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I was pretty excited about receiving this ring, but once it arrived, I was immediately met with disappointment. 1. The band is flimsy and loose and doing any kind of activity causes it to go flying off your finger. It doesn't matter what finger its on, it simply is not sturdy nor does it feel comfortable!! 2. By the 3rd day the faceplate itself practically fell of mid air as i was getting into my car. I honestly feel as if the ring might as well have come out of a quarter machine. 3.As far as the customer service goes, upon my original review, i was messaged by the seller and repeatedly harassed. She had the audacity to call me a "douche", and a "rat, snitch, and rodent" for my honesty in my review. No apologies..no offers to make things right and or fix my ring, no professionalism whatsoever! Don't waste your money!!!!
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http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=GCG12.CMXWe have a true winner in the making. Use this weakness to add to your position.Night everyone :)
I think that strategy will make you one happy bumblebee in a few years. (Probably a lot sooner.)bzzzzz-z.
Awesome feedback and points guys and great philosphy on buying points Z. I may take a stab and buy some more soon as i planned to keep adding on 10% dips from my original buy and that would take me right around 1.13 a share, and then 1.01 and so forth by adding alittle each time on those dips.
Yes, it's always good to keep in mind that for every seller there is a buyer, and vice-versa. I find trying to understand the motivations of a single person or even my dog a futile effort, however, much less an entire market. (Actually I don't have a dog, but you get the point.)Fortunately, however, predicting market behavior isn't necessary as long as you remember that the majority always behaves like a herd. Providing, of course, you have the emotional fortitude and determination to stand apart from the herd. And I mean, REALLY stand apart. Because one of the characteristics of a herd is that none of the individuals making it up really think they are part of a herd. (Go ahead, "Be different".) In my experience, this can take a lifetime of vigilance and self-reflection.z.
Im with ya T/C. This management teams proven track record bodes well for this stock and i think anyone who sells this stock will highly regret it. I once had a small cap stock called Sohu a few years back in the 2 dollar range and sold for a modest gain and well the stock took off because of my lack of patience and well i could have had thousands. This stock I think has the potential to give me a second chance at hitting a really nice pay dirt and i will not blow it this time. Happy New Year T/C,Z, JB, and all the others who keep this board going.
I agree that you shouldn't be selling here but I'm a bit baffled why we have so many buyers as gold continues to drop. When we see the dollar start to move back into the .77-.75 area I think gold will return an uptrend but that could be months away. There is more short term downside to gold than there is upside and gold stocks will eventually move in that direction.I guess if you know a TV is going on sale next week at a 10% discount and you just can't wait or don't care about saving the money you go ahead and buy it today. JB


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Art City contributors are not the types to be sitting by the phone on a Saturday night. No, indeed. In fact, we're picking up the phone to help you make your weekend plans. As you know, we are a multi-platform gang and never to be outdone in any media. So, starting this week, the contributors are calling the good, old-fashioned Art City phone line with their best suggestions for art to see on the weekend.
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I'm reading and commenting on a story from The Library of America's recently published 'John Updike: The Collected Stories' each Wednesday until I finish the collection or give up.
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Saving species is essentially a forever-type problem.
If other horses are the equivalent of feral dogs, then the Przewalski's horse is a wolf. In its native Mongolia, where it goes by the name takhi, it is known as the father of horses. Mongolians regard the takhi as spiritual, holy animals, and for millennia they largely left them alone... The trouble all began in the late 19th century, when the Western world finally took note of the takhi. Nikolai Przewalski, a Polish-born explorer serving as a colonel in the Russian army, "discovered" the horses during an 1878 expedition to the Mongolian-Chinese frontier. Naturally, Przewalski named the horse after himself, and when he returned to the West, word quickly spread among zoos, adventurers, and curio collectors about the mysterious wild horses.
Roy Chapman Andrews, adventurer.
