Information Theory is a branch of mathematics, more specifically probability theory, that studies information quantification. Recently, several researches have been successful with the use of Information Theoretic Learning (ITL) as a new technique of unsupervised learning. In these works, information measures are used as criterion of optimality in learning. In this article, we will analyze a st...

Abstract: A membrane-inspired evolutionary algorithm (MIEA) is a successful instance of a model linking membrane computing and evolutionary algorithms. This paper proposes the analysis of dynamic behaviors of MIEAs by introducing a set of population diversity and convergence measures. This is the first attempt to obtain additional insights into the search capabilities of MIEAs. The analysis is ...

Because of the interference of obfuscation and polymorphism on malware analysis and detection, the dynamic analysis of malware binaries during run-time is becoming a research hotspot in intrusion detection field. Malware classification is a key problem in the research of dynamic malware behavior analysis. On the basis of the malware behavior monitoring result reports, after discussing of malwar...

The six axis robots are widely used in automotive industry for their good repeatability (as defined in the ISO92983) (painting, welding, mastic deposition, handling etc.). In the aerospace industry, robot starts to be used for complex applications such as drilling, riveting, fiber placement, NDT, etc. Given the positioning performance of serial robots, precision applications require usually ext...

A number of advances in software security over the past decade have foundations in the behavior matching problem: given a specification of software behavior and a concrete execution trace, determine whether the behavior is exhibited by the execution trace. Despite the importance of this problem, precise descriptions of algorithms for its solution, and rigorous analyses of their complexity, are ...

in this paper, seismic behavior of the existing buildings equipped by friction dampers is studied. seismic performance of6-story, 9-story and 12-story steel buildings with damper and without damper were studied. the finite element modeling technique (sap2000 software) is used for analysis. time history analyzing was done to achieve this purpose. for nonlinear dynamic analysis, the responses of ...

This research studies the effect of “disconfirmation”—the discrepancy between the expected and experienced quality of the same product—on the behavior of consumers leaving product reviews in an online setting. Specifically, we posit that an individual’s pre-purchase expectation is driven by the product ratings she observes and the credibility of the review system she perceives at the time of pu...

New webcams and surveillance cameras are installed daily all around the world, adding huge quantities of data to the information stream that needs to be processed. As this happens, it is critical to develop methods that process such data-streams automatically and in real-time, reducing the manual effort that is still required for video content analysis. Of particular interest is to analyze the ...

Starch exists in plants in a granular form, the granules being between 1 and 100 μm in diameter, and has a complex semi-crystalline structure. Starch consists of two polymeric components: amylose, which is an essentially linear α (1→4) linked glucose chain, and amylopectin, which is a branched polymer of α (1→4) linked glucose chains interspersed with α (1→6) branch points. The relative proport...

endurance time (et) method is a relatively new performance-based earthquake method for structural evaluation and design. in this method, the structure is subjected to a gradually intensifying accelorogram(s) and its performance is assessed based on the maximum time duration that it can meet the specified performance objectives. using moment-resisting and braced frames which are rehabilitated by...