OBJECTIVE This review synthesizes communication interventions that involved the use of speech generating devices (SGD) for individuals with developmental disabilities. METHODS Systematic searches of electronic databases, journals and reference lists identified 35 studies meeting the inclusion criteria. These studies were evaluated in terms of (a) participants, (b) SGD function, (c) SGD charac...

We consider the job-shop problem with sequence-dependent setup times. We focus on the formal definition of schedule generation schemes (SGSs) based on the semi-active, active, and non-delay schedule categories. We study dominance properties of the sets of schedules obtainable with each SGS. We show how the proposed SGSs can be used within single-pass and multi-pass priority rule based heuristic...

We present new algorithms for permutation group manipulation. Our methods result in an improvement of nearly an order of magnitude in the worst-case analysis for the fundamental problems of finding strong generating sets and testing membership. The normal structure of the group is brought into play even for such elementary issues. An essential element is the recognition of large alternating com...

Figure 2: The EpR model Gain excitation resonance Amp freq freq vocal tract resonances Amp excitation curve residual envelope Abstract: This paper is a review of the work contained in the insides of a sample-based virtual singing synthesizer. Starting with a narrative of the evolution of the techniques involved in it, the paper focuses mainly on the description of its current components and pro...

priority queues have a great importance in the study of computer communication networks in which different types of traffic require different quality of service standards. the discrete-time non-preemptive priority queuing model with priority jumps is proposed in this paper. on the basis of probability generating functions mean system contents and mean queuing delay characteristics are obtained....