[Roy Chapman] Andrews is best remembered for the series of dramatic expeditions he led to the Gobi of Mongolia (shorter films: 1, 2) from 1922 to 1930. Andrews took a team of scientists into previously unexplored parts of the desert using some of the region's first automobiles with extra supplies transported by camel caravan. Andrews – for whom adventure and narrow escapes from death were a staple of exploring – is said to have served as inspiration for the Hollywood character "Indiana Jones." Andrews's expeditions to the Gobi remain significant for, among other discoveries, their finds of the first nests of dinosaur eggs, new species of dinosaurs, and the fossils of early mammals that co-existed with dinosaurs. [more inside]
a 300 million year old fossilized forest discovered
Photographs of an almost perfectly preserved 298 million year-old fossilized forest discovered under a coal mine in China [pdf] (In Wuda, Inner Mongolia). [more inside]
In Xanadu did Kubla Khan A stately pleasure-dome decree
Chinese archeologists have mapped the layout of Shangdu (better known as Xanadu), after large scale excavations that included the use of GIS in remote sensing and aerial archeology. The capital, located in Inner Mongolia, was built in 1256 under the command of Kublai Khan, the first emperor of Yuan Dynasty, who was enthroned there four years later. It became a summer resort after the Yuan Dynasty (1271-1368) moved its capital to Ta-tu or Dadu (built by the same architect, located in present-day Beijing) in 1276, and was destroyed during a peasant war at the end of the dynasty. The regional government has submitted an application for World Cultural Heritage status for the site to UNESCO, currently under review. Xanadu has captured the imagination of the West ever since Marco Polo first extolled its beauties in his Books of the Marvels of the World, subsequently immortalized by Coleridge in a poem fuelled by opium fevered dreams. Other recently discovered Yuan Dynasty artifacts include a priceless porcelain vase as well as a sunken ship - part of an invading Mongol armada - off the coast of Japan.
Travel the world; use less carbon, see the sights. Don't forget the penguin.
9000 miles by ferry, train, bus, bicycle, horse, foot and car. In a bid to reduce his carbon footprint, Joseph Tame swapped 11 hours in a plane from Japan to England for a month-long adventure across Eurasia. Along the way he has a Chinese Imperial Guard hold a penguin, stays in a Mongolian Yurt, experiences a "road" trip or two, misses some trains, and befriends a chipmunk.
"...as a Russian and Chinese-led alliance created to counter US hegemony"
The Shanhai Cooperative Organization. [wiki] When Moscow and Beijing engineered the creation of the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) six years ago, I am not sure if they foresaw its emergence as an important actor in the international order. Iran, India, Pakistan and Mongolia, currently observers, are lobbying hard to get accepted into this club. The US request for membership was rejected two years ago.
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ESPN pundits think Badgers lost their way
Wisconsin's inability to defend the rim, giving up layup after layup after layup to Indiana, was the chief reason the Badgers fell from the ranks of the unbeaten in college basketball.
"This is as disinterested defensively as I have seen Wisconsin maybe in 10 years," ESPN game analyst Dan Dakich told viewers near the end of the first half. "I don't remember Wisconsin giving up so many drives and so many easy shots both in transition or just straight drives in secondary break. Usually they shrink the court, particularly against a team like Indiana that doesn't shoot the ball great."
Indiana beat Wisconsin, 75-72, giving the Hoosiers their first victory this season against a quality opponent.
In all, 52 of Indiana's 56 points off two-point shots came in the lane.
"I was shocked," said ESPN studio analyst Seth Greenberg about Wisconsin's play. "Two things. Defensive transition. They are fourth in the country in defensive transition. They really struggled stopping the basketball. Then in the half court, at the end of the game especially, they switched a lot of those ball screens. And every time they switched a ball screen, small on big, small attacked and made a play.
"Wisconsin was exposed a little bit," Greenberg said. "They're a terrific passing team. They have three perimeter players who can make shots. Frank Kaminsky was terrific. ... But their inability to guard the basketball and rebound the ball ... that is a concern."
Hoosiers guard Yogi Ferrell, in particular, could not be contained.
"Yogi Ferrell can go and take his man any time he wants, if they will just set a little high ball screen for him," Dakich said. "Nobody has been able to keep Ferrell in front of him.
"Yogi Ferrell has whipped whoever is guarding him every single time."
Dakich said Indiana has struggled to find an identity in half-court offense.
Indiana coach Tom Crean had a kind of anger spasm near the end of the scorer's table, presumably because his team was settling for jump shots instead of taking the ball to the rim.
When that moment was shown in replay after the game, ESPN analyst Jay Williams said with a chuckle: "Obviously Tom having an out-of-body experience right there."
"Certifiably insane," joked Greenberg.
