The probability distribution function (PDF) of a passive tracer, forced by a "mean gradient", is studied. First, we take two theoretical approaches, the Lagrangian and the conditional closure formalisms, to study ...
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The probability distribution function (PDF) of a passive tracer, forced by a "mean gradient", is studied. First, we take two theoretical approaches, the Lagrangian and the conditional closure formalisms, to study the PDFs of such an externally forced passive tracer. Then, we carry out numerical simulations for an idealized random flow on a sphere and for European Center for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) stratospheric winds to test whether the mean-gradient model can be applied to studying stratospheric tracer mixing in midlatitude surf zones, in which a weak and poleward zonal-mean gradient is maintained by tracer leakage through polar and tropical mixing barriers, and whether the PDFs of tracer fluctuations in midlatitudes are consistent with the theoretical predictions. The numerical simulations show that when diffusive dissipation is balanced by the mean-gradient forcing, the PDF in the random flow and the Southern-Hemisphere PDFs in ECMWF winds show time-invariant exponential tails, consistent with theoretical predictions. In the Northern Hemisphere, the PDFs exhibit non-Gaussian tails. However, the PDF tails are not consistent with theoretical expectations. The long-term behavior of the PDF tails of the forced tracer is compared to that of a decaying tracer. It is found that the PDF tails of the decaying tracer are time-dependent, and evolve toward flatter than exponential.
This study introduces an innovative topological optimization scheme for frequency response problems using the phase field design method. In the proposed approach, the frequency response function is mapped onto a proba...
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This study introduces an innovative topological optimization scheme for frequency response problems using the phase field design method. In the proposed approach, the frequency response function is mapped onto a probability distribution function where the mean value of the probability distribution function becomes the resonance frequency and the variance corresponds to its bandwidth. Using the mapping concept, the frequency characteristics such as the resonance frequency and bandwidth can be directly included in the formulation of the design objective function. Therefore, the mapping process enables to handle frequency characteristics in topological design for frequency response problems. As numerical examples, the resonance frequency maximization problem of a cantilever beam, bandwidth maximization of a clamped end beam and the bandwidth minimization problem of a plasmonic grating coupler are presented to demonstrate the validity of the proposed method. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Consider two independent Goldstein-Kac telegraph processes X-1(t) and X-2(t) on the real line R. The processes X-k(t), k = 1, 2, describe stochastic motions at finite constant velocities c(1) > 0 and c(2) > 0 th...
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Consider two independent Goldstein-Kac telegraph processes X-1(t) and X-2(t) on the real line R. The processes X-k(t), k = 1, 2, describe stochastic motions at finite constant velocities c(1) > 0 and c(2) > 0 that start at the initial time instant t = 0 from the origin of R and are controlled by two independent homogeneous Poisson processes of rates lambda(1) > 0 and lambda(2) > 0, respectively. We obtain a closed-form expression for the probability distribution function of the Euclidean distance rho(t) = vertical bar X-1(t) - X-2(t)vertical bar, t > 0, between these processes at an arbitrary time instant t > 0. Some numerical results are also presented.
We briefly review the use of the order parameter probability distribution function as a useful tool to obtain the critical properties of statistical mechanical models using computer Monte Carlo simulations. Some simpl...
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We briefly review the use of the order parameter probability distribution function as a useful tool to obtain the critical properties of statistical mechanical models using computer Monte Carlo simulations. Some simple discrete spin magnetic systems on a lattice, such as Ising, general spin-S Blume-Capel and Baxter-Wu, Q-state Potts, among other models, will be considered as examples. The importance and the necessity of the role of mixing fields in asymmetric magnetic models will be discussed in more detail, as well as the corresponding distributions of the extensive conjugate variables. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
By large eddy simulation (LES), turbulent databases of channel flows at different Reynolds numbers were established. Then, the probability distribution functions of the streamwise and wall-normal velocity fluctuatio...
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By large eddy simulation (LES), turbulent databases of channel flows at different Reynolds numbers were established. Then, the probability distribution functions of the streamwise and wall-normal velocity fluctuations were obtained and compared with the corresponding normal distributions. By hypothesis test, the deviation from the normal distribution was analyzed quantitatively. The skewness and flatness factors were also calculated. And the variations of these two factors in the viscous sublayer, buffer layer and log-law layer were discussed. Still illustrated were the relations between the probability distribution functions and the burst events-sweep of high-speed fluids and ejection of low-speed fluidsIin the viscous sub-layer, buffer layer and loglaw layer. Finally the variations of the probability distribution functions with Reynolds number were examined.
High-dimensional classification methods have been a major target of machine learning for the automatic classification of patients who suffer from Alzheimer's disease (AD). One major issue of automatic classificati...
