This paper focuses on studying the interval continuous-time algebraic Riccati equation A∗X + XA + Q − XGX = 0, both from the theoretical aspects and the computational ones. In theoretical parts, we show that Shary’s results for interval linear systems can only be partially generalized to this interval Riccati matrix equation. We then derive an efficient technique for enclosing the united stable...

Trust is a major issue with deploying empirical models in the real world since changes in the underlying system or use of the model in new regions of parameter space can produce (potentially dangerous) incorrect predictions. The trepidation involved with model usage can be mitigated by assembling ensembles of diverse models and using their consensus as a trust metric, since these models will be...

I construct a class of strategy-proof and Pareto efficient mechanisms of cake cutting in the context of offline interval scheduling. The motivating application is the circulation of the single copy of a book owned by a public library among all self-interested and rational potential readers with piecewise uniform value densities over continuous time intervals. The class of mechanisms accommodate...

We present PICPA, a new algorithm for tackling constrained continuous multi-objective problems. The algorithm combines constraint propagation techniques and evolutionary concepts. Unlike other evolutionary algorithm which gives only heuristic solutions, PICPA is able to bound effectively the Pareto optimal front as well as to produce accurate approximate solutions.

This paper addresses constraint solving over continuous domains in the context of decision making, and discusses the trade-off between precision in the definition of the solution space and the computational effort required. In alternative to local consistency, which is usually maintained in handling continuous constraints, we discuss maintaining global hull-consistency. Experimental results sho...

In this paper we investigate the effects of the asynchronism of user signals in the uplink of a spread spectrum multi-carrier multiple access (SS-MC-MA) system. Different propagation delays due to different distances between the mobile transmitters and their base station cause asynchronous arrivals of the uplink signals in addition to multipath propagation. The proposed uplink SS-MC-MA scheme u...

this paper proposes a method for ranking decision making units (dmus) using some of the multiple criteria decision making / multiple attribute decision making          (mcdm /madm) techniques, namely, interval analytic hierarchy process (iahp)          and the technique for order preference by similarity to an ideal solution (topsis).          since the efficiency score of unity is assigned to ...

this research was carried out to evaluate the effect of super-absorbent and manure on growth, yield, physiological and biochemical characteristics of geranium under deficit irrigation at research greenhouse of faculty of agriculture, lorestan university, iran, in 2014. the experiment was arranged factorially based on a completely randomized design with six replications. factor a was substrate c...