scholarly journals A mathematical framework for measuring network flexibility

2020 ◽  
Vol 164 ◽  
pp. 13-24
Author(s):  
Péter Babarczi ◽  
Markus Klügel ◽  
Alberto Martínez Alba ◽  
Mu He ◽  
Johannes Zerwas ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mathematical Framework ◽  
Network Flexibility ◽  
Measuring Network

LPCD framework: Analytical tool or psychological model?

2018 ◽  
Vol 41 ◽  
Author(s):  
David Danks
Keyword(s):  
Decision Making ◽  
Analytical Tool ◽  
Mathematical Framework ◽  
Bayesian Decision ◽  
Perceptual Decision Making ◽  
Psychological Model ◽  
Psychological Reality ◽  
Psychological Theories ◽  
Target Article ◽  
Bayesian Decision Making

AbstractThe target article uses a mathematical framework derived from Bayesian decision making to demonstrate suboptimal decision making but then attributes psychological reality to the framework components. Rahnev & Denison's (R&D) positive proposal thus risks ignoring plausible psychological theories that could implement complex perceptual decision making. We must be careful not to slide from success with an analytical tool to the reality of the tool components.

Determination and prediction of the stress-strain state of pipeline, taking into account soil changes during operation

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (4) ◽  
pp. 372-378
Author(s):  
Aydar К. Gumerov ◽  
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Rinat M. Karimov ◽  
Robert М. Askarov ◽  
Khiramagomed Sh. Shamilov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Strain State ◽  
Mathematical Framework ◽  
Equilibrium Equations ◽  
Stress Strain ◽  
Optimal Method ◽  
Initial Stress State ◽  
Soil Response ◽  
Stress Strain State ◽  
Support Reaction ◽  
Key Factor

The key factor determining the strength, reliability, service life and fail-safe operation of the main pipeline is its stress-strain state. The purpose of this article is to develop a mathematical framework and methodology for calculating the stress-strain state of a pipeline section laid in complex geotechnical conditions, taking into account all planned and altitude changes and impacts at various points of operation, as well as during repair and after its completion. The mathematical framework is based on differential equations reflecting the equilibrium state of the pipeline, taking into account the features of the sections (configuration, size, initial stress state, acting forces, temperature conditions, interaction with soil, supports, and pipe layers). The equilibrium equations are drawn up in a curvilinear coordinate system – the same one that is used for in-pipe diagnostics. According to the results of the solution, all stress components are determined at each point both along the length of the pipeline and along the circumference of any section. At the same time, transverse and longitudinal forces, bending moments, shearing forces, pipeline displacements relative to the ground and soil response to displacements are determined. As an example, a solution is given using the developed mathematical framework. During the course of calculation, the places where the lower form of the pipe does not touch the ground and the places where the support reaction becomes higher than a predetermined limit are determined. A comparative analysis was accomplished, and the optimal method for section repair has been selected.

scholarly journals Measuring network rewiring over time

PLoS ONE ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 14 (7) ◽  
pp. e0220295 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yicheol Han ◽  
Stephan J. Goetz
Keyword(s):  
Measuring Network ◽  
Network Rewiring ◽  
Over Time

scholarly journals Controllable and decomposable multidirectional synchronizations

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Gábor Bergmann
Keyword(s):  
Systems Engineering ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Mathematical Framework ◽  
Collaborative Systems ◽  
Consistency Constraints ◽  
Restoration Mechanism ◽  
Common Goals ◽  
Access Privileges ◽  
Novel Concept ◽  
Engineering Projects

AbstractStudying large-scale collaborative systems engineering projects across teams with differing intellectual property clearances, or healthcare solutions where sensitive patient data needs to be partially shared, or similar multi-user information systems over databases, all boils down to a common mathematical framework. Updateable views (lenses) and more generally bidirectional transformations are abstractions to study the challenge of exchanging information between participants with different read access privileges. The view provided to each participant must be different due to access control or other limitations, yet also consistent in a certain sense, to enable collaboration towards common goals. A collaboration system must apply bidirectional synchronization to ensure that after a participant modifies their view, the views of other participants are updated so that they are consistent again. While bidirectional transformations (synchronizations) have been extensively studied, there are new challenges that are unique to the multidirectional case. If complex consistency constraints have to be maintained, synchronizations that work fine in isolation may not compose well. We demonstrate and characterize a failure mode of the emergent behaviour, where a consistency restoration mechanism undoes the work of other participants. On the other end of the spectrum, we study the case where synchronizations work especially well together: we characterize very well-behaved multidirectional transformations, a non-trivial generalization from the bidirectional case. For the former challenge, we introduce a novel concept of controllability, while for the latter one, we propose a novel formal notion of faithful decomposition. Additionally, the paper proposes several novel properties of multidirectional transformations.