During the telecast, Dakich reached high for his praise about the Badgers' willingness to share the ball on offense.
"I have never seen a team, never in my life — and I thought we had some good teams in the '70s and '80s passing the ball with no shot clock — but I have never seen a team pass the ball better than this Wisconsin team," Dakich said. "Never. Never in my life. ... They move the ball so well for each other."
But with about five minutes left in the game Dakich detected something else.
"Wisconsin looks a little shook to me," Dakich said.
On replay Dakich commented about a layup by Austin Etherington, who got free despite three UW defenders who were back on a break.
"Three Wisconsin Badgers back," Dakich said. "Nobody talks. ... Etherington keeps running. Yogi Ferrell finds him. That's ridiculous for Wisconsin. Three guys are back. You have a team that likes each other, a team that communicates with each other and nobody talks."
ESPN play-by-play man Mike Tirico said he thought UW had "come unglued" near the end, when Indiana had turned in a 19-5 run.
"I believe that Mike," Dakich said. "I think they have become unglued in their communication. There are two ways you can tell a team is getting uptight. They stop moving and settle for jump shots. And they don't communicate. The lack of communication to me is something Wisconsin has had no problem with this entire year. Late in this game they have had it and you can tell they are uptight because of the circumstance."
Where there's Smoak
Former general manager Jim Bowden suggests that the Brewers pursue Justin Smoak of the Mariners to secure a first baseman.
Bowden proposed trading right-hander Taylor Jungmann for Smoak.
"The Brewers have spent most of the off-season working on a trade for Mets first baseman Ike Davis, only to have talks fall apart over the quality of pitching prospects," Bowden said in his blog. "However, they could deal Jungmann to the Seattle Mariners for Smoak. The Mariners will see Corey Hart can only play first base because of his surgically repaired knees. Therefore, Smoak, who never was able to put it all together with the Mariners, could be expendable."
Hart signed with the Mariners in the off-season as a free agent.
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I still take the blame. I gotta make better reads and help those guys out. It's a team thing and it's not just one person. I'm still gonna take the blame.
On a hate message he got on Twitter:
Looking at the social networking, it gets kinda crazy. Those things don't bother me when you have a family. They always keep my spirits up. They let you know everything's gonna be fine. As long as those guys are saying it's alright, you'll be OK.
On how he reacted:
I told myself right after the game not to look at. These aren't coaches making comments. You see things that hurt because they're your fans. They write you an encouraging message right before the game and then after the game they say they don't want a black quarterback and things like that. I don't respond back.
On if it's surprising:
I don't know if it's new because this is my first season using twitter. I'm not really worried about it. It's part of it.
On the mistakes vs OSU:
We could have easily executed the plays and came out with a victory. Ohio State played a base defense and we made a lot of mistakes.
On where he can improve:
I wanna improve on being more focused on my job and not trying to micromanage the offense. I'm gonna leave it in the hands of Leonard Hankerson at receiver, Tyler Horn at offensive line, and Damien Berry at running back and let them take care of their positions and I'll take care of mine.
On apologizing for the OSU loss:
There are still fans out there who support us and we appreciate the support. A lot of people came and spent a lot of money to watch us win and I wanted to let them know that we wanna go out and win games. We want them to come to our games and support us so we gotta show them that we're a good team.
On losing early:
The way college football is set up, it's better to lose earlier. You don't wanna lose at all but you never know what's gonna happen down the line.
On being 8-12 on the road during the Shannon era:
I can't really tell. It's still a game. They have more of their fans there. We gotta improve on 8-12. I didn't know that.
On Leonard Hankerson being such a target:
I'm not really looking for him. He's in the right spot at the right time. He's always wide open when I throw it to him. He works hard and does everything right.
On the confidence of the receivers:
Everyone is becoming a lot more confident in what they're doing. They're going with their first thought and that's always right. We're focusing on Pittsburgh and adjusting to get prepared.
On how many hate messages he's gotten:
I don't read them all. It's a lot. You scroll through and that's the one I picked to read and I guess it's the wrong one.
On if he's gotten threatening ones:
I'm not sure.
On whether he's gotten hate messages before:
It's happened before but it's nothing I'm worried about. I'm not so you shouldn't be worried about it.


