The stability of a communication network composed of processing nodes and communication links is of prime importance to network designers. As the network begins losing links or nodes, eventually there is a loss in its effectiveness. Thus, communication networks must be constructed to be as stable as possible, not only with respect to the initial disruption, but also with respect to the possible...

Simultaneous Recurrent eural etwork (SR ) is one of the most powerful neural network architectures well suited for estimation and control of complex time varying nonlinear dynamic systems. SR training is a difficult problem especially if multiple inputs and multiple outputs (MIMO) are involved. Particle swarm optimization with quantum infusion (PSO-QI) is introduced in this paper for training s...

Solder paste is the main soldering material used to form strong solder joints between printed circuit boards (PCB) and surface mount devices in the surface mount assembly (SMA). On average 60% of endof-line soldering defects can be attributed to inadequate performance of solder paste stencil printing. Recently, lead-free solder paste has been adopted by electronics manufacturers in compliance w...

The investigation of the effects of cracks or similar weaknesses on the load carrying capacity of structural elements such as columns, beams and shells is an important problem in civil, mechanical, earthquake and aerospace engineering. In this paper, adaptive neuro-fuzzy inference system (ANFIS) and artificial neural network (ANN)model have been successfully used for the buckling analysis of sl...

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This thesis broadens the space of rich yet practical models for structured prediction. Weintroduce a general framework for modeling with four ingredients: (1) latent variables,(2) structural constraints, (3) learned (neural) feature representations of the inputs, and(4) training that takes the approximations made during inference into account. The thesisbuilds up to this framewo...

it is well know that any three impedances or admittances connected into each other in a star form can be easily transformed to a new three impedances or admittances connected into each other in a mesh form. in this paper a generalization of this fact is established and it is shown that in an n + 1 node network which is connected in a form it is always possible to eliminate the center node and o...

bstract—Cocaine addicts have a number of cognitive d its that persist following prolonged abstinence. These inlude impairments in executive functions dependent he prefrontal cortex, as well as deficits on learning emory tasks sensitive to hippocampal function. Rec reclinical studies using non-human animals have dem trated that cocaine treatment can produce persistent cits in executive functions...