The programme of research of model-based diagnosis is based on several assumptions, foremost of whichis the availability of component-based modelsof the system being diagnosed. This assumption has beenfairly innocuous for diagnosis of networks of combinatorial devices, for which the construction of models with appropriate levels of discriminatory power has been easy. A priori, however, there is...

The analysis and application of hybrid energy storage systems (HESSs) in small-scale standalone microgrids for remote area power supply (RAPS) has received extensive attention. This application mode has its own characteristics which must be considered but have not been considered in the existing research. To reflect the common satisfaction of load demands and maximize the utilization of renewab...

Under conditions of nutrient limitation and high population density, the bacterium Bacillus subtilis can initiate a variety of developmental pathways. The signaling systems regulating B. subtilis differentiation are tightly controlled by switch proteins called Raps, named after the founding members of the family, which were shown to be response regulator aspartate phosphatases. A phr gene encod...

The NEC SX-4M cluster and Fujitsu VPP700 supercomputers are both based on custom vector processors using low-power CMOS technology. Their basic architec-tures and programming models are however somewhat diierent. A multi-node SX-4M cluster contains up to 32 processors per shared memory node, with a maximum of 16 nodes connected via the proprietary NEC IXS bre channel crossbar network. A hybrid ...

The meeting began with a summary of departmental visits. The departments/groups Jeff and I visited this week: ASSETT (Emily in place of Jeff), OIT Directors, RAPs, Math, Anthropology, Atlas, Continuing Ed., Chemistry, and IBS. The meetings were very helpful in a number of different ways: 1) new topics were identified; 2) individuals with knowledge about specific topics were identified; 3) feedb...

Radio Frequency IDentification (RFID) is a pioneer technology which has depicted a new lifestyle for humanity in all around the world. Every day we observe an increase in the scope of RFID applications and no one cannot withdraw its numerous usage around him/herself. An important issue which should be considered is providing privacy and security requirements of an RFID system. Recently in 2014,...

BACKGROUND Tracing persons who have been in contact with an infectious patient may be very effective in preventing the spread of communicable diseases. However, criteria to decide when to conduct contact tracing are not well established. We have investigated the available evidence for contact tracing with a focus on public ground transport aiming to give guidance in what situations contact trac...

Research on autonomous intelligent systems has focused on how robots can robustly carryout missions in uncertain and harsh environments with very little or no human intervention.Robotic execution languages such as RAPs, ESL, and TDL improve robustness by manag-ing functionally redundant procedures for achieving goals. The model-based programmingapproach extends this by guara...

An interest and development of indoor localization has grown along with the scope of applications. In a large and crowded indoor venue, the population density of access points (APs) is typically much higher than that in small places. This may cause a client device such as a smartphone to capture an imperfect Wifi fingerprints (FPs), which is essential piece of data for indoor localization. This...

Wireless access infrastructure, such as Wi-Fi access points and cellular base stations, plays a vital role in providing pervasive Internet services to vehicles. However, the deployment costs of different access infrastructure are highly variable. In this paper, we make an effort to investigate the capacity-cost tradeoffs for vehicular access networks in which access infrastructure is deployed t...