The multi-energy system is a promising energy-efficient technology to supply electric and thermal energy end-users simultaneously, which can realize the cascade utilization. However, it challenging optimize operation of systems due their inherent structural complexity, as well highly coupled nature multiple flows uncertainty renewable generation. This paper proposed collaborative demand-control...

Distance learning universities usually afford their students the flexibility to advance their studies at their own pace. This can lead to a considerable fluctuation of student populations within a program’s courses, possibly affecting the academic viability of a program as well as the related required resources. Providing a method that estimates this population could be of substantial help to u...

In this paper, we describe our approach and its results for the MediaEval 2015 Retrieving Diverse Social Images task. The main strength of the proposed approach is its flexibility that permits to filter out irrelevant images, and to obtain a reliable set of diverse and relevant images. This is done by first clustering similar images according to their textual descriptions and their visual conte...

The interest in the influence of videogame experience on our daily life is constantly growing. "First Person Shooter" (FPS) games require players to develop a flexible mindset to rapidly react to fast moving visual and auditory stimuli, and to switch back and forth between different subtasks. This study investigated whether and to which degree experience with such videogames generalizes to othe...

While brain research shows great potential for advancing critical national security interests, the products of the laboratory cannot be realized in operational practice without the polishing and maturing demanded by federal science and technology (S&T) acquisition processes, particularly those of the Department of Defense. Although many acquisition planning functions are relatively conventional...

A s the “baby boomers” approach and enter their retirement years, the accumulation phase of their life-cycle is nearly over. Thus, the focus of many researchers, fi nancial services fi rms, and public policymakers concerned with retirement saving is shifting from the accumulation of resources while working to the drawdown of resources during retirement. Retired households are dependent on the a...

Cognitive flexibility reflects both a trait that reliably differs between individuals and a state that can fluctuate moment-to-moment. Whether individuals can undergo persistent changes in cognitive flexibility as a result of reward learning is less understood. Here, we investigated whether reinforcing a periodic shift in an object selection strategy can make an individual more prone to switch ...

The detrended cross-correlation coefficient ρ(DCCA) has recently been proposed to quantify the strength of cross-correlations on different temporal scales in bivariate, nonstationary time series. It is based on the detrended cross-correlation and detrended fluctuation analyses (DCCA and DFA, respectively) and can be viewed as an analog of the Pearson coefficient in the case of the fluctuation a...

Despite the significance of resource levelling, project managers lack various ways to smooth usage fluctuation a repetitive construction besides changing usage. Tolerating interruptions is an effective way provide flexibility for schedule but ignored when solving levelling problems. Therefore, this paper investigates impacts on and develops integrated approach that simultaneously integrates two...

Abstract Wearable electronics with miniaturization and high-power density call for devices advanced thermal management capabilities, outstanding flexibility, excellent permeability. However, it is difficult to achieve these goals simultaneously due the conflict between high conductivity permeability flexibility. Here, we report an approach fabricate flexible, breathable composites capability by...