Implementation of a synchronous communication in a loosely coupled system: A correctness proof

A small-world simulation model of a regional innovation system combining the strength of the intersubject relationship of the regional innovation system with the loosely coupled system is constructed. We use a simulation to observe knowledge flow within the regional innovation system under relationships of varying strength. The results show that when the relationship between the subjects of the regional innovation system reaches a certain strength, the system will exhibit high module independence and high network integrity, forming a loosely coupled system. The knowledge flow in the system exhibits the emergence of a fast flow rate, a high mean value and little variance. When relationship strength is at other levels, the emergence of knowledge cannot be identified.

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Behavior modification in a loosely coupled system: Thoughts about motivating teaching performance

New Directions for Teaching and Learning ◽

10.1002/tl.37219821007 ◽

1982 ◽

Vol 1982 (10) ◽

pp. 47-57

Author(s):

Walter R. Nord

Keyword(s):

Behavior Modification ◽

Coupled System ◽

Teaching Performance ◽

Loosely Coupled

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Modernization of Healthcare and Medical Diagnosis System Using Multi Agent System (MAS)

Handbook of Research on Computational Intelligence for Engineering, Science, and Business ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-2518-1.ch023 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 592-622

Author(s):

Shibakali Gupta ◽

Sripati Mukherjee ◽

Sesa Singha Roy

Keyword(s):

Healthcare System ◽

Appropriate Technology ◽

Multi Agent System ◽

Agent System ◽

Healthcare Facilities ◽

Loosely Coupled ◽

System A ◽

Multi Agent ◽

Main Components ◽

Medical Diagnosis System

The healthcare system that prevailed some years ago was a mere pen and paper based system. A number of workers, staff, and written records were the main components of the prevailing system of healthcare. This had a number of drawbacks, and a number of mishaps occurred due to mismanagement of data and information. There was a need for development. Then, the concept of telemedicine came, which revolutionized the healthcare paradigm to a great extent. With the advancement of telemedicine, many major problems of the prevailing system were removed. But, still there were many other aspects which could be further improved to make healthcare facilities more enhanced. Keeping this in mind, the concept of Multi Agent System (MAS) was introduced in the healthcare system later. MASes are considered as the best and most appropriate technology that can be used in the development of applications in healthcare paradigm where the presence of multiple agents, heterogeneous and loosely coupled components, the data management in a dynamic and distributed environment, and multi-user collaborations are considered the most pertinent requirements for healthcare system. This chapter focuses mainly about MAS, its applications, and some systems that were developed by the authors.

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Modernization of Healthcare and Medical Diagnosis System Using Multi Agent System (MAS)

Healthcare Administration ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-6339-8.ch077 ◽

2015 ◽

pp. 1426-1455

Author(s):

Shibakali Gupta ◽

Sripati Mukherjee ◽

Sesa Singha Roy

Keyword(s):

Healthcare System ◽

Appropriate Technology ◽

Multi Agent System ◽

Agent System ◽

Healthcare Facilities ◽

Loosely Coupled ◽

System A ◽

Multi Agent ◽

Main Components ◽

Medical Diagnosis System

The healthcare system that prevailed some years ago was a mere pen and paper based system. A number of workers, staff, and written records were the main components of the prevailing system of healthcare. This had a number of drawbacks, and a number of mishaps occurred due to mismanagement of data and information. There was a need for development. Then, the concept of telemedicine came, which revolutionized the healthcare paradigm to a great extent. With the advancement of telemedicine, many major problems of the prevailing system were removed. But, still there were many other aspects which could be further improved to make healthcare facilities more enhanced. Keeping this in mind, the concept of Multi Agent System (MAS) was introduced in the healthcare system later. MASes are considered as the best and most appropriate technology that can be used in the development of applications in healthcare paradigm where the presence of multiple agents, heterogeneous and loosely coupled components, the data management in a dynamic and distributed environment, and multi-user collaborations are considered the most pertinent requirements for healthcare system. This chapter focuses mainly about MAS, its applications, and some systems that were developed by the authors.

