Automatic Design of Algorithms Through Evolution (ADATE) [2] is a system for automatic programming based on the neutral theory of evolution [1] . This theory states that the majority of molecular changes in evolution are due to neutral or almost neutral mutations. A consequence is that most of the variability and polymorphism within a species comes from mutation-driven drift of alleles that are...

Genetic Improvement Programming (GIP) is concerned with automating the burden of software maintenance, the most costly phase of the software lifecycle. We describe Gen-O-Fix, a GIP framework which allows a software system hosted on the Java Virtual Machine to be continually improved (e.g. make better predictions; pass more regression tests; reduce power consumption). It is the first exemplar of...

Today’s focus on sustainability within industry presents a modeling challenge that may be dealt with using dynamic programming over an infinite time horizon. However, the curse of dimensionality often results in a large number of states in these models. These large-scale models require numerically stable solution methods. The best method for infinite-horizon dynamic programming depends on both ...

A previous study proposes a model for improving efficiency under the data envelopment analysis structure when inputs and outputs are not allowed to adjust at wish. One problem associated with that model is that numerical difficulty may arise in variable substitution when some variables are zero or very small. To solve this problem, this paper builds a model from a dual point of view. The model ...

Enzymes are one of the most important biomolecules which has a wide range of applications in industrial as well as biomedical field. They are important due to their many useful properties. Their development, to a great extent, has been possible due to the availability of microbial sources. Microorganisms are of much attention because they can be produced economically and are amenable to genetic...

This paper focuses on impelling the FEC towards TCP transmission through generative frameworks based on existing error correction codes. It categorizes existing error correction algorithms on various bases and uses them as an outline for a generative program that monitors the present network parameters and generates a correction code accordingly. Required modifications in TCP packets are depict...

The history and origins of proficiency testing of clinical laboratories are reviewed. Since the introduction of proficiency testing in the late 1940s, dramatic improvement in laboratory performance has been demonstrated. Nonetheless, the poor performance found two decades earlier was summoned to support the passage of the Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act of 1967 (CLIA '67).

Introduction. Medical education quality improvement is a main problem of medical education system in Iran. One of the strategies for medical education quality improvement is internal evaluation. General instruction objectives are determining problems of clinical departments and introducing strategies in different levels of management for solving the problems and following up suggestions. Metho...

The nature of electro-optical equipment in various industries and the pursuit of the goal of reducing costs demand high reliability on the part of electro-optical systems. In this respect, reliability improvement could be addressed through a reliability allocation problem. Subsystem reliability must be increased such that the requirements as well as defined requisite functions are ensured in ac...