For many electronic supply chain networks in the world that can comprise hundreds ofcompanies with several tiers of suppliers and intermediate customers, there are numerous presentingrisks to consider. In the electronic supply chain, the situation are even worse, for the characteristics ofthis supply chain: excessive lean management, global sourcing and the rather more uncertain marketdemand. E...

Group communication protocols discussed so far can be adopted for only a small group from the processing and communication overhead point of view. In this paper, we discuss how to provide a large-scale reliable group communication among several hundreds entities interconnected by a high-speed one-channel network. A group of entities is partitioned into disjoint subgroups named component cluster...

The fossil fuels consumption is rapidly growing due to increased water and electricity demands. An interconnected water-energy nexus is generally composed of thermal power plants, combined potable water and power (CWP) generation units, and desalination only processes. Hence, participation of hydro power plants in electricity generation facilities not only reduces the total fuel consumption of ...

Group communication protocols which have been discussed so far can be adopted for only a small group due to the processing and communication overhead. In this paper, we discuss how to provide reliable group communication for a large number of entities interconnected by a high-speed one-channel network. A group of entities is partitioned into disjoint subgroups named component clusters interconn...

A hybrid system in which an olivary neuron was interconnected to an analog simulator was used to study possible mechanisms by which the combined behavior of individual olivary neurons evokes synchronized membrane potential oscillations in a large population of neurons. The analog system was composed of four identical, interconnected oscillating units, each of which was capable of producing a da...

The crystal structure of dicaesium pentadecamolybdenum nonadecasulfide, Cs(2)Mo(15)S(19), consists of a mixture of Mo(6)S(8)S(6) and Mo(9)S(11)S(6) cluster units in a 1:1 ratio. Both units are interconnected via inter-unit Mo-S bonds. The Cs(+) cations occupy large voids between the different cluster units. The Cs and two inner S atoms lie on sites with 3 symmetry (Wyckoff site 12c) and the Mo ...

Abstract: In the present work, we focus on the study of dynamic behavior of an interconnected two-area power system and a scheme for improvement of response for the same. Here, two-area system with one non-reheat thermal units & one reheat thermal units is considered. The frequency and tie-line power deviation of two units are studied using MATLAB-SIMULINK in continuous time domain and also in ...

In this study, we incorporated mixing units of three-dimensional (3D) interconnected pore network inside microfluidic channels by combining single prism holographic lithography and photolithography. 3D pore network structures were generated by the interference of four laser beams generated by a truncated triangular pyramidal prism. The levelling between the 3D porous structures and the channel ...