In this work we examine power measures used in the analysis of voting games to quantify power. We consider both weighted and non-weighted voting games giving simple examples of each. The power indices considered are the Shapley-Shubik [8] index, the Banzho index [1], the Penrose [7] index and Coleman [2] indices. We apply them to speci c examples taken from recent Canadian parliaments and to th...

An accurate solar energy forecast is of utmost importance to allow a higher level integration renewable into the controls existing electricity grid. With availability data in unprecedented granularities, there an opportunity use data-driven algorithms for improved prediction generation. In this paper, generally applicable stacked ensemble algorithm (DSE-XGB) proposed utilizing two deep learning...

This paper studies co-operation and competition issues in a closed-loop supply chain. The supply chain comprises of two manufacturers who compete for selling their new product as well as for collection of the used-products for remanufacturing through a common retailer. To analyze the situation, mathematical models are developed here for three different cases (i) Non-co-operative system (ii) Cha...

This work presents an automatic cost-analysis system for an implicitly parallel skeletal programming language. Although deducing interesting dynamic characteristics of parallel programs (and in particular, run time) is well known to be an intractable problem in the general case, it can be alleviated by placing restrictions upon the programs which can be expressed. By combining two research thre...

The crystal structure of an amino-terminal fragment of the clathrin heavy chain has recently been determined, revealing a globular beta-propeller domain attached by an alpha-zig-zag connecting rod to the heavy chain's distal segment. The structure sheds interesting new light on the design features of this versatile protein.

was higher than that expected by chance. Distinguishing features that are present in newborns' faces allow adults to identify the babies' sex, but these cues are subtle and easily missed or inconsistent. Accuracy increases with exposure to newborns, as seen with the nurses in our study. Perhaps people who have more contact with babies are more able to see differences between babies. Preconcepti...

Recently, generic programming becomes of a major interest in several programming paradigms. A recurrent idea to achieve genericity is to specify algorithms on their convenient data structure, and to allow these speciications to be instantiated onto a large number of neighboring data structures. Polytypic programming, shapely types and generic attribute grammars are generic programming methods r...