The error-entropy-minimization approach in adaptive system training is addressed in this paper. The effect of Parzen windowing on the location of the global minimum of entropy has been investigated. An analytical proof that shows the global minimum of the entropy is a local minimum, possibly the global minimum, of the nonparametrically estimated entropy using Parzen windowing with Gaussian kern...

Distributed programs often follow some bounded global predicates, for example, the total number of certain tokens is always the same or bounded in a range. In order to detect bounded global predicates, we can first derive the minimum and maximum global snapshots and then check if the minimum and maximum are out of the range. Recently, Chase and Garg proposed an efficient method to derive the mi...

The current paper develops three different ways to measure the multi-period global cost efficiency for homogeneous networks of processes when the prices of exogenous inputs are known at all time periods. A multi-period network data envelopment analysis model is presented to measure the minimum cost of the network system based on the global production possibility set. We show that there is a rel...

A global optimization approach is proposed for finding the global minimum energy configuration of Lennard-Jones microclusters. First, the original nonconvex total potential energy function, composed by rational polynomials, is transformed to the difference of two convex functions (DC transformation) via a novel procedure performed for each pair potential that constitute the total potential ener...

The determination of a stable molecular structure can often be formulated in terms of calculating the global (or approximate global) minimum of a potential energy function. Computing the global minimum of this function is very difficult because it typically has a very large number of local minima which may grow exponentially with molecule size. The optimization method presented involves collect...

the objectives of this study was to estimation of greenhouse gases (ghg) emissions and global warming in rice production and identify measures to reducing fossil energy use and greenhouse gases emissions. three rice production systems included sri, improved and conventional were studied. all activities, field operation and data in production methods and differents inputs rates were monitored an...