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High-dimensional classification methods have been a major target of machine learning for the automatic classification of patients who suffer from Alzheimer's disease (AD). One major issue of automatic classification is the feature-selection method from high-dimensional data. In this paper, a novel approach for statistical feature reduction and selection in high-dimensional magnetic resonance imaging (MM) data based on the probability distribution function (PDF) is introduced. To develop an automatic computer-aided diagnosis (CAD) technique, this research explores the statistical patterns extracted from structural MRI (sMRI) data on four systematic levels. First, global and local differences of gray matter in patients with AD compared to healthy controls (HCs) using the voxel-based morphometric (VBM) technique with 3-Tesla 3D T1-weighted MRI are investigated. Second, feature extraction based on the voxel clusters detected by VBM on sMRI and voxel values as volume of interest (VOI) is used. Third, a novel statistical feature-selection process is employed, utilizing the PDF of the VOI to represent statistical patterns of the respective high-dimensional sMRI sample. Finally, the proposed feature-selection method for early detection of AD with support vector machine (SVM) classifiers compared to other standard feature selection methods, such as partial least squares (PLS) techniques, is assessed. The performance of the proposed technique is evaluated using 130 AD and 130 HC MRI data from the ADNI dataset with 10-fold cross validationl. The results show that the PDF-based feature selection approach is a reliable technique that is highly competitive with respect to the state-of-the-art techniques in classifying AD from high-dimensional sMRI samples. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
In this work, a new iris recognition algorithm based on tonal distribution of iris images is introduced. During the process of identification probability distribution functions of colored irises are generated in HSI a...
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In this work, a new iris recognition algorithm based on tonal distribution of iris images is introduced. During the process of identification probability distribution functions of colored irises are generated in HSI and YCbCr color spaces. The discrimination between classes is obtained by using Kullback-Leibler divergence. In order to obtain the final decision on recognition, the multi decision on various color channels has been combined by employing mean rule. The decisions of H, S, Y, Cb and Cr color channels have been combined. The proposed technique overcome the conventional principle component analysis technique and achieved a recognition rate of 100% using the UPOL database. The major advantage is the fact that it is computationally less complex than the Daugman's algorithm and it is suitable for using visible light camera as opposed to the one proposed by Daugman where NIR cameras are used for obtaining the irises.
Single molecule force spectroscopy is widely used to determine kinetic parameters of dissociation by analyzing bond rupture data obtained via applying mechanical force to cells, capsules, and beads that are attached t...
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Single molecule force spectroscopy is widely used to determine kinetic parameters of dissociation by analyzing bond rupture data obtained via applying mechanical force to cells, capsules, and beads that are attached to an intermolecular bond. The current analysis assumes that the intermolecular bond force is equal to the externally applied mechanical force. We confirm that viscous drag alone or in combination with cellular deformation resulting in viscoelasticity modulates bond force so that the instantaneous intermolecular bond force is not equivalent to the applied force. The bond force modulation leads to bond rupture time and force histograms that differ from those predicted by probability distribution function (PDF) using the current approach. A new methodology that accounts for bond force modulation in obtaining PDF is presented. The predicted histograms from the new methodology are in excellent agreement with the respective histograms obtained from Monte Carlo simulation. (C) 2012 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
The rising of near-surface air temperature is the most obvious manifestation of global warming. The analysis of the probability distribution function (PDF) of temperature can deep our understanding of the current char...
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The rising of near-surface air temperature is the most obvious manifestation of global warming. The analysis of the probability distribution function (PDF) of temperature can deep our understanding of the current characteristics of climate and extreme temperature changes. In this study, the daily maximum, minimum and mean temperature observations from meteorological stations are analysed to construct the temperature anomaly PDF during 1961-2016 over China. The skewness and kurtosis of the PDF are compared between the 1961-1990 and 1991-2016 periods. The non-Gaussian tails of the PDF are also identified to qualify the deviation of the temperature probability density curve. The results show that near-surface air temperature in China increased during the recent decades. The daily minimum temperature increased more than the daily maximum temperature did, while the temperature increase in winter was larger than that in summer. The largest increase detected was 1.29 degrees C for the daily minimum temperature in winter, contrasting with the smallest increase of 0.51 degrees C recorded for the daily minimum temperature in summer between the two study periods. The temperature anomaly PDF generally presented a positive skewness in winter and a slightly negative skewness in summer. Obvious non-Gaussian tails in the temperature anomaly PDF were present in the majority of the study sites. Most areas showed a short cold tail in winter (except for southwestern China), and long cold tails were mainly observed in summer. These results can improve our understanding of the variation of extreme temperatures, and of the responses to global warming.
The microscopic probability distribution function of the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick (SK) model of spin glasses is calculated explicitly as a function of time by a high-temperature expansion. The resulting formula to the ...
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The microscopic probability distribution function of the Sherrington-Kirkpatrick (SK) model of spin glasses is calculated explicitly as a function of time by a high-temperature expansion. The resulting formula to the third order of the inverse temperature shows that an assumption made by Coolen, Laughton and Sherrington in their recent theory of dynamics is violated. Deviations of their theory from exact results are estimated quantitatively. Our formula also yields explicit expressions of the time dependence of various macroscopic physical quantities when the temperature is suddenly changed within the high-temperature region.
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