this paper describes a methodology in designing high-performance concrete for simply supported beams, using a hybrid optimization strategy based on a variable neighborhood search threshold acceptance algorithm. three strategies have been applied to discrete optimization of reinforced concrete beams: variable neighborhood descent (vnd), reduced neighborhood search (rns) and basic variable neighb...

Traditionally, function prediction is performed using sequence/structure homology and then manual verification in the wet lab. The first step, also called computational function prediction, directs the experimental design to a narrow set of possible annotations for unstudied proteins. Recently, large interaction networks have been constructed using data from high-throughput techniques like Micr...

The feature map represented by the set of weight vectors of the basic SOM (Self-Organizing Map) provides a good approximation to the input space from which the sample vectors come. But the timedecreasing learning rate and neighborhood function of the basic SOM algorithm reduce its capability to adapt weights for a varied environment. In dealing with non-stationary input distributions and changi...

We discuss the geometrical interpretation of a well-known smoothing operator applied to the Molecular Distance Geometry Problem, and we then describe a heuristic approach based on Variable Neighbourhood Search on the smoothed and original problem. This algorithm often manages to find solutions having higher accuracy than other methods. This is important as small differences in the objective fun...

urban space has been formed in historical texture of cities under the influence of meaning and shape on the onehand and qualities related to human behaviors on the other hand. among these points, neighborhood centers as themost important areas of social life in urban open space play a critical role in attracting people and improving qualityand vitality of environment. this study presents the re...

Neighborhood algorithm is an important part of 3D SOM algorithm. We proposed three kinds of neighborhood shape and two kinds of neighborhood decay function for threedimensional self-organizing feature maps (3D SOM) algorithm and applied them to three-dimensional image compression coding. Experimental results show that the 3D orthogonal cross neighborhood shape and exponential function algorithm...

the neighborhood is a major factor in urbanism where habitation is characterized.in iranian traditional cities, the concept of neighborhood demonstrates the values of well-being, identity and sociability. neighborhoods can be approached into the following ways: external view that includes official boundaries, issues related to urban development and urban management. internal view that is based ...

The effects of large neighborhoods (neighborhood size) and of higher frequency neighbors (neighborhood frequency) were examined as a function of nonword neighborhood size in lexical decision tasks. According to the multiple read-out model (J. Grainger & A. M. Jacobs, 1996), neighborhood size and neighborhood frequency effects should vary systematically as a function of nonword neighborhood size...

development, a concept that is called often to process of moving from point to another that covers various aspects such as economic growth, structural change, industrialization, self-actualization and cultural, religious, national and individual self-reliance. a sustainable development is a new concept of economic growth. a growth that is as justice and opportunity for all people that living in...