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Stable Marriage with Multi-Modal Preferences
We introduce a generalized version of the famous Stable Marriage problem, now
based on multi-modal preference lists. The central twist herein is to allow
each agent to rank its potentially matching counterparts based on more than one
"evaluation mode" (e.g., more than one criterion); thus, each agent is equipped
with multiple preference lists, each ranking the counterparts in a possibly
different way. We introduce and study three natural concepts of stability,
investigate their mutual relations and focus on computational complexity
aspects with respect to computing stable matchings in these new scenarios.
Mostly encountering computational hardness (NP-hardness), we can also spot few
islands of tractability and make a surprising connection to the \textsc{Graph
Isomorphism} problem
On Physical Properties of Cylindrically Symmetric Self-Similar Solutions
This paper is devoted to discuss some of the features of self-similar
solutions of the first kind. We consider the cylindrically symmetric solutions
with different homotheties. We are interested in evaluating the quantities
acceleration, rotation, expansion, shear, shear invariant and expansion rate.
These kinematical quantities are discussed both in co-moving as well as in
non-co-moving coordinates (only in radial direction). Finally, we would discuss
the singularity feature of these solutions. It is expected that these
properties would help in exploring some interesting features of the
self-similar solutions.Comment: 16 pages, accepted for publication in Int. J. of Mod. Phys.
Weakly coupled two slow- two fast systems, folded node and mixed mode oscillationsM
We study Mixed Mode Oscillations (MMOs) in systems of two weakly coupled
slow/fast oscillators. We focus on the existence and properties of a folded
singularity called FSN II that allows the emergence of MMOs in the presence of
a suitable global return mechanism. As FSN II corresponds to a transcritical
bifurcation for a desingularized reduced system, we prove that, under certain
non-degeneracy conditions, such a transcritical bifurcation exists. We then
apply this result to the case of two coupled systems of FitzHugh- Nagumo type.
This leads to a non trivial condition on the coupling that enables the
existence of MMOs
Water Stability and Nutrient Leaching of Different Levels of Maltose Formulated Fish Pellets
The effects of different levels of maltose on feed pellet water stability and
nutrient leaching were studied. Five treatments, including control with three
replicates with setup (0.0, 20, 25, 30 and 35%). Pellet leaching rates were
used to indicate pellet water stability. The results show that the presence of
maltose in the diets significantly improved pellet water stability (p<0.05),
but the leaching rates of the feed (35% maltose) observed higher than other
feeds. Increased maltose resulted in the corresponding decrease in pellet
stability. The protein leaching rate of control feed and feed (20% maltose) was
significantly (p < 0.05) lower than the rates of other diets The lipid leaching
rate of control feed was lower than the rates of other diets, while the feed
(35% maltose) was more leaching rate. It improved feeds water stability is one
important reason why maltose enhances fish growth
Analytical and finite-element study of optimal strain distribution in various beam shapes for energy harvesting applications
Due to the increasing demand for harvesting energy from environmental vibration, for use in self-powered electronic applications, cantilever-based vibration energy harvesting has attracted great interest from various parties and become one of the most common approaches to convert redundant mechanical energy into electrical energy. As the output voltage produces from a piezoelectric material depends greatly on the geometric shape and the size of the beam, there is a need to model and compare the performance of cantilever beams of differing geometries. This paper presents the study of strain distribution in various shapes of cantilever beams, including a convex and concave edge profile elliptical beams that have been overseen in most of the prior literature. Both analytical and finite element models are derived and the resultant strain distributions in the beam are computed based on MATLAB solver and ANSYS finite element analysis tools. An optimum geometry for a vibration-based energy harvester system is verified. Lastly, experimental results comparing the power density for a triangular and rectangular piezoelectric beams are also presented to validate the finding of the study and the claim as suggested in the literature is verified
A static analysis of the applied Pi calculus
We present in this technical report a non-uniform static analysis for detecting the term-substitution property in systems specified in the language of the applied pi calculus. The analysis implements a denotational framework that has previously introduced analyses for the pi calculus and the spi calculus. The main novelty of this analysis is its ability to deal with systems specified in languages with non-free term algebras, like the applied pi calculus, where non-identity equations may relate different terms of the language. We demonstrate the applicability of the analysis to one famous security protocol, which uses non-identity equations, namely the Diffie-Hellman protocol
Kinematic Self-Similar Cylindrically Symmetric Solutions
This paper is devoted to find out cylindrically symmetric kinematic
self-similar perfect fluid and dust solutions. We study the cylindrically
symmetric solutions which admit kinematic self-similar vectors of second,
zeroth and infinite kinds, not only for the tilted fluid case but also for the
parallel and orthogonal cases. It is found that the parallel case gives
contradiction both in perfect fluid and dust cases. The orthogonal perfect
fluid case yields a vacuum solution while the orthogonal dust case gives
contradiction. It is worth mentioning that the tilted case provides solution
both for the perfect as well as dust cases.Comment: 22 pages, accepted for publication in Int. J. of Mod. Phys.
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