recently different approaches have been developed in the field of sensor fault diagnostics based on auto-associative neural network (aann). in this paper we present a novel algorithm called self reconstructing auto-associative neural network (s-aann) which is able to detect and isolate single faulty sensor via reconstruction. we have also extended the algorithm to be applicable in multiple faul...

the bankruptcy prediction models have long been proposedas a key subject in finance. the present study, therefore, makes aneffort to examine the corporate bankruptcy prediction through employmentof the genetic algorithm model. furthermore, it attempts to evaluatethe strategies to overcome the drawbacks of ordinary methods forbankruptcy prediction through application of genetic algorithms. thesa...

The NP multiple criteria minimum spanning tree as several applications into the network design problems. In this paper, we first introduce some properties than can help to characterize the problem, as well as to produce heuristics to solve it in a more efficient way. In the second part, we propose an application of the Multiple Objective Network optimization based on the Ant Colony Optimization...

A recent study of early dinosaur evolution using equal-weights parsimony recovered a scheme of dinosaur interrelationships and classification that differed from historical consensus in a single, but significant, respect; Ornithischia and Saurischia were not recovered as monophyletic sister-taxa, but rather Ornithischia and Theropoda formed a novel clade named Ornithoscelida. However, these anal...

Working Papers are interim reports on work of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis and have received only limited review. Views or opinions expressed herein do not necessarily represent those of the Institute, its National Member Organizations, or other organizations supporting the work. Abstract Since the early 1980's, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nat...

We consider a decision problem where a group of individuals evaluates multiattribute alternatives. We explore the minimal required agreements that are sufficient to specify the group utility function. A surprising result is that, under some conditions, a bilateral agreement among pairs of individuals on a single attribute is sufficient to derive the multiattribute group utility. The bilateral a...