The ordered weighted averaging (OWA) operator is one of the most used techniques in operator’s aggregation procedure. This paper proposes a new assignment algorithm by using OWA and different extensions it Branch-and-bound algorithm. process based on use average distance (OWAD) induced OWAD (IOWAD). We present as with (BBAOWAD) IOWAD (BBAIOWAD). main advantage this approach that we can obtain m...

1. The Andre'ev (1987) bound: explicit function with size f = ˜ Ω(n 5 2) 2. The relationship between formula size and circuit depth, and how to accomplish " depth reduction " for a general circuit 3. Monotone formulas for monotone functions (example: monotone formula for the majority function MAJ)

Let X be a linearly ordered set of arbitrary size (finite or infinite). Natural functions on such a set one can define using the linear order include maximum, minimum and median functions. While it is clear what the clone generated by the maximum or the minimum looks like, this is not obvious for median functions. We show that every clone on X contains either no median function or all median fu...

In the context of spatial majority voting games, considerable experimental support exists for the core as a solution hypothesis when it is not empty (Berl et al., 1976; Fiorina and Plott, 1978; Isaacs and Plott, 1978). Specifically, these experiments show that if a simple majority voting game possesses a Core point-a point that cannot be defeated by a majority vote-subjects choose outcomes at o...

The combination of classifiers has been proposed as a method to improve the accuracy achieved by a single classifier. In this study, the performances of optimistic and pessimistic ordered weighted averaging operators for protein secondary structure classifiers fusion have been investigated. Each secondary structure classifier outputs a unique structure for each input residue. We used confusion ...

OBJECTIVE To review the surgical procedures and outcomes in children with bilateral oval window aplasia (OWA). STUDY DESIGN Retrospective cohort review. SETTING Tertiary referral center. PATIENTS Children suffering from OWA between 1990 and 2010. INTERVENTION Vestibulotomy with ossiculoplasty (V-OPL) or round window vibroplasty (RWV). MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Findings at radiology and su...

A median (antimedian) of a profile of vertices on a graph G is a vertex that minimizes (maximizes) the sum of the distances to the elements in the profile. The median (antimedian) function has as output the set of medians (antimedians) of a profile. It is one of the basic models for the location of a desirable (obnoxious) facility in a network. The median function is well studied. For instance ...

The synchronized bit communication model, defined recently by Impagliazzo and Williams in [1], is a communication model which allows the participants to share a common clock. The main open problem posed in this paper was the following: does the synchronized bit model allow a logarithmic speed-up for all functions over the standard deterministic model of communication? We resolve this question i...

New proofs are given for Monjardet’s theorem that all strong simple games (i.e., ipsodual elements of the free distributive lattice) can be generated by the median operation. Tighter limits are placed on the number of iterations necessary. Comparison is drawn with the χ function which also generates all strong simple games.