When multi-objective genetic algorithm is applied to real world problems for deriving Pareto optimum solutions, high calculation cost becomes a problem. One of solutions of this problem is using small number of population size. With this solution, however, it often happens that the diversity of the solutions is lost. Then the solutions which have the sufficient precisions cannot be derived. For...

in order to study the effects of drought stress and nitrogen (n) levels on grain yield, yield components and water use efficiency of grain corn (sc.704), a field experiment was conducted in 2009 growing season. the experiment was split-plot based on randomized complete block design arrangement and four replicates. main plots were three irrigation levels included optimum irrigation (i1), moderat...

In the real solar tower thermal power system, it is widely acknowledged that the thermodynamic irreversibility, such as convective and radiative loss on tower receiver, and thermal resistance in heat exchangers, is unavoidable. With above factors in mind, this paper presents an ideal model of the solar tower thermal power system to analyze the influence of various parameters on thermal and exer...

This paper proposed a new method to determine the neuronal tuning curves for maximum information efficiency by computing the optimum firing rate distribution. Firstly, we proposed a general definition for the information efficiency, which is relevant to mutual information and neuronal energy consumption. The energy consumption is composed of two parts: neuronal basic energy consumption and neur...

Abstract : The paper deals with lifting implementations of the motion−compensated temporal filter banks in the (t+2D) wavelet codecs. The paper is focused on the problem of optimum setup of the analysis and synthesis filters with the maximum coding efficiency possible for a given delay constrain. Systematic exhaustive experiments have been performed in order to find optimum setup as well as cod...

The chemical regeneration of granular activated carbon exhausted in a petrochemical wastewater unit was investigated. Gas chromatography and energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy demonstrated that spent activated carbon carries large types of organic and inorganic materials. Diverse chemical solvents were adopted in comparison with traditional chemical solvents and regeneration efficiency was in...

Purpose In this experiment you will examine the effect of temperature on retention in isothermal gas chromatography, and use this information to determine the heat of solution of the solute in the stationary phase and to determine the temperature for optimum retention. You will also examine the effect of flow rate on efficiency and construct a van Deemter plot, and determine the flow rate for o...