Long Term Evolution (LTE) has emerged as a comprehensive evolution of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS). In this paper, a Quality of Service (QoS)-guaranteed cross-layer resource allocation algorithm for multiclass services in LTE system is proposed. Numerical results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm can provide better behavior for QoS-based services than other previo...

Human error is a significant and ever-growing problem in the healthcare sector. In this study, resource allocation problem is considered along with human errors to optimize utilization of resources in an emergency department. The algorithm is composed of simulation, artificial neural network (ANN), design of experiment (DOE) and fuzzy data envelopment analysis (FDEA). It is a multi-response opt...

This study examined socially appropriate and destructive behavior in unconstrained natural environments using a matching law analysis (MLA) of real time observational data. The participants were two school-age children and one adult with mild to moderate cognitive disabilities. Event lagged sequential analysis (SQA) provided the obtained rates of staff attention to socially appropriate and inap...

This paper uses the 1995 and 1998 Survey of Consumer Finances to examine 401(k) asset allocation behavior by individual and household characteristics, including spousal asset allocation behavior. The results provide evidence that, among married households in which each spouse has a 401(k) plan, spouses tend to invest their 401(k)s similarly rather than diversifying their holdings across spouses...

Datacenter is usually shared among different applications and tenants as cloud service infrastructure. Traditional network allocation reserves the bandwidth but the traffic behavior is unpredictable. InfiniBand (IB) is more widely applied in the construction of datacenter cluster and attracts more interest from the academic field as well. In this paper, we first propose an IB bandwidth allocati...

Phobos is a framework for experimenting with memory management systems. This framework provides two types of operation – profiling program allocation behavior and simulating the actions of memory management systems. Profiling is used to generate data about a program’s allocation behavior including total memory allocation and memory object lifetimes. Simulation is used to measure the performance...

Formalizations of concurrent memory models often represent memory behavior in terms of sequences of operations, where operations are either reads, writes, or synchronizations. More concrete models of (sequential) memory behavior may include allocation and free operations, but also include details of memory layout or data representation. We present an abstract specification for sequential memory...

Children who are diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (or who engage in behavior consistent with such a diagnosis) are often prescribed stimulant medications for hyperactive or inattentive behaviors. However, the mechanisms by which stimulant medications affect individuals' behavior are rarely evaluated. The purpose of the current study was to evaluate the effects of stimulan...