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Lateral vibration control of a shafting-hull coupled system with electromagnetic bearings

Journal of Low Frequency Noise Vibration and Active Control ◽

10.1177/1461348418811516 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 38 (1) ◽

pp. 154-167 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Hui Qin ◽

Hongbo Zheng ◽

Wenyuan Qin ◽

Zhiyi Zhang

Keyword(s):

Frequency Response ◽

Acoustic Radiation ◽

Synthesis Method ◽

Coupled System ◽

Lateral Vibration ◽

Vibration Transmission ◽

Lateral Vibrations ◽

System A ◽

Vibration Responses ◽

Stiffness And Damping

In order to suppress lateral vibration transmission and reduce acoustic radiation of a shafting-hull coupled system, a new approach using electromagnetic bearings in the shafting system is proposed. The dynamic characteristics of the electromagnetic bearings, especially the equivalent stiffness and damping as well as the applicable scope of linearization of the electromagnetic bearings, are analysed at first. With the equivalent parameters, a dynamic model of the shafting-hull coupled system is established subsequently by using the frequency response synthesis method to derive frequency response functions associated with the lateral vibrations. Finally, the influence of the control parameters of the electromagnetic bearings on vibration transmission in the shafting-hull system is studied. Analysis results indicate that lateral vibration responses are suppressed significantly when electromagnetic bearings are introduced into the shafting-hull system, and as a result, sound radiation of the system is reduced, which demonstrates that the proposed approach is effective in controlling vibration transmission in the shafting system.

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Seismic Control of Structures Using Sloped Bottom Tuned Liquid Damper

International Journal of Structural Stability and Dynamics ◽

10.1142/s0219455419500962 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 19 (09) ◽

pp. 1950096 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Amiya Ranjan Pandit ◽

Kishore Chandra Biswal

Keyword(s):

Coupled System ◽

Structural Equations ◽

Earthquake Ground Motion ◽

Tuned Liquid Damper ◽

Seismic Control ◽

Structure Response ◽

Quadrilateral Elements ◽

System A ◽

Average Acceleration ◽

Fluid Equations

Tuned liquid damper (TLD) as an economical passive damper has gained importance because of its efficiency in suppressing the undesirable motion of a structure due to devastating earthquakes when it is rigidly attached to the structure. This phenomenon has been studied previously, but mostly limited to rectangular- or cylindrical-shaped TLD. The present study is aimed at determining the potential of the sloped bottom tuned liquid damper to suppress the unwanted vibration of the structure subjected to earthquake ground motion. Three different earthquake ground motions characterized by low-, intermediate- and high-frequency contents are selected for the dynamic analysis of the TLD–structure coupled system. A parametric study on the sloped bottom TLD and its interaction with the sustaining structural system is conducted. The structural equations, which are coupled with fluid equations, are solved by the Newmark-[Formula: see text] method with average acceleration, while the fluid equations are solved using velocity potential-based finite element method. The liquid domain in the TLD is comprised of a combination of three-node triangular and four-node quadrilateral elements. The result shows the reduction in structure response is significant with less amount of water in sloped bottom TLD rather than rectangular TLD.

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Ceremonial Justice: Crime and Punishment in a Loosely Coupled System

Social Forces ◽

10.2307/2577603 ◽

1979 ◽

Vol 58 (2) ◽

pp. 506 ◽

Cited By ~ 52

Author(s):

John Hagan ◽

John D. Hewitt ◽

Duane F. Alwin

Keyword(s):

Coupled System ◽

Crime And Punishment ◽

Loosely Coupled

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Geography Network for Sharing Geospatial Information in Disaster Management

Journal of Disaster Research ◽

10.20965/jdr.2010.p0108 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 5 (1) ◽

pp. 108-116 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Yuji Nawa ◽

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Go Urakawa ◽

Hiro Ikemi ◽

Ryota Hamamoto ◽

...

Keyword(s):

System Architecture ◽

Coupled System ◽

Practical Method ◽

System Structure ◽

Web Gis ◽

Geospatial Information ◽

Loosely Coupled ◽

Gis Data ◽

System Requirement ◽

Heavy Snow

The Chuetsu earthquake restoration and revival support geographic information system (GIS) project was launched after the 2004 Chuetsu earthquake. It was the first project to gather disaster GIS data at one place, and provide them by Web GIS from off–site of the disaster site in Japan. To facilitate sharing disaster geospatial information, we introduced a framework of Geography Network as GIS portal. The GIS portal was based on loosely–coupled system architecture. Therefore, it was able to change the system structure by system requirement of the project. The GIS portal was used continuously and commonly for the 2005 Fukuoka Earthquake and 2005–2006 Heavy Snow Disaster and the 2007 Chuetsu-Oki Earthquake. In this paper, we define the system requirement to share disaster geospatial information by knowledge from case studies, and describe a practical method to build the framework, demonstrate the benefit from the framework.

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