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JAPAN: Toyota to hire 300 contract workers to meet stronger demand
By Graeme Roberts | 28 February 2013
Toyota will hire around 300 contract [temporary] workers in Japan from mid-March to mid-April because new car sales are exceeding expectations, company officials said.
This will be the first time the automaker has hired contract workers since June last year and comes amid brisk sales of cars including the redesigned Crown luxury sedan that hit the market in late December.
The number of contract workers at Toyota totaled some 2,200 at 31 January, Kyodo News said.
The company plans to turn out 1,000 more vehicles per day compared with its earlier projection to boost daily output to about 13,000 units in April.
It is also considering raising its domestic sales projection for this year. Last December it said it expected to sell 1.4m vehicles in Japan, down nearly 20% year on year, due to the end to the government subsidy programme for eco-friendly car purchases in December.
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Most Cited Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence Articles
The most cited articles published since 2011, extracted from Scopus.
A review on time series data miningTak Chung Fu
Volume 24, Issue 1, February 2011, Pages 164-181
Time series is an important class of temporal data objects and it can be easily obtained from scientific and financial applications. A time series is a collection of observations made chronologically. The nature of time series data includes: large in data size, high dimensionality and necessary to update continuously. Moreover time series data, which is characterized by its numerical and continuous nature, is always considered as a whole instead of individual numerical field. The increasing use of time series data has initiated a great deal of research and development attempts in the field of data mining. The abundant research on time series data mining in the last decade could hamper the entry of interested researchers, due to its complexity. In this paper, a comprehensive revision on the existing time series data mining research is given. They are generally categorized into representation and indexing, similarity measure, segmentation, visualization and mining. Moreover state-of-the-art research issues are also highlighted. The primary objective of this paper is to serve as a glossary for interested researchers to have an overall picture on the current time series data mining development and identify their potential research direction to further investigation. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Filter modeling using gravitational search algorithmEsmat Rashedi | Hossien Nezamabadi-Pour | Saeid Saryazdi
Volume 24, Issue 1, February 2011, Pages 117-122
This paper is devoted to the presentation of a new linear and nonlinear filter modeling based on a gravitational search algorithm (GSA). To do this, unknown filter parameters are considered as a vector to be optimized. Examples of infinite impulse response (IIR) filter design, as well as rational nonlinear filter, are given. To verify the effectiveness of the proposed GSA based filter modeling, different sets of initial population with the presence of different measurable noises are given and tested in simulations. Genetic algorithm (GA) and particle swarm optimization (PSO) are also used to model the same examples and some simulation results are compared. Obtained results confirm the efficiency of the proposed method. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Artificial neural network simulation of hourly groundwater levels in a coastal aquifer system of the Venice lagoonRiccardo Taormina | Kwok Wing Chau | Rajandrea Sethi
Volume 25, Issue 8, December 2012, Pages 1670-1676
Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) have been successfully employed for predicting and forecasting groundwater levels up to some time steps ahead. In this paper, we present an application of feed forward neural networks (FFNs) for long period simulations of hourly groundwater levels in a coastal unconfined aquifer sited in the Lagoon of Venice, Italy. After initialising the model with groundwater elevations observed at a given time, the developed FNN should able to reproduce water level variations using only the external input variables, which have been identified as rainfall and evapotranspiration. To achieve this purpose, the models are first calibrated on a training dataset to perform 1-h ahead predictions of future groundwater levels using past observed groundwater levels and external inputs. Simulations are then produced on another data set by iteratively feeding back the predicted groundwater levels, along with real external data. The results show that the developed FNN can accurately reproduce groundwater depths of the shallow aquifer for several months. The study suggests that such network can be used as a viable alternative to physical-based models to simulate the responses of the aquifer under plausible future scenarios or to reconstruct long periods of missing observations provided past data for the influencing variables is available. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Overview on Bayesian networks applications for dependability, risk analysis and maintenance areasP. Weber | G. Medina-Oliva | C. Simon | B. Iung
Volume 25, Issue 4, June 2012, Pages 671-682
