Dynamic (time-dependent) network routing has become important due to the deployment of advanced traveler information systems in navigation systems. We study the problem of speeding-up the shortest path in continuous-time dynamic networks without a priori knowledge of the link travel times. We apply the A⁄ algorithm using the decremental approach to reduce the network size and speed-up the optim...

Methods for calculating Available Transfer Capability (ATC) of the transmission systems may be grouped under Static and Dynamic methods. This paper presents a fast dynamic method for ATC calculations, which considers both Transient Stability Limits and Voltage Stability Limits as terminating criteria. A variation of Energy Function Method is used to determine the transient stability limit and t...

Abstract One of the basic assumptions in hub covering problems is considering the covering radius as an exogenous parameter which cannot be controlled by the decision maker. Practically and in many real world cases with a negligible increase in costs, to increase the covering radii, it is possible to save the costs of establishing additional hub nodes. Change in problem parameters during the pl...

ABBREVIATIONS : AASM 5 American Academy of Sleep Medicine ; CRSWD 5 circadian rhythm sleepwake disorder ; CSA 5 central sleep apnea ; CSB 5 Cheyne-Stokes breathing ; ICD 5 International Classification of Diseases ; ICSD 5 International Classification of Sleep Disorders ; IH 5 idiopathic hypersomnia ; MSLT 5 multiple sleep latency test ; NREM 5 non-rapid eye movement ; OCST 5 out-ofcenter sleep ...

S onset rapid eye movement sleep (SOREM) is an abnormal sleep phenomenon characterized by having REM sleep occurrence within 15 minutes from the onset of nighttime sleep or daytime napping. SOREMs are commonly recognized as one of the main features of narcolepsy (1). However, SOREMs have been reported to occur with other sleep, psychiatric and medical disorders, such as OSA (2), major depressio...

this paper aims to discuss the requirements of safe and smooth trajectory planning of transporter mobile robots to perform non-prehensile object manipulation task. in non-prehensile approach, the robot and the object must keep their grasp-less contact during manipulation task. to this end, dynamic grasp concept is employed for a box manipulation task and corresponding conditions are obtained an...

a chaotic optimization algorithm (coa) based approach for the robust coordinated design of the upfc power oscillation damping controller and the conventional power system stabilizer has been investigated in this paper. chaotic optimization algorithms, which have the features of easy implementation, short execution time and robust mechanisms of escaping from local optimum, is a promising tool fo...

The purpose of this study was to examine the acute effects of 3 different stretching methods combined with a warm-up protocol on vertical jump performance. Sixteen young tennis players (14.5 ± 2.8 years; 175 ± 5.6 cm; 64.0 ± 11.1 kg) were randomly assigned to 4 different experimental conditions on 4 successive days. Each session consisted of a general and specific warm-up, with 5 minutes of run...

In this paper a general formulation for finding the maximum allowable dynamic load (MADL) of flexible link mobile manipulators is presented. The main constraints used for the algorithm presented are the actuator torque capacity and the limited error bound for the end-effector during motion on the given trajectory. The precision constraint is taken into account with two boundary lines in plane w...