High order mutation analysis of a software engineering benchmark, including schema and local optima networks, suggests program improvements may not be as hard to find as is often assumed. 1) Bitwise genetic building blocks are not deceptive and can lead to all global optima. 2) There are many neutral networks, plateaux and local optima, nevertheless in most cases near the human written C source...

Motivated by recent experiments, we calculate both the average current and the current fluctuations for a metallic island which oscillates between two symmetric electrodes. Electrons can only tunnel on or off the island when it is close to one of the electrodes. Using a Master equation we investigate the accuracy of such an electron shuttle both analytically and numerically. It is shown that op...

This paper presents a study on protection coordination of overcurrent relays (OCRs) in a distributed system by considering its different operating modes. Two different case studies which are considered in present work for protection coordination include: (i) DG interfaced distribution system in grid connected mode and (ii) DG interfaced distribution system in islanded mode of operation. The pro...

A coterie under an underlying set U is a family of subsets of U such that every pair of subsets has at least one element in common, but neither is a subset of the other. A coterie C under U is said to be nondominated (ND) if there is no other coterie D under U such that, for every Q ∈ C, there exists Q ∈ D satisfying Q ⊆ Q. We introduce the operation σ which transforms a ND coterie to another N...

The Catofin propane process is an emerging industrial process for propylene production through dehydrogenation of propane. It is composed of multiple adiabatic fixed-bed reactors which undergo cyclic operations where propane dehydrogenation and catalyst regeneration alternate over roughly ten minute period for each. One of the major concerns in the operation of the Catofin process is maintainin...