Metaheuristic algorithms are preferred by the many researchers to reach the reliability based design optimization (RBDO) of truss structures. The cross-sectional area of the elements of a truss is considered as design variables for the size optimization under frequency constraints. The design of dome truss structures are optimized based on reliability by a popular metaheuristic optimization tec...

Background: A partially random target selection method was developed to design and produce affinity reagents (target) to any protein query. It is based on the recent concept of Proteomic Code (for review see Biro, 2007 [1]) which suggests that significant number of amino acids in specifically interacting proteins are coded by partially complementary codons. It means that the 1 and 3 residues of...

| Coded modulation for di erentially encoded PSK with non{coherent reception on at fading channels is considered. We derive theoretical limits on the performance and show how to design multilevel coding schemes and bit{interleaved coded modulation. Since Gray labeling is not possible for multiple symbol di erential detection and PSK constellations, bit{interleaved coded modulation exhibits seve...

Major advances in genome editing have recently been made possible with the development of the TALEN and CRISPR/Cas9 methods. The speed and ease of implementing these technologies has led to an explosion of mutant and transgenic organisms. A rate-limiting step in efficiently applying TALEN and CRISPR/Cas9 methods is the selection and design of targeting constructs. We have developed an online to...

We consider wireless device-to-device (D2D) caching networks with single-hop transmissions. Previous work has demonstrated that caching and coded multicasting can significantly increase per user throughput. However, the state-of-the-art coded caching schemes for D2D networks are generally impractical because content files are partitioned into an exponential number of packets with respect to the...

In this paper, a exible yet eecient algorithm for solving engineering design optimization problems is presented. The algorithm is developed based on both binary-coded and real-coded genetic algorithms (GAs). Since both GAs are used, the variables involving discrete, continuous, and zero-one variables are handled quite eeciently. The algorithm restricts its search only to the permissible values ...

Multi-Edge Low-Density Parity-Check Coded Modulation Lei Zhang Master of Applied Science Graduate Department of Edward Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering University of Toronto 2011 A method for designing low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes for bandwidth-efficient high-order coded modulation is proposed. Code structure utilizes the multi-edge-type LDPC code ensemble t...