System effectiveness analyses are a longstanding challenge in defense modeling and simulation. While some techniques are accomplished through using an engagement-level model alone with given parameterized weapon performance data, this approach is prone to errors because of insufficient behavior information from the weapon systems. In order to overcome these limitations, engagement-level models ...

A generalized formulation of Selective Harmonic Elimination (SHE) PWM for Multilevel Inverter is recently formulated in literature which can eliminate a large number of lower order harmonics. Various methods for calculating the firing angles for SHE PWM are known and still research in this area is ongoing. This paper presents a MATLAB based approach for modeling and simulation method suitable f...

Coauthorship networks consist of links among groups of mutually connected authors that form a clique. Classical approaches using Social Network Analysis indices do not account for this characteristic. We propose two new cohesion indices based on a clique approach, and we redefine the network density using an index of variance of density. We have applied these indices to two coauthorship network...

This chapter reviews results of research carried out by Basak and collaborators during the past four decades or so in the development of novel mathematical chemodescriptors and their applications in quantitative structure-activity relationship (QSAR) studies related to the prediction of toxicities and bioactivities of chemicals. For chemodescriptors based QSAR studies, we have used graph theore...

BACKGROUND Long-lasting insecticidal net screens (LLIS) fitted to domestic windows and doors in combination with targeted treatment (TT) of the most productive Aedes aegypti breeding sites were evaluated for their impact on dengue vector indices in a cluster-randomised trial in Mexico between 2011 and 2013. METHODS Sequentially over 2 years, LLIS and TT were deployed in 10 treatment clusters ...

Interpretability is one of the most significant properties of Fuzzy Systems which are widely acknowledged as gray boxes against other Soft Computing techniques such as Neural Networks usually regarded as black boxes. It is essential for applications with high human interaction (decision support systems in medicine, economics, etc). The use of accuracy indices to guide the fuzzy modeling process...

soil salinity has been a large problem in arid and semi arid regions. preparation of such maps is useful for natural resource managers. old methods of preparing such maps require a lot of time and cost. multi-spectral remotely sensed dates due to the broad vision and repeating of these imageries is suitable for provide saline soil maps. this investigation is conducted to provide saline soil map...

Lens average and equivalent refractive indices are required for purposes such as lens thickness estimation and optical modeling. We modeled the refractive index gradient as a power function of the normalized distance from lens center. Average index along the lens axis was estimated by integration. Equivalent index was estimated by raytracing through a model eye to establish ocular refraction, a...

raisins are one of the most important parts of agriculture products to export and malayer gardens are one of the most valuables lands to produce vitis vinifera for raisin industry in recent years. the region has some problems to mange water resources due to climate change effects and drought. understanding of hydrology balance and drought period is one of most tools to manage the water crisis i...

A long literature on between-group inequality in Social Science and Statistics has developed statistical tools (indices and tests) in order to measure the extent of inequality of opportunity or, more narrowly, gender inequality. In this paper I propose a family of new indices which measure and are sensitive to inequality between pairs of groups whenever that inequality implies disadvantage for ...