In this article, we examine the solution of minimum-effort optimal control problems for open-chain manipulators. An approximate solution to the optimal control problem is determined by a constrained parameter optimization over a set of B-spline basis functions. We demonstrate that the parameter-optimization formulation of the problem is numerically ill-conditioned, and that it is therefore esse...

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This paper presents a gate sizing method which formulates minimum active area solutions under delay constraints. It is based on the logical effort delay model. Such minimization of transistor widths has direct impact on the power consumption and circuit area reduction. The explicit formulation of the method takes into account the maximum input capacitance, the output load to be driven, and the ...

When designing a system in the behavioral level, one of the most important steps to be taken is verifying its functionality before it is released to the logic/PD design phase. One may consider behavioral models as oracles in industries to test against when the final chip is produced. In this work, we use branch coverage as a measure for the quality of verifying/testing behavioral models. Minimu...

The main goal of this paper is to investigate the behavior of Romanian syllables related to some classical minimum effort laws: the laws of Chebanow, Menzerath and Fenk. The results are compared with results of similar researches realized for different languages.

Camera traps is an important wildlife inventory tool for estimating species diversity at a site. Knowing what minimum trapping effort is needed to detect target species is also important to designing efficient studies, considering both the number of camera locations, and survey length. Here, we take advantage of a two-year camera trapping dataset from a small (24-ha) study plot in Gutianshan Na...

Reviewing conference submissions is both labour-intensive and diffuse. A lack of focus leads to reviewers spending much of their scarce time on papers which will not be accepted, which can prevent them from identifying several classes of problems with papers that will be. We identify opportunities for automation in the review process and propose protocols which allow human reviewers to better f...

BACKGROUND Much research in the field of energy harvesting has sought to develop devices capable of generating electricity during daily activities with minimum user effort. No previous study has considered the metabolic cost of carrying the harvester when determining the energetic effects it has on the user. When considering device carrying costs, no energy harvester to date has demonstrated th...

Ali Meghdari, Seyyed Mohammad H. Lavasani, Mohsen Norouzi and Mir Saman Rahimi Mousavi Robotica / FirstView Article / May 2013, pp 1 ­ 11 DOI: 10.1017/S0263574713000362, Published online: 22 May 2013 Link to this article: http://journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S0263574713000362 How to cite this article: Ali Meghdari, Seyyed Mohammad H. Lavasani, Mohsen Norouzi and Mir Saman Rahimi Mousavi Minim...