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A discrete-time performance model for congestion control mechanism using queue thresholds with QOS constraints
This paper presents a new analytical framework for the congestion control of Internet traffic using a
queue threshold scheme. This framework includes two discrete-time analytical models for the performance
evaluation of a threshold based congestion control mechanism and compares performance measurements through
typical numerical results. To satisfy the low delay along with high throughput, model-I incorporates one
threshold to make the arrival process step reduce from arrival rate Âż1 directly to Âż2 once the number of packets in
the system has reached the threshold value L1. The source operates normally, otherwise. Model-II incorporates
two thresholds to make the arrival rate linearly reduce from Âż1 to Âż2 with system contents when the number of
packets in the system is between two thresholds L1 and L2. The source operates normally with arrival rate Âż1
before threshold L1, and with arrival rate Âż2 after the threshold L2. In both performance models, the mean packet
delay W, probability of packet loss PL and throughput S have been found as functions of the thresholds and
maximum drop probability. The performance comparison results for the two models have also been made
through typical numerical results. The results clearly demonstrate how different load settings can provide
different tradeoffs between throughput, loss probability and delay to suit different service requirements
Effect of Texting with Friends during Video Lectures on High School Students’ Learning
The purpose of this study was to examine high school students’ learning by looking at the effect of texting with friends through a computer chat program on their comprehension and memory of video lectures. Two videos were selected and two settings (texting and no-texting settings) were created. Students were asked to watch one video while being interrupted by a friend to text with them, and to watch another video without being interrupted. The results of the students’ video lecture comprehension and memory quizzes showed that the students scored lower while texting with friends, and that they scored differently between the two videos when texting with friends
Boosted Top Quark Pair Production in Soft Collinear Effective Theory
We review a Soft Collinear Effective Theory approach to the study of
factorization and resummation of QCD effects in top-quark pair production. In
particular, we consider differential cross sections such as the top-quark pair
invariant mass distribution and the top-quark transverse momentum and rapidity
distributions. Furthermore, we focus our attention on the large invariant mass
and large transverse momentum kinematic regions, characteristic of boosted top
quarks. We discuss the factorization of the differential cross section in the
double soft gluon emission and small top-quark mass limit, both in Pair
Invariant Mass (PIM) and One Particle Inclusive (1PI) kinematics. The
factorization formulas can be employed in order to implement the simultaneous
resummation of soft emission and small mass effects up to
next-to-next-to-leading logarithmic accuracy. The results are also used to
construct improved next-to-next-to-leading order approximations for the
differential cross sections.Comment: 6 pages. Proceedings of the Second Annual Conference on Large Hadron
Collider Physics (LHCP 2014), Columbia University, New York, June 2-7, 201
Effects of Data Imputation Methods on Data Missingness in Data Mining
The purpose of this paper is to study theeffectiveness of data imputation methods in dealingwith data missingness in the data mining phase ofknowledge discovery in Database (KDD). Theapplication of data mining techniques without carefulconsideration of missing data can result into biasedresults and skewed conclusions. This research exploresthe impact of data missingness at various levels in KDDmodels employing neural networks as the primary datamining algorithm. Four of the most commonly utilizeddata imputation methods - Case Deletion, MeanSubstitution, Regression Imputation, and MultipleImputation were evalutated using Root Mean Square(RMS) Values, ANOVA Testing, T-tests, and Tukey’sHonestly Significant Difference Test to assess thedifferences of performance levels between variousKnowledge Discovery and Neural Network Models,both in the presence and absence of Missing Data
NASA Integrated Model Centric Architecture (NIMA) Model Use and Re-Use
This whitepaper accepts the goals, needs and objectives of NASA's Integrated Model-centric Architecture (NIMA); adds experience and expertise from the Constellation program as well as NASA's architecture development efforts; and provides suggested concepts, practices and norms that nurture and enable model use and re-use across programs, projects and other complex endeavors. Key components include the ability to effectively move relevant information through a large community, process patterns that support model reuse and the identification of the necessary meta-information (ex. history, credibility, and provenance) to safely use and re-use that information. In order to successfully Use and Re-Use Models and Simulations we must define and meet key organizational and structural needs: 1. We must understand and acknowledge all the roles and players involved from the initial need identification through to the final product, as well as how they change across the lifecycle. 2. We must create the necessary structural elements to store and share NIMA-enabled information throughout the Program or Project lifecycle. 3. We must create the necessary organizational processes to stand up and execute a NIMA-enabled Program or Project throughout its lifecycle. NASA must meet all three of these needs to successfully use and re-use models. The ability to Reuse Models a key component of NIMA and the capabilities inherent in NIMA are key to accomplishing NASA's space exploration goals. 1
Transient Three-Dimensional Side Load Analysis of Out-of-Round Film Cooled Nozzles
The objective of this study is to investigate the effect of nozzle out-of-roundness on the transient startup side loads. The out-of-roundness could be the result of asymmetric loads induced by hardware attached to the nozzle, asymmetric internal stresses induced by previous tests and/or deformation, such as creep, from previous tests. The rocket engine studied encompasses a regeneratively cooled thrust chamber and a film cooled nozzle extension with film coolant distributed from a turbine exhaust manifold. The computational methodology is based on an unstructured-grid, pressure-based computational fluid dynamics formulation, and a transient inlet history based on an engine system simulation. Transient startup computations were performed with the out-of-roundness achieved by four degrees of ovalization of the nozzle: one perfectly round, one slightly out-of-round, one more out-of-round, and one significantly out-of-round. The computed side load physics caused by the nozzle out-of-roundness and its effect on nozzle side load are reported and discussed
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