We have proposed a scheme that extends the application of GAs to domains that require detection of robust solutions. We called this technique GAs/RS – GAs with a robust solution searching scheme. In the GAs/RS, a perturbation is added to the phenotypic feature once for evaluation of an individual, thereby reducing the chance of selecting sharp peaks. We refer to this method as a single-evaluati...

Communication between humans deeply relies on our capability of experiencing, expressing, and recognizing feelings. For this reason, research on human-machine interaction needs to focus on the recognition and simulation of emotional states, prerequisite of which is the collection of affective corpora. Currently available datasets still represent a bottleneck because of the difficulties arising ...

For hypotheses of the type H0 : θ = θ0 vs H1 : θ 6= θ0 we demonstrate the equivalence of a Bayesian hypothesis test using a Bayes factor and the corresponding classical test, for a large class of models, which are detailed in the paper. In particular, we show that the role of the prior and critical region for the Bayes factor test is only to specify the type I error. This is their only role sin...

Typically, general job shop scheduling problems assume that working times of machines are equal, for instance eight hours a day. However, in real factories, these working times are different because the machines may have different processing speeds, or they may require maintenance. That is, one machine may need to be operated only half day whereas other machines may have to be operated for the ...

This conceptual paper focuses a methodology for the analysis of performances of enterprises operating in production networks. In order to derive adequate results exclusively the operative perspective of performance analysis is investigated. Operative performance analysis implies the analysis of performances of network members considering a special value-adding-process. The introduced approach i...

artificial recharge can be an effective method to raise the groundwater table and to resolve the groundwater crisis in sefid dasht plain. the most important step to successful accomplishment of artificial recharge is locating suitable areas for artificial recharge. hence this research carried out with purpose of determining suitable areas for artificial recharge in sefid dasht plain. slope, sur...