The goal of this paper is to compare the performance of the linear minimum mean square error (MMSE) detector for a class of code division multiple access (CDMA) systems in time and frequency selective channels. Specifically, we consider direct sequence (DS)-CDMA, multicarrier (MC)-CDMA, and the MC-DS-CDMA systems. Two key tools are used in our development. First, a general time-frequency framew...

Singh and Kumar (2011) suggested estimators for calculating population variance using auxiliary attributes. This paper proposes a family of estimators based on an adaptation of the estimators presented by Kadilar and Cingi (2004) and Singh et al. (2007), and introduces a new family of estimators using auxiliary attributes. The expressions of the mean square errors (MSEs) of the adapted and prop...

In this paper the efficiency of the electricity generation portfolio of BKW, a major Swiss utility, is analyzed. By applying mean-variance portfolio theory to the current and to possible future generation mixes, efficient frontiers are derived. The analysis based on relative changes in generation costs is complemented by an actual costs analysis. Moreover, a method that takes into account physi...

Genomic Structural Variations (SV), including Copy Number Variations (CNV), are believed to contribute significantly to variations between human individuals, and may have larger effect on phenotype than SNPs [1, 2]. Therefore, the importance of their discovery has been realized. While originally detected from analysis of aCGH array data, SVs/CNVs can now be more efficiently discovered from next...

nowadays, energy plays an important role in the economic and community development of country. consequently, performance analysis of energy systems is one of the effective methods being used to prevent waste of energy resources. among the different power generation technologies, steam power plants make a significant contribution to power generation in iran, with a share of 47 % of electricity g...

the japanese quail has been utilized as a research species in establishing the genetic relationships that may also be present in other species. divergent phenotypic selection for 4-wk bw was conducted for three generations in high (hw) and low (lw) lines. within each line, 50 females and 25 males were selected among 600 birds, based on 4-wk bw. mean bw at 4 wk of age in the base generation was ...