Agent swarm classification network ASCN

In this paper we introduced a newly RBF Classification Network - "Agent Swarm Classification Network ASCN", which is trained by a Multi-agent systems (MAS) approach. MAS can be regarded as a swarm of independent software agents interact with each other to achieve common goals, complete concurrent distributed tasks under autonomous control. By treating each neuron as an agent, the weights of neurons can be determined through a set of pre-defined simple agent behavior. Three sets of experiments are examined to observe the effectiveness of the proposed method. © 2004 IEEE.published_or_final_versio

The Irish of Iorras Aithneach, County Galway; Volume III

This grammar is based on extensive fieldwork, published and unpublished lore, and recent as well as older recordings, particularly those held in the archives of Roinn Bhéaloideas Éireann and Raidió na Gaeltachta. These sources provide a picture of extensive variation and change across the six generations born between 1850 and 2000. The grammar draws on several branches of linguistics: descriptive and historical linguistics, dialectology and sociolinguistics. It is the most comprehensive treatment of any variety of Irish. Volume III contains chapters on prepositions, functors, initial mutations, higher register, borrowings and language contact, and onomastics

Developing and Evaluating the driving and powertrain systems of automated and electrified vehicles (AEVs) for sustainable transport

In the transition towards sustainable transport, automated and electrified vehicles (AEVs) play a key role in overcoming challenges such as fuel consumption, emissions, safety, and congestion. The development and assessment of AEVs require bringing together insights from multiple disciplines such as vehicle studies to design and control AEVs and traffic flow studies to describe and evaluate their driving behaviours. This thesis, therefore, addresses the needs of automotive and civil engineers, and investigates three classes of problems: optimizing the driving and powertrain systems of AEVs, modelling their driving behaviours in microscopic traffic simulation, and evaluating their performance in real-world driving conditions. The first part of this thesis proposes Pareto-based multi-objective optimization (MOO) frameworks for the optimal sizing of powertrain components, e.g., battery and ultracapacitor, and for the integrated calibration of control systems including adaptive cruise control (ACC) and energy management strategy (EMS). We demonstrate that these frameworks can bring collective improvements in energy efficiency, greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, ride comfort, safety, and cost-effectiveness. The second part of this thesis develops microscopic free-flow or car-following models for reproducing longitudinal driving behaviours of AEVs in traffic simulation, which can support the needs to predict the impact of AEVs on traffic flow and maximize their benefits to the road network. The proposed models can account for electrified vehicle dynamics, road geometric characteristics, and sensing/perception delay, which have significant effects on driving behaviours of AEVs but are largely ignored in traffic flow studies. Finally, we systematically evaluate the energy and safety performances of AEVs in real-world driving conditions. A series of vehicle platoon experiments are carried out on public roads and test tracks, to identify the difference in driving behaviours between ACC-equipped vehicles and human-driven vehicles (HDVs) and to examine the impact of ACC time-gap settings on energy consumption

The Irish of Iorras Aithneach, County Galway; Volumes I-IV

This grammar is based on extensive fieldwork, published and unpublished lore, and recent as well as older recordings, particularly those held in the archives of Roinn Bhéaloideas Éireann and Raidió na Gaeltachta. These sources provide a picture of extensive variation and change across the six generations born between 1850 and 2000. The grammar draws on several branches of linguistics: descriptive and historical linguistics, dialectology and sociolinguistics. It is the most comprehensive treatment of any variety of Irish. Volume I provides an introduction and chapters on historical phonology, sandhi and nominal morphology. Volume II describes plural noun morphology, the verb and pronominals. Volume III contains chapters on prepositions, functors, initial mutations, higher register, borrowings and language contact, and onomastics. Volume IV presents transcriptions and a CD containing recordings of a slection of speakers across the generations. The final volume also contains a vocabulary, bibliography and four indexes

