Yet Another Hydrodynamic Model with Correlated Parameters for Silicon Devices

Uncertainty quantification of silicon photonic devices with correlated and non-Gaussian random parameters.

Process variations can significantly degrade device performance and chip yield in silicon photonics. In order to reduce the design and production costs, it is highly desirable to predict the statistical behavior of a device before the final fabrication. Monte Carlo is the mainstream computational technique used to estimate the uncertainties caused by process variations. However, it is very ofte...

Yet Another Model of Gamma-Ray Bursts

Sari & Piran 1997a have demonstrated that the time structure of gamma-ray bursts must reflect the time structure of their energy release. A model which satisfies this condition uses the electrodynamic emission of energy by the magnetized rotating ring of dense matter left by neutron star coalescence; GRB are essentially fast, high field, differentially rotating pulsars. The energy densities are...

(Yet) Another Theoretical Model of Thinking

This paper presents a theoretical, idealized model of the thinking process with the following characteristics: 1) the model can produce complex thought sequences and can be generalized to new inputs, 2) it can receive and maintain input information indefinitely for the generation of thoughts and later use, and 3) it supports learning while executing. The crux of the model lies within the concep...

The Quantum Hydrodynamic Model for Semiconductor Devices

Yet Another Look at LTL Model Checking

A subset of LTL is presented that can be translated to ω-automata with only a linear number of states. The translation is completely based on closures under temporal and boolean operators. Moreover, it is shown how this enhancement can be combined with traditional translations so that all LTL formulas can be translated. Exponential savings are possible in terms of reachable states, as well as i...