In this paper, a bibliographical review over the last decade is presented on the application of Bayesian networks to dependability, risk analysis and maintenance. It is shown an increasing trend of the literature related to these domains. This trend is due to the benefits that Bayesian networks provide in contrast with other classical methods of dependability analysis such as Markov Chains, Fault Trees and Petri Nets. Some of these benefits are the capability to model complex systems, to make predictions as well as diagnostics, to compute exactly the occurrence probability of an event, to update the calculations according to evidences, to represent multi-modal variables and to help modeling user-friendly by a graphical and compact approach. This review is based on an extraction of 200 specific references in dependability, risk analysis and maintenance applications among a database with 7000 Bayesian network references. The most representatives are presented, then discussed and some perspectives of work are provided. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Blended biogeography-based optimization for constrained optimizationHaiping Ma | Dan Simon
Volume 24, Issue 3, April 2011, Pages 517-525
Biogeography-based optimization (BBO) is a new evolutionary optimization method that is based on the science of biogeography. We propose two extensions to BBO. First, we propose a blended migration operator. Benchmark results show that blended BBO outperforms standard BBO. Second, we employ blended BBO to solve constrained optimization problems. Constraints are handled by modifying the BBO immigration and emigration procedures. The approach that we use does not require any additional tuning parameters beyond those that are required for unconstrained problems. The constrained blended BBO algorithm is compared with solutions based on a stud genetic algorithm (SGA) and standard particle swarm optimization 2007 (SPSO 07). The numerical results demonstrate that constrained blended BBO outperforms SGA and performs similarly to SPSO 07 for constrained single-objective optimization problems. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
An efficient hybrid algorithm based on modified imperialist competitive algorithm and K-means for data clusteringTaher Niknama | Elahe Taherian Fard | Narges Pourjafarian | Alireza Rousta
Volume 24, Issue 2, March 2011, Pages 306-317
Clustering techniques have received attention in many fields of study such as engineering, medicine, biology and data mining. The aim of clustering is to collect data points. The K-means algorithm is one of the most common techniques used for clustering. However, the results of K-means depend on the initial state and converge to local optima. In order to overcome local optima obstacles, a lot of studies have been done in clustering. This paper presents an efficient hybrid evolutionary optimization algorithm based on combining Modify Imperialist Competitive Algorithm (MICA) and K-means (K), which is called K-MICA, for optimum clusteringN objectsinto Kclusters. The new Hybrid K-ICA algorithmis testedonseveral data sets and its performance is compared with those of MICA, ACO, PSO, Simulated Annealing (SA), Genetic Algorithm (GA), Tabu Search (TS), Honey Bee Mating Optimization (HBMO) and K-means. The simulation results show that the proposed evolutionary optimization algorithm is robust and suitable for handling data clustering. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Comparison of evolutionary-based optimization algorithms for structural design optimizationAli R. Yildiz
Volume 26, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 327-333
In this paper, a comparison of evolutionary-based optimization techniques for structural design optimization problems is presented. Furthermore, a hybrid optimization technique based on differential evolution algorithm is introduced for structural design optimization problems. In order to evaluate the proposed optimization approach a welded beam design problem taken from the literature is solved. The proposed approach is applied to a welded beam design problem and the optimal design of a vehicle component to illustrate how the present approach can be applied for solving structural design optimization problems. A comparative study of six population-based optimization algorithms for optimal design of the structures is presented. The volume reduction of the vehicle component is 28.4% using the proposed hybrid approach. The results show that the proposed approach gives better solutions compared to genetic algorithm, particle swarm, immune algorithm, artificial bee colony algorithm and differential evolution algorithm that are representative of the state-of-the-art in the evolutionary optimization literature. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Parametric optimization of some non-traditional machining processes using artificial bee colony algorithmSuman Samanta | Shankar Chakraborty
Volume 24, Issue 6, September 2011, Pages 946-957
Selection of the optimal values of different operating parameters is of utmost importance for enhancing the performance of various non-traditional machining (NTM) processes. The performance measures (responses) of different NTM processes usually include metal removal rate, surface roughness, radial overcut, tool wear rate, heat affected zone, etc. In this paper, artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithm is employed to search out the optimal combinations of different operating parameters for three widely used NTM processes, i.e. electrochemical machining, electrochemical discharge machining and electrochemical micromachining processes. Both the single and multi-objective optimization problems for the considered NTM processes are solved using this algorithm. The results obtained while applying the ABC algorithm for parametric optimization of these three NTM processes are compared with those derived by the past researchers, which prove the applicability and suitability of the ABC algorithm in enhancing the performance measures of the considered NTM processes. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Multi-objective optimization of two stage thermoelectric cooler using a modified teaching-learning-based optimization algorithmR. Venkata Rao | Vivek Patel
