We propose and discuss sensitivity metrics for reliability analysis, which are based on the value of information. These easier to interpret than other existing in context a specific decision they applicable any type assessment, including those with dependent inputs. develop computational strategies that enable efficient evaluation these metrics, some scenarios without additional runs determinis...

Abstract Environmental sustainability represents an unavoidable design driver. The consciousness of the importance tackle topic environmental since first stages product lifecycle is slowly spreading through enterprises. However, although they reach this grade awareness, it hard to introduce additional considerations traditional drivers functionality, manufacturability, assembly, cost, etc. Ther...

The operating speed of a sequential decoder with stack algorithm is usually limited by the time to search the best node for further extension. This problem can be completely alleviated by using the systolic priority queue to replace the stack memory. However, the systolic priority queues developed previously are accessible only in the cases when the number of inputs processed is small. This is ...

Constrained pseudorandom functions (CPRF) are a fundamental extension of the notion of traditional pseudorandom functions (PRF). A CPRF enables a master PRF key holder to issue constrained keys corresponding to specific constraint predicates over the input domain. A constrained key can be used to evaluate the PRF only on those inputs which are accepted by the associated constraint predicate. Ho...