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Natural Language Dialogue Service for Appointment Scheduling Agents
Appointment scheduling is a problem faced daily by many individuals and
organizations. Cooperating agent systems have been developed to partially
automate this task. In order to extend the circle of participants as far as
possible we advocate the use of natural language transmitted by e-mail. We
describe COSMA, a fully implemented German language server for existing
appointment scheduling agent systems. COSMA can cope with multiple dialogues in
parallel, and accounts for differences in dialogue behaviour between human and
machine agents. NL coverage of the sublanguage is achieved through both
corpus-based grammar development and the use of message extraction techniques.Comment: 8 or 9 pages, LaTeX; uses aclap.sty, epsf.te
To Compute or not to Compute? Adaptive Smart Sensing in Resource-Constrained Edge Computing
We consider a network of smart sensors for edge computing application that
sample a signal of interest and send updates to a base station for remote
global monitoring. Sensors are equipped with sensing and compute, and can
either send raw data or process them on-board before transmission. Limited
hardware resources at the edge generate a fundamental latency-accuracy
trade-off: raw measurements are inaccurate but timely, whereas accurate
processed updates are available after computational delay. Also, if sensor
on-board processing entails data compression, latency caused by wireless
communication might be higher for raw measurements. Hence, one needs to decide
when sensors should transmit raw measurements or rely on local processing to
maximize overall network performance. To tackle this sensing design problem, we
model an estimation-theoretic optimization framework that embeds computation
and communication delays, and propose a Reinforcement Learning-based approach
to dynamically allocate computational resources at each sensor. Effectiveness
of our proposed approach is validated through numerical simulations with case
studies motivated by the Internet of Drones and self-driving vehicles.Comment: 14 pages, 14 figures; submitted to IEEE TNSM; revised versio
Laser beam welding of dissimilar stainless steels in a fillet joint configuration
This paper investigates laser beam welding of dissimilar AISI 304L and AISI 430 stainless steels. Experimental studies were focused on effects of laser power, welding speed, defocus distance, beam incident angle, and line energy on weld bead geometry and shearing force. Metallurgical analysis was conducted on a selected weld only to show various microstructures typically formed at different zones and consequent change in microhardness. Laser power and welding speed were the most significant factors affecting weld geometry and shearing force. All the bead characteristics but radial penetration depth decreased with increased beam incident angle. The focused beam allowed selecting lower laser power and faster welding speed to obtain the same weld geometry. Weld shape factor increased rapidly due to keyhole formation for line energy input ranging from 15 kJ/m to 17 kJ/m. Fusion zone microstructures contained a variety of complex austenite-ferrite structures. Local microhardness of fusion zone was greater than that of both base metals
Multi-response Optimization of Laser Welding of Stainless Steels in a Constrained Fillet Joint Configuration Using RSM
This paper presents experimental design approach to process parameter optimization for CW Nd/YAG laser welding of ferritic/austenitic stainless steels in a constrained fillet configuration. To determine the optimal welding parameters, response surface methodology was used to develop a set of mathematical models relating the welding parameters to each of the weld characteristics. The quality criteria considered to determine the optimal settings were the maximization of weld resistance length and shearing force, and the minimization of weld radial penetration. Laser power, welding speed, and incident angle are the factors that affect the weld bead characteristics significantly. A rapid decrease in weld shape factor and increase in shearing force with the line energy input in the range of 15-17 kJ/m depicts the establishment of a keyhole regime. A focused beam with laser power and welding speed respectively in the range of 860-875 W and 3.4-4.0 m/min and an incident angle of around 12° were identified as the optimal set of laser welding parameters to obtain stronger and better welds
Integrating Terminology Extraction and Word Embedding for Unsupervised Aspect Based Sentiment Analysis
In this paper we explore the advantages that unsupervised terminology extraction can bring to unsupervised Aspect Based Sentiment Analysis methods based on word embedding expansion techniques. We prove that the gain in terms of F-measure is in the order of 3%.Nel presente articolo analizziamo lâinterazione tra syistemi di estrazione âclassicaâ terminologica e systemi basati su techniche di âword embeddingâ nel contesto dellâanalisi delle opinioni. Domostreremo che lâintegrazione di terminogie porta un guadagno in F-measure pari al 3% sul dataset francese di Semeval 2016
ANALYSIS OF THE LUBRICATION REGIMES AT THE SMALL END AND BIG END OF A CONNECTING ROD OF A HIGH PERFORMANCE MOTORBIKE ENGINE
ABSTRACT In the present paper, the algorithm proposed by Giacopini et. al. The application of the algorithm proposed to both the small end and the big end of a con-rod is challenging because of the different causes that sustain the hydrodynamic lubrication in the two cases. In the con-rod big end, the fluid film is mainly generated by the relative high speed rotation between the rod and the crankshaft. The relative speed between the two races forms a wedge of fluid that assures appropriate lubrication and avoids undesired direct contacts. On the contrary, at the con-rod small end the relative rotational speed is low and a complete rotation between the mating surfaces does not occurs since the con-rod only oscillates around its vertical axis. Thus, at every revolution of the crankshaft, there are two different moments in which the relative rotational speed between the con-rod and the piston pin is null. Therefore, the dominant effect in the lubrication is the squeeze caused by the high loads transmitted through the piston pin. In particular both combustion forces and inertial forces contribute to the squeeze effect. This work shows how the formulation developed by the authors is capable of predicting the performance of journal bearings in the unsteady regime, where cavitation and reformation occur several times. Moreover, the effects of the pressure and the shear rate on the density and on the viscosity of the lubricant are taken into account
Synthesis of 5,6,6-[2H3]finasteride and quantitative determination of finasteride in human plasma at picogram level by an isotope-dilution mass spectrometric method.
Microstructural changes induced by ultrashort pulsed lasers in microdrilling of fuel nozzles
Microholes for gasoline direct injection (GDI) nozzles were obtained in martensitic stainless steel AISI 440C with conventional micro-EDM and two laser based processes: water-jet guided ïs-laser and fs-laser. Since the analyzed drilling methods heavily differ for their thermal input on materials, the three processes were compared from the perspective of the microstructural changes induced in the bulk material after drilling. Moreover, the sharpness of the edges was taken into account as distinctive feature for a comparison among the three processes, being the spray atomization maximized by a cavitation process inside the microhole.
A tailored procedure was optimised to prepare the samples for Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) and metallographic analyses. The cross sections of micro-EDM drilled samples revealed the presence of a recast (white) layer of 1-2 ”m in thickness even using the lowest spark energy in the tested range. Samples drilled by water-jet guided ïs-laser are affected by the same phenomenon, with an even more pronounced effect. Moreover, they showed the extrusion of the melt material along the hole axis under the action of the water-jet conveying the beam. The extremely fast cooling of this layer also makes the machined surfaces prone to cracking. Conversely, metallographic analysis of cross sections of ultrashort pulsed laser drilled samples, showed no modification of the base metal microstructure in the sub-surface regions, thus testifying that the fs-pulsed laser drilling was an almost pure ablation process and not affected by a remarkable liquid phase as for the other two thermal processes. Periodicity and dimensions of laser induced periodic surface structures (LIPSS) generated by ultrashort pulsed laser were characterized by means of Scanning Electron Microscopy. SEM analysis of the microhole edges revealed burrs for the water-jet guided ïs-laser while radii of 3-4 ”m for micro-EDM and less than 1”m for fs-lasers were measured
Isotopic dilution GC-MS measurement of 4-Hydroxyandrostendione in postmenopausal breast cancer
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