Network science makes heavy use of simulation models and calculations based upon graph-oriented data structures that are intrinsically highly irregular in nature. The key to efficient use of data-parallel and multi-core parallelism on graphical processing units (GPUs) and CPUs is often to optimise the data layout and to exploit distributed memory locality with processing elements. We describe w...

The power supply designer is continually being pressured to provide units which have higher efficiency, better regulation, less EMI and RFI, and smaller size and weight, all at a lower cost. The solution to this problem is a combination of circuit topology, layout, and supply control. This application note will address output control techniques for linear and switch mode power supplies (SMPS). ...

The use of the simulation-based technique in facility layout has been a choice in the industry due to its convenience and efficient generation of results. Nevertheless, the solutions generated are not capable of addressing delays due to worker’s health and safety which significantly impact overall operational efficiency. It is, therefore, critical to incorporate ergonomics in facility design. I...

This paper presents TextTiling, a method for partitioning full-length text documents into coherent multiparagraph units. The layout of text tiles is meant to reflect the pattern of subtopics contained in an expository text. The approach uses lexical analyses based on tf.idf, an information retrieval measurement, to determine the extent of the tiles, incorporating thesaural informationvia a stat...

The Atropos logical volume manager allows applications to exploit characteristics of its underlying collection of disks. It stripes data in track-sized units and explicitly exposes the boundaries, allowing applications to maximize efficiency for sequential access patterns even when they share the array. Further, it supports efficient diagonal access to blocks on adjacent tracks, allowing applic...

Semiotic interpretation of lexical cohesion is a major research challenge both in theoretical and applied linguistics. From the point of view of usagebased language description, individual lexical units can be roughly characterized by their collocation profiles, i.e., by collections of condensed usage patterns extracted from very large corpora. It is posited that related lexical units tend to s...

Preliminary layout design of buildings has a substantial effect on the ultimate design of structural components and accordingly influences the construction cost. Exploring structurally efficient forms and shapes during the conceptual design stage of a project can also facilitate the optimum integrated design of buildings. This paper presents an automated method of determining column layout desi...

In this paper, to cope with the stochastic dynamic (or multi-period) problem, two new quadratic assignment-based mathematical models corresponding to the dynamic and static approaches are developed. The product demands are presumed to be dependent uncertain variables with normal distribution having known expectation, variance, and covariance that change from one period to the next one, randomly...

geographic information systems (gis) are one of the fastest growing computer-based technologies of past two decades, yet, full potential of this technology in construction has not been realized. based upon gis capabilities, construction site layout is one of the areas that gis could be applied. the layout of temporary facilities (tfs) such as warehouses, fabrication shops, maintenance shops, co...

The Full Adders (FAs) constitute the essential elements of digital systems, in a sense that they affect the circuit parameters of such systems. With respect to the MOSFET restrictions, its replacement by new devices and technologies is inevitable. QCA is one of the accomplishments in nanotechnology nominated as the candidate for MOSFET replacement. In this article 4 new layouts are presente...