Introduction: The accuracy of analyzing Functional MRI (fMRI) data is usually decreases in the presence of noise and artifact sources. A common solution in for analyzing fMRI data having high noise is to use suitable preprocessing methods with the aim of data denoising. Some effects of preprocessing methods on the parametric methods such as general linear model (GLM) have previously been evalua...

Multiphase flow meters (MPFMs) are utilized to provide quick and accurate well test data in numerous numbers of oil production applications like those in remote or unmanned locations topside exploitations that minimize platform space and subsea applications. Flow rates of phases (oil, gas and water) are most important parameter which is detected by MPFMs. Conventional MPFM data collecting is do...

In this paper, a multi-objective enhanced imperialist competitive algorithm (MOEICA) is presented. The main structures of the original ICA are employed while some novel approaches are also developed. Other than the non-dominated sorting and crowding distance methods which are used as the main tools for comparing and ranking solutions, an auxiliary comparison approach called fuzzy possession is ...

Today, because the market is scattered around world, manufacturing activities are not limited to a single location and have spread globally. As result, discussion of scheduling factory has changed from classic network as need in real world. In this regard, study considers multiple factories by taking into account job transportation time between factories. The main problem here that each would b...

Iris recognition, a relatively new biometric technology, has great advantages, such as variability, stability and security, thus it is the most promising for high security environments. A new iris recognition algorithm is proposed in this paper, which adopts Independent Component Analysis (ICA) to extract iris texture feature and competitive learning mechanism to recognize iris pattern. Experim...

Today, there is a crucial need for precise monitoring and prediction of energy consumption at the building level using latest technologies including Internet Things (IoT) data analytics to determine enhance usage. Data-driven models could be used prediction. However, due high non-linearity between inputs outputs models, these improvement in terms accuracy robustness. Therefore, this work aims p...

Cloud computing has become a universal trend now. So, for users, the reliability is an effective factor to use this technology. In addition, users prefer to implement and get their work done quickly. This paper takes into account these two parameters for resource allocation due to their importance In this method, the Imperialist Competitive algorithm with the addition of a cross layer of cloud ...

This thesis is about convolutive ICA with application to EEG. Two methods for convolutive ICA are proposed. One method, the CICAP algorithm, uses a linear predictor in order to formulate the convolutive ICA problem in two steps: linear deconvolution followed by instantaneous ICA. The other method, the CICAAR algorithm, generalizes Infomax ICA to include the case of convolutive mixing. One advan...