A list decoding for an error-correcting code is a decoding algorithm that generates a list of codewords within a Hamming distance from the received vector, where can be greater than the error-correction bound. In [18], a list-decoding procedure for Reed–Solomon codes [19] was generalized to algebraic–geometric codes. A recent work [8] gives improved list decodings for Reed–Solomon codes and alg...

Codes with traceability properties are used in schemes where the identification of users that illegally redistribute content is required. For any code with traceability properties, the Identifiable Parent Property (c-IPP) seems to be less restrictive than the Traceability (c-TA) property. In this paper, we show that for Reed-Solomon codes both properties are in many cases equivalent. More preci...

The vehicle routing problem with time windows is a hard combinatorial optimization problem which has received considerable attention in the last decades. This paper proposes a two-stage hybrid algorithm for this transportation problem. The algorithm rst minimizes the number of vehicles using simulated annealing. It then minimizes travel cost using a large neighborhood search which may relocate ...

Digital audio broadcasting (DAB) systems for the AM band are being developed to provide higher-quality radio broadcasts, broader coverage, and data services. Transmission is typically done by means of multistreaming with QAM/OFDM in the high bits/sec/Hz regime, in which Reed–Solomon codes, either alone or in concatenation with inner trellis coded modulation (TCM), are natural choices for error ...

The people of the Solomon Islands represent an Austronesian (AN)-speaking population's adaptation to a humid tropical environment and subsistence of tuberous crops. Genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of other populations (e.g. the Human Genome Diversity Project [HGDP]) have suggested the existence of genotypes adaptive to ecoregion, diet, and subsistence, and that those genotypes are also ...

We provide a type-independent construction of an explicit basis for the semi-invariant harmonic differential forms arbitrary pseudo-reflection group in characteristic zero. Equivalently, we completely describe structure χ-isotypic components corresponding super coinvariant algebras one commuting and anti-commuting set variables, all linear characters χ. In type A, verify specialization conjectu...

Sharks and rays are facing increasing anthropogenic pressure globally, including in the Pacific. However, data on their status and biodiversity are lacking for many Pacific Large Ocean Island States. This study aimed to construct a species checklist for the sharks and rays occurring in the Solomon Islands, review the human interactions with these species, and present a synthesis of their conser...

To describe patterns of gene flow for the fished holothurian species Holothuria scabra 17 to 141 individuals were collected from 8 populations from north-east Australia, the Torres Strait, and the Solomon Islands. Samples were investigated by allozyme electrophoresis of 7 polymorphic loci. Cluster analyses using Rogers’ genetic distance identified 3 distinct groups of populations from the north...

This paper draws on a recent household survey to examine the incidence and depth of poverty in the Solomon Islands and Vanuatu. It replicates the Multidimensional Poverty Index recently developed by the Oxford Poverty and Human Development Initiative. This represents the first time that the Multidimensional Poverty Index is calculated for the Solomon Islands and the first time that it is report...

The impacts of Wasmannia auropunctata (the little fire ant) on the native biota and subsistence agriculture in the Solomon Islands are poorly understood. This species was originally introduced as a biological control against nut-fall bugs (Amblypelta sp.) around 30 years ago and in the intervening time has spread throughout the Solomon Islands, aided movement of produce and planting material. I...