In this paper, we focus on approaches in network dimensioning where it allocates bandwidths and attempts to provide a proportionally fair treatment of all the competing classes. We will show that an achievement function can map different criteria onto a normalized scale subject to various utilities. The achievement function can be coped with the Ordered Weighted Averaging method. Moreover, it m...

Qualitative simulation interpreted by the use of functional labels to identify significant system behaviour has been shown to be a useful technique for automating design analysis tasks such a Failure Modes and Effects Analysis. However, increasing sophistication of the systems to be analysed means that it is becoming increasingly important that the correct timing of these system functions be in...

• Reformulation of the original bi-objective Mixed-Integer Linear Programming model as a bi-level optimization problem. Development an adapted solution tool, which is matheuristic involving Multi-Objective Evolutionary Algorithm particularly efficient for problems (SMS-EMOA) and Programming. Numerical evaluation proposed with application to design HSC in Midi-Pyrénées region (southern France), ...

Sindhya, Karthik Hybrid Evolutionary Multi-Objective Optimization with Enhanced Convergence and Diversity Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä, 2011, 64 p.(+included articles) (Jyväskylä Studies in Computing ISSN 1456-5390; 131) ISBN 978-951-39-4372-1 Finnish summary Diss. Evolutionary multi-objective optimization (EMO) algorithms, commonly used to find a set of solutions representing the Pareto ...

BACKGROUND The relationship among physical activity (PA), fitness, cognitive function, and academic achievement in children is receiving considerable attention. The utility of PA to improve cognition and academic achievement is promising but uncertain; thus, this position stand will provide clarity from the available science. OBJECTIVE The purpose of this study was to answer the following que...

This paper investigates the impact of the School Breakfast Program (SBP) on cognitive achievement. The SBP is a federal entitlement program that offers breakfast to any student, including free breakfast for any low-income student, who attends a school that participates in the program. To increase the availability of the SBP, many states mandate that schools participate in the program if the per...

OBJECTIVE This experiment tested the hypothesis that exercise would improve executive function. DESIGN Sedentary, overweight 7- to 11-year-old children (N = 171, 56% girls, 61% Black, M ± SD age = 9.3 ± 1.0 years, body mass index [BMI] = 26 ± 4.6 kg/m², BMI z-score = 2.1 ± 0.4) were randomized to 13 ± 1.6 weeks of an exercise program (20 or 40 min/day), or a control condition. MAIN OUTCOME ...

I review research in the last decade in the framework called Functional Representation (FR). FR is a language for describing the function of a device, its structure, and the causal processes in the device that culminate in the achievement of the function. The causal transitions are annotated in specific ways that explain the role of the functions of the components and domain laws in the achieve...