We study the properties of a future singularity encountered by a perfect fluid observer in tilting spatially homogeneous Bianchi cos-mologies. We derive the boost formulae for the Weyl tensor to establish that, for two observers that are asymptotically null with respect to each other, their respective Weyl parameters generally both tend to zero, constant, or infinity together. We examine three ...

This paper presents a Petri net (PN) analysis technique which extend the analysis capabilities of T-invariants. This technique is based on the conversion of the PN into formulas of linear logic and on the introduction of the marking into P-invariants. It allows to test if T-invariants are pertinent related to the application's constraints of marking. Our technique determines for each valid sequ...

Many statistical problems involve the learning of an importance/effect of a variable for predicting an outcome of interest based on observing a sample of n independent and identically distributed observations on a list of input variables and an outcome. For example, though prediction/machine learning is, in principle, concerned with learning the optimal unknown mapping from input variables to a...

We present an integrated design and marketing approach to facilitate the generation of an optimal robust set of product design alternatives to carry forward to the prototyping stage. The approach considers variability in both (i) engineering design domain, and (ii) customer preferences in marketing domain. In the design domain, the approach evaluates performance and robustness of a design alter...

One of the key challenges in robotic bipedal locomotion is finding gait parameters that optimize a desired performance metric, such as robustness or energy efficiency. Typically, gait optimization requires extensive robot experiments and specific expert knowledge. Instead, we propose to apply data-driven machine learning to automate and speed up the process of gait optimization. In particular, ...

© Appl. Rheol. 20 (2010) 63293 DOI: 10.3933/ApplRheol-20-63293 Abstract: Bitumen is undoubtedly the most important material in the construction and rehabilitation of flexible road pavements. By increasing the temperature, bitumen changes from brittle solid, to viscoelastic solid and finally to Newtonian fluid. The rheological characteristics of bitumen also vary greatly due to aging, which is a...

Characteristic polarization state theory is restudied for the symmetric coherent Sinclair scattering matrix case. First, the geometric relations of the characteristic polarization states on the Poincaré sphere are derived. Based on these relations, simple formulas are given for all of the characteristic polarization states of this Sinclair matrix in Stokes vector form. From the formulation, it ...

We estimate the internal and external parameters of the camera, and simultaneously the distortion S parameters. Our aim is the selection of the best distortion model, using stiatistical test for the importance of distortion parameters. Also we examine the accuracy in camera parameter estimation and 30 reconstruction, in relation with the noise in the image. We answer the question “until which l...

Gives the general outline of how to measure the S-parameters of a differential mixer with SpectreRF. Permission to make copies, either paper or electronic, of this work for personal or classroom use is granted without fee provided that the copies are not made or distributed for profit or commercial advantage and that the copies are complete and unmodified. To distribute otherwise, to publish , ...

A geometrical argument is outlined to show the (already known) instability of an inflected liquid bridge between parallel planes in the case of equal contact angles. In contrast to the behavior of liquid bridges between parallel planes, it is shown that a liquid bridge between spheres exists which is stable and has two inflections. Along the way, a result relating stability and dH/dV for a fami...