In this paper, we study how to collect n balls moving with constant velocities in the Euclidean plane by k robots moving on straight track-lines through the origin. Since all the balls might not be caught by robots, d...
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In this paper, we study how to collect n balls moving with constant velocities in the Euclidean plane by k robots moving on straight track-lines through the origin. Since all the balls might not be caught by robots, differently from Moving-Target TSP, we consider the following 3 problems in various situations: (i) deciding if k robots can collect all n balls, (ii) maximizing the number of the balls collected by k robots, and (iii) minimizing the number of the robots to collect all n balls. The situations considered here contain the cases in which track-lines are given (or not), and track-lines are identical (or not). For all problems and situations, we provide polynomial time algorithms or proofs of intractability, which clarify the tractability-intractability frontier in the ball collecting problems in the Euclidean plane.
Speech recognition and understanding have been studied for many years. The neural network is well-known as a technique that is able to classify nonlinear problems. Much research has been done in applying neural networ...
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Speech recognition and understanding have been studied for many years. The neural network is well-known as a technique that is able to classify nonlinear problems. Much research has been done in applying neural networks to solving the problem of recognizing speech such as Arabic. Arabic offers a number of challenges to speech recognition. We propose a fully-connected hidden layer between the input and state nodes and the output. We also investigate and show that this hidden layer makes the learning of complex classification tasks more efficient. We also investigate the difference between LPCC (linear predictive cepstrum coefficients) and MFCC (Mel-frequency cepstral coefficients) in the feature extraction process. The aim of the study was to observe the differences in the 29 letters of the Arabic alphabet from "alif" to "ya". The purpose of this research is to upgrade the knowledge and understanding of Arabic alphabet or words using a fully-connected recurrent neural network (FCRNN) and backpropagation through time (BPTT) learning algorithm. Six speakers (a mixture of male and female) in a quiet environment are used in training.
This work proposes a genetic algorithm (GA) for a minimization problem of expected energy not supplied (EENS) during restoration process in distribution systems. The solution of the problem provides an effective servi...
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This work proposes a genetic algorithm (GA) for a minimization problem of expected energy not supplied (EENS) during restoration process in distribution systems. The solution of the problem provides an effective service restoration strategy that improves system reliability. The proposed optimization algorithm for the problem is a two-stage genetic algorithm. The first stage GA creates radial network configurations and the second stage GA searches for an optimal sequence of switching operations that minimizes EENS for each configuration. For optimizing the whole restoration process, these two stages iteratively interact with each other. The numerical results using a test distribution system demonstrate the performance of the proposed method.
This work analyzes the impact of having more than one frequency channel on outage probability and node throughput in TDMA-based broadband fixed cellular multihop networks. The scenario considered is a low node density...
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This work analyzes the impact of having more than one frequency channel on outage probability and node throughput in TDMA-based broadband fixed cellular multihop networks. The scenario considered is a low node density, start-up network with inadequate single-hop coverage. In this scenario the user terminals themselves act as relays, therefore, there are no additional relays deployed by the service provider: besides, no separate relaying channels are used (this scenario ensures a fair comparison between the multihop cellular network considered here and the traditional single-hop cellular network). In a situation where there is outage with a single-hop due to poor coverage, a suitable multihop route with minimum number of hops is sought. It is observed that as the number of available channels increases the coverage is enhanced remarkably; in addition, the average node throughput is increased as well although no explicit attempt for throughput maximization is made during the search for the multihop routes.
The design of the IP protocol makes it difficult to reliably identify the originator of an IP packet, causing the defense against Distributed Denial of Service attacks to become one of the hardest problems on the Inte...
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The design of the IP protocol makes it difficult to reliably identify the originator of an IP packet, causing the defense against Distributed Denial of Service attacks to become one of the hardest problems on the Internet today. Previous solutions for this problem try to traceback to the exact origin of the attack by requiring every router's participation. For many reasons this requirement is impractical and the victim results with an approximate location of the attacker. Reconstruction of the whole path is also very difficult due to the sheer size of the Internet. This paper presents lightweight schemes for tracing back to the attack-originating AS instead to the exact origin itself. Once the attack-originating AS is determined, all further routers in the path to the attacker are within that AS and under the control of a single entity; which can presumably monitor local traffic in a more direct way than a generalized, Internet scale, packet marking scheme can. We furthermore, provide a scheme to prevent compromised routers from forging markings.
The challenge of human factor influence for analyzing the reliability and safety of car transportation is discussed. An analysis of the density and the kind of use among the drivers in different regions and seasons of...
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The challenge of human factor influence for analyzing the reliability and safety of car transportation is discussed. An analysis of the density and the kind of use among the drivers in different regions and seasons of the year is made. The possibilities to detect the driver falling into a relaxant, somnolent or micro-sleep stage by the use of suitable combination of secondary factors are investigated. The operation of the driver in the moving car is an example of very complicated interaction between several very heterogeneous systems.
A test structure and method for two-dimensional analysis of fabrication process and reliability of MOSFET using a photoemission microscope are presented. Arrays of 20/spl times/10(=200) MOSFETs were successfully measu...
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A test structure and method for two-dimensional analysis of fabrication process and reliability of MOSFET using a photoemission microscope are presented. Arrays of 20/spl times/10(=200) MOSFETs were successfully measured at a time and evaluated the fluctuation of their characteristics. The fluctuation of hot-carrier-induced photoemission intensity was larger as gate length becomes smaller. Although the intensity fluctuation of photoemission in the same MOSFET was within small range, the fluctuation all over the MOSFET array was relatively large and independent of the position in the array.
We have studied the hydrostatic pressure dependence of Ge nanocrystals embedded in a SiO2 matrix on a Si substrate by Raman scattering at room temperature. During the first cycle of increasing pressure, we observed a ...
We have studied the hydrostatic pressure dependence of Ge nanocrystals embedded in a SiO2 matrix on a Si substrate by Raman scattering at room temperature. During the first cycle of increasing pressure, we observed a step change in the Ge Raman mode from 310.4 to 313.8cm−1 at ∼23kbar. The linear pressure coefficients α obtained before and after the step change at ∼23kbar are 0.42 and 0.64cm−1kbar−1, respectively. Upon decreasing pressure, the Ge mode follows a single slope of pressure coefficient α=0.64cm−1kbar−1. A finite-element analysis was carried out to investigate the elastic-field distribution in the Ge/SiO2/Si nanocrystal system, where the discontinuity of the specific geometric configuration with different elastic constants causes local areas of stress concentration around the interface. The step change of the Raman shifts with pressure at ∼23kbar was attributed to complete delamination between the SiO2 film and the Si substrate.
In order to support multimedia communication, it is necessary to develop routing algorithms that make decisions based on multiple Quality of Service (QoS) parameters. This is because new services such as video on dema...
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In order to support multimedia communication, it is necessary to develop routing algorithms that make decisions based on multiple Quality of Service (QoS) parameters. This is because new services such as video on demand and remote meeting systems have multiple QoS requirements. However, the problem of QoS routing is difficult because finding a feasible route with two independent path constraints is NP-complete problem. Also, QoS routing algorithms for broadband networks must be adaptive, flexible, and intelligent for efficient network management. In this paper, we propose a multi-purpose optimization method for QoS routing based on Genetic Algorithm (GA). The simulation results show that the proposed method has a good performance and therefore is a promising method for QoS routing.
Editing, reproduction and distribution of the digital multimedia are becoming extremely easier and faster with the existence of the internet and the availability of pervasive and powerful multimedia tools. However, th...
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