the main objective of this paper is to introduce a new intelligent optimization technique that uses a predictioncorrectionstrategy supported by a recurrent neural network for finding a near optimal solution of a givenobjective function. recently there have been attempts for using artificial neural networks (anns) in optimizationproblems and some types of anns such as hopfield network and boltzm...

improving mechanical properties of composites based on strength-to-weight ratio has been gained much attention in various applications. having the most resistant and at the same time the lightest and the most economical structure is believed as an aim in these applications. these three factors are usually opposed to each other. so, applying optimization algorithms for improving mechanical prope...

This paper examines global recessions as a cascade phenomenon. In other words, how recessions arising within one or more countries might percolate across a network of connected economies. An agent based model is set up in which the agents are Western economies. A country has a probability of entering recession in any given year and one of emerging from it the next. In addition, the agents have ...

Today, the transmission of information on tourism through internet has been implemented through several systems, among of them are e-Tourism, tourism virtual reality mapping, tourism reservation system, location-based tourism services and tourism recommender system. Of all those varied systems, tourism recommender system plays awfully vital roles because the system is able to provide any touris...

Correspondence: [email protected] Department of Philosophy, University of Alabama at Birmingham 900 13th Street South, HB 414A Birmingham, AL 35294-1260, USA Correction After publication of (Abrams 2013), I discovered errors in two formulas in the settle-nets paragraphs of the POPCO main loop section in Methods (page 13 in the PDF file). I correct these errors here. In the definition of the weigh...