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In this paper, we introduce the diversity of extortion by setting individuals' extortion capacities related to their degrees and study the evolution of cooperation on the heterogeneous BA scale-free network with the normalized payoff mechanism. We find that when individuals' extortion factors are negatively correlation with their degrees, extortioners can act as catalysts to make cooperation dominate...
In this paper, we propose a novel application of Generative Adversarial Networks (GAN) to the synthesis of cells imaged by fluorescence microscopy. Compared to natural images, cells tend to have a simpler and more geometric global structure that facilitates image generation. However, the correlation between the spatial pattern of different fluorescent proteins reflects important biological functions,...
We report on UAV(unmanned aerial vehicle)-based imaging missions over rice and corn fields in Isabela province in the Philippines. Spectral reflectance sensors were deployed for ground truthing, while aerial imagery were produced from RGB and NIR-retrofitted cameras. The ground truth sensors function as calibration points for extending the measurements over the whole imaged field. UAV-based missions...
A numerical study of a radio frequency transceiver coil incorporating a capacitive metasurface is investigated for 1.5T magnetic resonance imaging of the cervical spinal cord. Full field simulations are carried out using the head of a human body model where the magnetic flux density (B1−) is compared to a standard transceiver coil. It is shown that an average improvement in B1− of 70% can be observed...
Cyber attacks are a critical threat to government infrastructure, commercial enterprises and personal devices. When belligerents attack cyber systems, they need to spread laterally to reach high value targets and communicate with their command and control sites. Intuitively, a layered defense including intrusion detection systems will limit the adversary's exploitation of the target. We apply lessons...
This paper presents the modeling, simulation of a double-stage evaporation process to obtain Bioethanol from sugarcane juice; the model was validated with data from a plant located in Peru. So is the calculation of a Nonlinear Control and optimization following the Extended Prediction Self-Adaptive Control approach, because it has less computational load. The results achieved the control of juice...
This paper examines the influence of water bolus coupling layer on the specific absorption rate and temperature distributions respectively in the tissue during hyperthermia treatment of human limb tumor using a previously reported microstrip slot antenna integrated with a compact artificial magnetic conductor (AMC) reflector at 2.45 GHz. The simulation study reveals the effectiveness of the antenna-AMC...
In the study of complex networks, identifying important nodes in propagation contributes a lot to the control of diffusion. Since real-world networks are often closely interacted, it seems promising to generalize the ranking algorithms of nodes to multi-layer networks. In this paper, the iterative resource allocation method is extended to interconnected networks for the identification of influential...
Advances in technology and the need to meet many interdependent competing requirements have led to complex information intensive systems that can be best managed by integrating multi-discipline, multi-attribute models for better informed decision-making. Attempts to bridge the gap between systems engineering and project management have been sought through project management methods and through imposing...
This paper reviews the literature of technology assessment published over 1977 to 2016 to identify the major research themes over the past four decades. We retrieve 5493 articles from the Web of Science database and construct the citation network among them. By applying the edge-betweenness clustering technique to the citation network and splitting the data into groups, 4 major groups with more than...
An incentive design method is proposed for incentive-based demand response programs targeting residential consumers. Consumers are modelled as decision-makers and their models represent, unlike existing models, dynamical nature of power consumption behaviors. The design is done based on inverse optimization. The degree of freedom that exists in the solution can be effectively utilized to make the...
Background. Stability and growth in life insurance market is an important economic indicator. Therefore, yearly coverage lapse-rate estimates are one of the key statistics that actuarial analysts need to characterize and manage the insurance business. Aim. We aim to present machine learning based approach applied to a real data set covering a decade long customer history of an international financial...
Among the industries fundamental for modern life, wastewater treatment receives increasing interest for its potential to recuperate valuable resources. The biogas obtained through anaerobic digestion, more specifically, the methane it contains, often represents a powerful asset in operating a WWTP (wastewater treatment plant) economically. However, the microbiological processes that lead to obtaining...
In this paper an approach to information quantitative measuring is offered. This information is given as a fuzzy number. It is a particular case of the fuzzy set which is defined by a membership function. It should be noted that this function is determined on the basis of some segment on the set of real numbers. Therefore, a problem changes into construction of the fuzzy number membership function...
This paper proposes modelling ranked load curves using algebraic polynomials. Starting from the assumption of some characteristic parameters of load profiles: maximum power, minimum power and the energy consumption in a time period, characteristic coefficients of different types of algebraic polynomials such as: linear, parabolic and third-order are obtained. The modelling of real load profile has...
The ever-growing population of smartphone» connected to mobile networks is changing the cellular traffic ecosystem. The traffic volumes and patterns generated by smartphone apps pose complex challenges to cellular network operators, particularly in terms of detection and diagnosis of network anomalies caused by specific apps. The high-dimensionality of network data provided by current network monitoring...
The decline of the environmental situation in the world generates a need for regular drinking water quality monitoring as well as for the efficient nature management system development. An introduction to the concept of a fractal-synergetic approach to the procedure for conducting the environmental audit to support decision-making in the environmental management based on the virtual reality technology...
The purpose of this article is to present the methodology of parametric multi-aspect modeling of bus-modular systems. The suggested models take into account the particularity of the bus-modular construction and can be used in automated design of distributed control systems built on this principle. The definition of parametric models and their formalized representation are given. In addition, examples...
In the article it is substantiated scientific and methodic approach for one of the regions of the Southern Federal District touristy flows dynamic modeling. It was made definition and analysis of factors that affects touristy industry. It was researched cyclic dependencies, that are determined by internal industry patterns. It was approbation of suggested approach for the region.
In August 2017 under the auspices of the International Union of Physiological Sciences (IUPS), we will launch a new journal: Physiome. The goal of Physiome is to promote, encourage, and support the wide-spread adoption of technologies and workflows that generally improve the ability of scientists to discover existing computational models which are relevant to their work, reproduce the predictions...
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