural systems where information is considered to be encoded mainly in the temporal patterns of their activity. In a network of spiking neurons a new set of parameters becomes relevant which has no counterpart in traditional neural network models: the time that a pulse needs to travel through a connection between two neurons (...

Although, the ultimate goal of WSNs is to place powerful data collection and analysis capability in the hands of scientists, current programming environments are cumbersome often requiring someone with a PhD in computer science in order to construct a basic program. Our research group is currently developing a next generation system-on-chip (SoC) for wireless sensor network applications. Theref...

Multi-agent control is a hot but challenging research topic which covers many research fields, such as evolutionary computation, machine learning, neural networks, etc.. Various approaches have been proposed to guide agents’ actions in different environments. Evolutionary Computation (EC) is often chosen to control agents’ behaviors since it can generate the best control policy through evolutio...

Coordinates-based mechanisms have proven to be useful in a peer-to-peer architecture to predict Internet network distance, even more so than the already existing IDMaps scheme. One such mechanism has been analyzed known as Global Network Positioning (GNP) to provide insight on a current state of the art technology in network distance prediction. GNP instantiates a virtual geometric space by app...