Modern medical diagnosis systems very often accumulate numerous data. These computer medical support systems are used in monitoring and diagnosis, which require the various tools to interpret captured parameters. In the paper the new type of the computer medical support system has been presented. The system uses diagnostic conclusion method based on a similarity between the patient’s condition ...

This paper provides an empirical test of a hypothesis, which describes the effects of structural mechanisms in genetic programming. In doing so, the paper offers a test problem anticipated by this hypothesis. The problem is tunably difficult, but has this property because tuning is accomplished through changes in structure. Content is not involved in tuning. The results support a prediction of ...

Model-reference adaptive control with neurofuzzy methodology is derived in this paper. Associate memory network(AMN) is investigated in detail to be the possible implementation as the direct self-tuning nonlinear controller. The essence of the neurofuzzy controller has been discussed and the local stability of the system is reached. The performance of the model-reference adaptive neurofuzzy con...

ENG) We study the wave equation for a string with stiffness. We solve the equation and provide a uniqueness theorem with suitable boundary conditions. For a pinned string we compute the spectrum, which is slightly inharmonic. Therefore, the widespread scale of 12 equal divisions of the just octave is not the best choice to tune instruments like the piano. Basing on the theory of dissonance, we ...

Possibilities for a fine-grained and objective measurement of individual differences in musical abilities are limited at present. A common approach to determining musical competence therefore is to rely on information about the extent of individuals’ musical training. Yet relying on musicianship fails to identify musically untrained individuals with musical skill. To counteract this limitation,...

The LCLS hard x-ray Free Electron Laser at SLAC reported first lasing in April of 2009. Since then two successful user runs have been completed at the two soft x-ray stations. The first hard x-ray station has started commissioning in July of 2010. Beam diagnostics play an essential role for tuning the machine and delivering the requested beam properties to the users. An overview of the LCLS pho...

Automatic Performance Tuning of Sparse Matrix Kernels

Human-robot musical interaction typically consists of independent, physically-separated agents. We developed Cyther a human-playable, self-tuning robotic zither – to allow a human and a robot to interact cooperatively through the same physical medium to generate music. The resultant codependence creates new responsibilities, roles, and expressive possibilities for human musicians. We describe s...