scholarly journals Planning capacity for 5G and beyond wireless networks by discrete fireworks algorithm with ensemble of local search methods

2020 ◽  
Vol 2020 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Hafiz Munsub Ali ◽  
Jiangchuan Liu ◽  
Waleed Ejaz
Keyword(s):  
Wireless Networks ◽  
Local Search ◽  
Wireless Network ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Mathematical Framework ◽  
Integer Programming Problem ◽  
Search Methods ◽  
Fireworks Algorithm ◽  
Local Search Methods ◽  
Planning Capacity

Abstract In densely populated urban centers, planning optimized capacity for the fifth-generation (5G) and beyond wireless networks is a challenging task. In this paper, we propose a mathematical framework for the planning capacity of a 5G and beyond wireless networks. We considered a single-hop wireless network consists of base stations (BSs), relay stations (RSs), and user equipment (UEs). Wireless network planning (WNP) should decide the placement of BSs and RSs to the candidate sites and decide the possible connections among them and their further connections to UEs. The objective of the planning is to minimize the hardware and operational cost while planning capacity of a 5G and beyond wireless networks. The formulated WNP is an integer programming problem. Finding an optimal solution by using exhaustive search is not practical due to the demand for high computing resources. As a practical approach, a new population-based meta-heuristic algorithm is proposed to find a high-quality solution. The proposed discrete fireworks algorithm (DFWA) uses an ensemble of local search methods: insert, swap, and interchange. The performance of the proposed DFWA is compared against the low-complexity biogeography-based optimization (LC-BBO), the discrete artificial bee colony (DABC), and the genetic algorithm (GA). Simulation results and statistical tests demonstrate that the proposed algorithm can comparatively find good-quality solutions with moderate computing resources.

scholarly journals Material Geometry of Binary Composites

Symmetry ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (5) ◽  
pp. 892
Author(s):  
Marcelo Epstein
Keyword(s):  
Continuum Mechanics ◽  
Mathematical Framework ◽  
Double Groupoid ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Elastic Composites

The constitutive characterization of the uniformity and homogeneity of binary elastic composites is presented in terms of a combination of the material groupoids of the individual constituents. The incorporation of these two groupoids within a single double groupoid is proposed as a viable mathematical framework for a unified formulation of this and similar kinds of problems in continuum mechanics.

scholarly journals Hierarchical modeling of mechano-chemical dynamics of epithelial sheets across cells and tissue

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yoshifumi Asakura ◽  
Yohei Kondo ◽  
Kazuhiro Aoki ◽  
Honda Naoki
Keyword(s):  
Wound Healing ◽  
Cell Migration ◽  
Continuum Model ◽  
Tissue Level ◽  
Chemical Signals ◽  
Cellular Level ◽  
Mathematical Framework ◽  
Collective Cell Migration ◽  
The Continuum ◽  
Cell Cell

AbstractCollective cell migration is a fundamental process in embryonic development and tissue homeostasis. This is a macroscopic population-level phenomenon that emerges across hierarchy from microscopic cell-cell interactions; however, the underlying mechanism remains unclear. Here, we addressed this issue by focusing on epithelial collective cell migration, driven by the mechanical force regulated by chemical signals of traveling ERK activation waves, observed in wound healing. We propose a hierarchical mathematical framework for understanding how cells are orchestrated through mechanochemical cell-cell interaction. In this framework, we mathematically transformed a particle-based model at the cellular level into a continuum model at the tissue level. The continuum model described relationships between cell migration and mechanochemical variables, namely, ERK activity gradients, cell density, and velocity field, which could be compared with live-cell imaging data. Through numerical simulations, the continuum model recapitulated the ERK wave-induced collective cell migration in wound healing. We also numerically confirmed a consistency between these two models. Thus, our hierarchical approach offers a new theoretical platform to reveal a causality between macroscopic tissue-level and microscopic cellular-level phenomena. Furthermore, our model is also capable of deriving a theoretical insight on both of mechanical and chemical signals, in the causality of tissue and cellular dynamics.

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