The optimal profile of charging current for a lithium-ion battery is estimated using dynamic optimization implemented via control vector parameterization (CVP). An efficient reformulated model is used for simulating the system behavior of the Li-ion battery. Dynamic optimization is made possible due to the computationally inexpensive reformulated model. It is found that, if the battery is charg...

(4804 words, including abstract) Abstract. In the United States, most airports do not place any limitations on airline schedules. At a few major airports, the current scheduling restrictions (mostly administrative measures) have not been sufficiently strict to avoid consistent delays and have raised debates about both the efficiency and the fairness of the allocations. With a forecast 1.1 billi...

In Distributed Processing System (DPS), partitioning of the application software into small tasks and the proper mapping of these tasks among processors are one of the important parameter which determine the efficient utilization of available Processor’s Capacity. The model discussed here performs static task mapping/ allocation of a set of ‘m’ tasks of a program to a set of ‘n’ processors (whe...

The genetic variation and diversity among fifty-eight polyvoltine silkworm genotypes was estimated by using ten economic traits. The results revealed that the single shell weight showed higher genetic variation such as PCV% (17.20%), GCV% (12.93%), and heritability (56.5%) followed by single cocoon weight, shell ratio and matured larval weight. The D2 (Mahalonobis? distance) statistics reveal...

The utilization of corn straw to produce lactic acid could largely save the resource as well as decrease the amount of agricultural waste. In this study, orthogonal experimental design was adopted to investigate the optimum conditions for cellulase production from corn straw, and then the cellulase was further used to produce lactic acid through simultaneous saccharification and fermentation (S...

User’s perceived Quality of Service or Quality of experience (QoE) is likely to be the major determining factor in the success of new multimedia applications over wireless/mobile networks. The primary aim of this paper is to present an adaptation scheme that is QoE-driven for optimizing content provisioning and network resource utilization for video applications over wireless networks. The prop...