StructuredH∞-synthesis subject to time domain performance specifications is introduced. Our method allows to control trajectories of the linearized system and the underlying nonlinear dynamics simultaneously. A non-smooth bundle optimization method for this class of programs is proposed and discussed. Our approach is tested against two benchmark studies: control of a rotational actuator to atte...

1.2 Resynthesis A preliminary test exploring 4 emotions showed that conveying emotions by time domain synthesis may be possible. Therefore, a more sophisticated test was carried out in order to determine the influence of the prosodic parameters in the perception of a speaker's emotional state. Six different emotional states were investigated. The stimuli of the second test were used in three di...

Announcements at railway stations are a major information source for passengers. In order to ensure high intelligibility, the traditional solution is to use recorded prompts with “slot filling” of variable data. If a data type (e.g. train name) changes new recordings have to be made. Even with careful design the quality of the system will gradually deteriorate due to change of the voice of the ...

Program synthesis is a complex task comprising many interacting subactivities and requiring access to a variety of knowledge sourcesr Recent investigations have discovered the inadequaciest;ef current synthesis techniques to keep pace with increasing difficulties of managing large intricate problem solutions* An alternative approach to software methodologies is the development of intelligent co...

Creating a domain model (expert behavior) is a key component of every tutoring system. Whether the process is manual or semiautomatic, the construction of the rules of expert behavior requires substantial effort. Once finished, the domain model is treated as a fixed entity that does not change based on scope, sequence modifications, or student learning parameters. In this paper, we propose a fr...

In this paper we present soundsquatting, a previously unreported type of domain squatting which we uncovered during analysis of cybersquatting domains. In soundsquatting, an attacker takes advantage of homophones, i.e., words that sound alike, and registers homophoneincluding variants of popular domain names. We explain why soundsquatting is different from existing domain-squatting attacks, and...

View models are key concepts of domain-specific modeling to provide task-specific focus (e.g., power or communication architecture of a system) to the designers by highlighting only the relevant aspects of the system under design. View models can be specified by unidirectional graph queries, and automatically maintained from the underlying source model using incremental transformation technique...

This paper describes AMPHION1, a knowledge-based software engineering (KBSE) system that guides a user in developing a formal specification of a problem and then implements this specification as a program consisting of calls to subroutines from a library. AMPHION is domain independent and is specialized to an application domain through a declarative domain theory. A user is guided in creating a...

background: protein-protein interactions do not provide any direct information re­garding the domains within the proteins that mediate the interactions. the majority of proteins are multi domain proteins and the interaction between them is often defined by the pairs of their domains. most of the former studies focus only on interacting do­main pairs. however they do not consider the interaction...