Volume 26, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 430-445
Teaching-learning-based optimization (TLBO) is a recently developed heuristic algorithm based on the natural phenomenon of teaching-learning process. In the present work, a modified version of the TLBO algorithm is introduced and applied for the multi-objective optimization of a two stage thermoelectric cooler (TEC). Two different arrangements of the thermoelectric cooler are considered for the optimization. Maximization of cooling capacity and coefficient of performance of the thermoelectric cooler are considered as the objective functions. An example is presented to demonstrate the effectiveness and accuracy of the proposed algorithm. The results of optimization obtained by using the modified TLBO are validated by comparing with those obtained by using the basic TLBO, genetic algorithm (GA), particle swarm optimization (PSO) and artificial bee colony (ABC) algorithms. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Chaotic differential evolution methods for dynamic economic dispatch with valve-point effectsYoulin Lu | Jianzhong Zhoun | Hui Qin | Ying Wang | Yongchuan Zhang
Volume 24, Issue 2, March 2011, Pages 378-387
The dynamic economic dispatch (DED), with the consideration of valve-point effects, is a complicated non-linear constrained optimization problem with non-smooth and non-convex characteristics. In this paper, three chaotic differential evolution (CDE) methods are proposed based on the Tent equation to solve DED problem with valve-point effects. In the proposed methods, chaotic sequences are applied to obtain the dynamic parameter settings inDE. Meanwhile,achaoticlocal search (CLS) operation for solving DED problem is designed to help DE avoiding premature convergence effectively. Finally, in order to handle the complicated constraints with efficiency, new heuristic constraints handling methods and feasibility based selection strategy are embedded into the proposed CDE methods. The feasibility and effectivenessof the proposed CDE methods are demonstrated for two test systems. The simulation results reveal that, compared with DEand those other methods reportedin literatures recently, the proposed CDE methods are capable of obtaining better quality solutions with higher efficiency. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
A survey on applications of the harmony search algorithmD. Manjarres | I. Landa-Torres | S. Gil-Lopez | J. Del Ser | M. N. Bilbao | S. Salcedo-Sanz | Z. W. Geem
Volume 26, Issue 8, September 2013, Pages 1818-1831
This paper thoroughly reviews and analyzes the main characteristics and application portfolio of the so-called Harmony Search algorithm, a meta-heuristic approach that has been shown to achieve excellent results in a wide range of optimization problems. As evidenced by a number of studies, this algorithm features several innovative aspects in its operational procedure that foster its utilization in diverse fields such as construction, engineering, robotics, telecommunications, health and energy. This manuscript will go through the most recent literature on the application of Harmony Search to the aforementioned disciplines towards a three-fold goal: (1) to underline the good behavior of this modern meta-heuristic based on the upsurge of related contributions reported to date; (2) to set a bibliographic basis for future research trends focused on its applicability to other areas; (3) to provide an insightful analysis of future research lines gravitating on this meta-heuristic solver. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Simulation based fuzzy TOPSIS approach for group multi-criteria supplier selection problemAkram Zouggari | Lyes Benyoucef
Volume 25, Issue 3, April 2012, Pages 507-519
Supplier selection is nowadays one of the critical topics in supply chain management. This paper presents a new decision making approach for group multi-criteria supplier selection problem, which clubs supplier selection process with order allocation for dynamic supply chains to cope market variations. More specifically, the developed approach imitates the knowledge acquisition and manipulation in a manner similar to the decision makers who have gathered considerable knowledge and expertise in procurement domain. Nevertheless, under many conditions, exact data are inadequate to model real-life situation and fuzzy logic can be incorporated to handle the vagueness of the decision makers. As per this concept, fuzzy-AHP method is used first for supplier selection through four classes (CLASS I: Performance strategy, CLASS II: Quality of service, CLASS III: Innovation and CLASS IV: Risk), which are qualitatively meaningful. Thereafter, using simulation based fuzzy TOPSIS technique, the criteria application is quantitatively evaluated for order allocation among the selected suppliers. As a result, the approach generates decision-making knowledge, and thereafter, the developed combination of rules order allocation can easily be interpreted, adopted and at the same time if necessary, modified by decision makers. To demonstrate the applicability of the proposed approach, an illustrative example is presented and the results analyzed. © 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
