UNLABELLED Standard and Consensus Clustering Analysis Tool for Microarray Data (SC²ATmd) is a MATLAB-implemented application specifically designed for the exploration of microarray gene expression data via clustering. Implementation of two versions of the clustering validation method figure of merit allows for performance comparisons between different clustering algorithms, and tailors the clus...

In group decision making (GDM) problems fuzzy preference relations (FPR) are widely used for representing decision makers’ opinions on the set of alternatives. In order to avoid misleading solutions, the study of consistency and consensus has become a very important aspect. This article presents a simulated annealing (SA) based soft computing approach to optimize the consistency/consensus level...

of Dissertation Presented to the Graduate School of the University of Florida in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy POTENTIAL FIELD-BASED DECENTRALIZED CONTROL METHODS FOR NETWORK CONNECTIVITY MAINTENANCE By Zhen Kan December 2011 Chair: Warren E. Dixon Major: Mechanical Engineering In cooperative control for a multi-agent system, agents coordinate an...

RNA secondary structure prediction with pseudoknots is important, since pseudoknots are part of functionally improtant RNAs in cells. State of the art dynamic programming algorithms due to Akutsu et al [7] and Deogun et al [8] perform well on single RNA sequences. Our aim of this project is to be able to predict secondary structure of real life RNA sequences, which can be more than 700 nucleoti...

Two processes are necessary to solve group decision making problems: a consensus process and a selection process. The consensus process is necessary to obtain a final solution with a certain level of agreement between the experts, while the selection process is necessary to obtain such a final solution. Clearly, it is preferable that the set of experts reach a high degree of consensus before ap...

conclusions affordable new hcv treatment regimens are available in iran, providing an opportunity for hcv elimination. recommendations provided in this current national guideline can facilitate evidence-based management of hcv infection. results pegylated interferon alpha (pegifn), ribavirin (rbv), sofosbuvir (sof), ledipasvir (ldv) and daclatasvir (dcv) are currently available in iran. pre-tre...