The Irish of Iorras Aithneach, County Galway; Volumes I-IV

This grammar is based on extensive fieldwork, published and unpublished lore, and recent as well as older recordings, particularly those held in the archives of Roinn Bhéaloideas Éireann and Raidió na Gaeltachta. These sources provide a picture of extensive variation and change across the six generations born between 1850 and 2000. The grammar draws on several branches of linguistics: descriptive and historical linguistics, dialectology and sociolinguistics. It is the most comprehensive treatment of any variety of Irish. Volume I provides an introduction and chapters on historical phonology, sandhi and nominal morphology. Volume II describes plural noun morphology, the verb and pronominals. Volume III contains chapters on prepositions, functors, initial mutations, higher register, borrowings and language contact, and onomastics. Volume IV presents transcriptions and a CD containing recordings of a slection of speakers across the generations. The final volume also contains a vocabulary, bibliography and four indexes

Responsible AI and Analytics for an Ethical and Inclusive Digitized Society

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2022, nr 2, JTIT

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Abstracts of the IV International Scientific and Practical Conference "Information Technologies in Education, Science and Technology" (ITEST-2018)

Матеріали конференції висвітлюють основні напрями розвитку інформаційних технологій і систем та їх використання в освіті, науці, техніці, економіці, управлінні, медицині. У матеріалах розглядаються питання, пов'язані з комп'ютерним моделюванням фізичних,хімічних і економічних процесів, інформаційною безпекою та застосуванням інформаційно-комунікаційних технологій у техніці, наукових дослідженнях і управлінні складними стстемами, з використанням інформаційно-комунікаційних технологій в освіті, з створенням, впровадженням і використанням науково-освітніх ресурсів у акладах освіти різного рівня, а також з проблеми підготовки ІТ-фахівців. Для наукових і педагогічних працівників, аспірантів і студентів закладів вищої освіти.Материалы конференции освещают основные направления развития информационных технологий и систем и их использования в образовании, науке, технике, экономике, управлении, медицине. В материалах рассматриваются вопросы, связанные с компьютерным моделированием физических, химических и экономических процессов, информационной безопасностью и применением информационно-коммуникационных технологий в технике, научных исследованиях и управлении сложными стстемамы, с использованием информационно-коммуникационных технологий в образовании, с созданием, внедрением и использованием научно-образовательных ресурсов в акладах образования разного уровня, а также по проблеме подготовки ИТ-специалистов. Для научных и педагогических работников, аспирантов и студентов высших учебных заведений.The materials of the conference cover the main directions of development of information technologies and systems and their use in education, science, technology, economics, management, medicine. The materials deal with computer simulation of physical, chemical and economic processes, information security and application of information and communication technologies in engineering, research and management of complex systems, using information and communication technologies in education, with the creation, the introduction and use of scientific and educational resources in the education departments of various levels, as well as on the training of IT professionals. For scientific and pedagogical workers, graduate students and students of higher education institutions

Sustainability Analysis and Environmental Decision-Making Using Simulation, Optimization, and Computational Analytics

Effective environmental decision-making is often challenging and complex, where final solutions frequently possess inherently subjective political and socio-economic components. Consequently, complex sustainability applications in the “real world” frequently employ computational decision-making approaches to construct solutions to problems containing numerous quantitative dimensions and considerable sources of uncertainty. This volume includes a number of such applied computational analytics papers that either create new decision-making methods or provide innovative implementations of existing methods for addressing a wide spectrum of sustainability applications, broadly defined. The disparate contributions all emphasize novel approaches of computational analytics as applied to environmental decision-making and sustainability analysis – be this on the side of optimization, simulation, modelling, computational solution procedures, visual analytics, and/or information technologies

Vitamin C in Health and Disease

Vitamin C is a pivotal water soluble electron donor in nature and an essential nutrient in man. Despite its many years as a research focus, new and increasingly regulatory functions of vitamin C in human health are continually being unravelled. This improved mechanistic insight is starting to provide rationales explaining the extensive epidemiological literature that, for decades, has consistently shown strong associations between poor vitamin C status and increased morbidity and mortality. In this Special Issue, we include original research and literature reviews by experts in the field outlining the roles of vitamin C in early, daily and late life, as well as the roles of deficiency in cardiovascular disease, inflammation and cancer