Principal component analysis (PCA) is commonly used to compute a bounding box of a point set in R. The popularity of this heuristic lies in its speed, easy implementation and in the fact that usually, PCA bounding boxes quite well approximate the minimumvolume bounding boxes. We present examples of discrete points sets in the plane, showing that the worst case ratio of the volume of the PCA bou...

The goal of this paper is to contribute to the understanding of fundamental performance limits for feedback control systems. In the literature to date on this topic, all available results assume that the designer has an exact model of the plant. Heuristically, however, one would expect that plant uncertainty should play a significant role in determining the best achievable performance. The goal...

in order to study the reason for the prominent increase of the average of sugar content in sugar beet produced in iran in 2007 and finding the relation of this increase with climatic parameters, chenaran sugar factory district was chosen. due to precise and reliable statistical data of sugar factory during the campaign and weather data, chenaran sugar factory was chosen for this investigation. ...

Total and average distance are not only interesting invariants of graphs in their own right but are also used for studying properties or classifying graphical systems that depend on the number of edges traversed. Recent examples include studies of computer networks [3] and the use of graphical invariants to partially classify the structure of molecules [1]. There have been a number of conjectur...

ABSTRACT- Many fruits, vegetables and ornamental crops of tropical origin experience physiological damage when subjected to low temperatures. Protection of plants from the effects of lethally low temperatures is important in agriculture, especially in horticultural production of high value fruits and vegetables. The objective of this study was to develop a simple model to predict the daily mini...

A homogeneous convex centrosymmetric body with constant thermal properties is initially at temperature zero and its boundary is maintained at a temperature Tb > 0. Prove or disprove that at any time t > 0, the point of minimum temperature is the center. Also, prove or disprove that the isothermal surfaces are convex and centrosymmetric. Note that the convexity of the isothermal surfaces will im...

We have used thermistor/data logger assemblies to measure temperatures in the brain, carotid artery, jugular vein and abdominal cavity, and subcutaneously, in five pronghorn antelope over a summer in Wyoming. Globe and air temperature varied by up to approximately 50 degrees C daily during the summer and maximum solar radiation was approximately 900 W m(-2). Brain temperature (38.9+/-0.3 degree...

The main objective of this study was to reveal the impact of nine climate indices on temperature changes and climate oscillations in Golestan Province along the southern coast of the Caspian Sea. Climate indices data from across the Atlantic-Eurasian sector were collected from the NCEP/NCAR, the Climate Prediction Centre (CPC) and the Climatic Research Unit (CRU) over a period of 40 years (1971...