This paper describes how realistic neuromorphic networks can have their connectivity properties fully characterized in analytical fashion. By assuming that all neurons have the same shape and are regularly distributed along the two-dimensional orthogonal lattice with parameter ∆, it is possible to obtain the accurate number of connections and cycles of any length from the autoconvolution functi...

Inspired by the success of reservation systems in airlines industries, and the Connected Vehicle technology supporting vehicular communications, this paper investigated a highway reservation and developed a mathematical optimization formulation to solve the optimal trip scheduling plan for a traffic network. The performance was quantified by total monetary cost of travel time and applicable ear...

Prestack depth migration provides a powerful tool for velocity analysis in complex media. Both prominent approaches to velocity analysis—depth-focusing analysis and residual-curvature analysis, rely on approximate formulas to update velocity. Generally, these formulas are derived under the assumptions of horizontal reflector, lateral velocity homogeneity, or small offset. Therefore, the convent...

Porous media can be characterized by studying the kinetics of liquid rise within the pore spaces. Although porous media generally have a complex structure, they can be modeled as a single, vertical capillary or as an assembly of such capillaries. The main difficulties lie in separately estimating the effective mean radius of the capillaries and the contact angle between the liquid and the pore....

In this paper, we present a general survivability quantification approach that is applicable to a wide range of system architectures, applications, failure/recovery behaviors, and metrics. We show how this approach can be applied to derive survivability measures based on the current definition and extend it to other measures that are not covered by any current definition but can provide helpful...

it contains little that will be new to the experienced psychiatric worker in this field. The book is divided into three parts, of which the third is by far the best. The first part contains a clear concise description, on very orthodox Freudian lines, of normal mental mechanisms in child development. Condensed as this is into a space of 62 pages, it of necessity contains a number of dogmatic st...

Keywords: Damage equivalence factors Fatigue load model Equivalent length Weigh-In-Motion Traffic load model Monte-Carlo simulation a b s t r a c t The fatigue design of bridges under variable amplitude traffic loads is not straightforward. To simplify the task, the current Eurocode provisions apply fatigue load model 3 and damage equivalence factors (k). However , the fatigue load model and th...

In the eleven years since Harvey and Pagel (1991), evolutionary biologists committed considerable methodological effort into the relationship between phylogeny and numerous types of patterns. Morphology , Shape and Phylogeny and Fossils, Phylogeny, and Form both concern themselves with these issues. The former book deals primarily with the relationship between phylogeny and continuous mor-phome...

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We consider the chemotaxis problem for a one-dimensional system. To analyze the interaction of bacteria and attractant we use a modified KellerSegel model which accounts attractant absorption. To describe the system we use the chemotaxis sensitivity function, which characterizes nonuniformity of bacteria distribution. In particular, we investigate how the chemotaxis sensitivity function depends...