A novel fractional order fuzzy PID controller and its optimal time domain tuning based on integral performance indicesSaptarshi Das | Indranil Pan | Shantanu Das | Amitava Gupta
Volume 25, Issue 2, March 2012, Pages 430-442
A novel fractional order (FO) fuzzy Proportional-Integral-Derivative (PID) controller has been proposed in this paper which works on the closed loop error and its fractional derivative as the input and has a fractional integrator in its output. The fractional order differ-integrations in the proposed fuzzy logic controller (FLC) are kept as design variables along with the inputoutput scaling factors (SF) and are optimized with Genetic Algorithm (GA) while minimizing several integral error indices along with the control signal as the objective function. Simulations studies are carried out to control a delayed nonlinear process and an open loop unstable process with time delay. The closed loop performances and controller efforts in each case are compared with conventional PID, fuzzy PID and PI λD μ controller subjected to different integral performance indices. Simulation results show that the proposed fractional order fuzzy PID controller outperforms the others in most cases. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
State of the art of smart homesLiyanage C. De Silva | Chamin Morikawa | Iskandar M. Petra
Volume 25, Issue 7, October 2012, Pages 1313-1321
In this paper we present a review of the state of the art of smart homes. We will first look at the research work related to smart homes from various view points; first in the view point of specific techniques such as smart homes that utilize computer vision based techniques, smart homes that utilize audio-based techniques and then smart homes that utilize multimodal techniques. Then we look at it from the view point of specific applications of smart homes such as eldercare and childcare applications, energy efficiency applications and finally in the research directions of multimedia retrieval for ubiquitous environments. We will summarize the smart homes based research into these two categories. In the survey we found out that some well-known smart home applications like video based security applications has seen the maturity in terms of new research directions while some topics like smart homes for energy efficiency and video summarization are gaining momentum. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
A Support Vector Machine approach based on physical model training for rolling element bearing fault detection in industrial environmentsK. C. Gryllias | I. A. Antoniadis
Volume 25, Issue 2, March 2012, Pages 326-344
A hybrid two stage one-against-all Support Vector Machine (SVM) approach is proposed for the automated diagnosis of defective rolling element bearings. The basic concept and major advantage of the method, is that its training can be performed using simulation data, which result from a well established model, describing the dynamic response of defective rolling element bearings. Then, vibration measurements, resulting from the machine under condition monitoring, can be imported and processed directly by the already trained SVM, eliminating thus the need of training the SVM with experimental data of the specific defective bearing. A key aspect of the method is the data preprocessing approach, which among others, includes order analysis, in order to overcome problems related to sudden changes of the shaft rotating speed. Moreover, frequency domain features both from the raw signal as well as from the demodulated signal are used as inputs to the SVM classifiers for a two-stage recognition and classification procedure. At the first stage, a SVM classifier separates the normal condition signals from the faulty signals. At the second stage, a SVM classifier recognizes and categorizes the type of the fault. The effectiveness of the method tested in one literature established experimental test case and in three different industrial test cases, including a total number of 34 measurements. Each test case includes successive measurements from bearings under different types of defects, different loads and different rotation speeds. In all cases, the method presents 100% classification success. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Parameter optimization of modern machining processes using teaching-learning-based optimization algorithmR. Venkata Rao | V. D. Kalyankar
Volume 26, Issue 1, January 2013, Pages 524-531
Modern machining processes are now-a-days widely used by manufacturing industries in order to produce high quality precise and very complex products. These modern machining processes involve large number of input parameters which may affect the cost and quality of the products. Selection of optimum machining parameters in such processes is very important to satisfy all the conflicting objectives of the process. In this research work, a newly developed advanced algorithm named 'teaching-learning-based optimization (TLBO) algorithm' is applied for the process parameter optimization of selected modern machining processes. This algorithm is inspired by the teaching-learning process and it works on the effect of influence of a teacher on the output of learners in a class. The important modern machining processes identified for the process parameters optimization in this work are ultrasonic machining (USM), abrasive jet machining (AJM), and wire electrical discharge machining (WEDM) process. The examples considered for these processes were attempted previously by various researchers using different optimization techniques such as genetic algorithm (GA), simulated annealing (SA), artificial bee colony algorithm (ABC), particle swarm optimization (PSO), harmony search (HS), shuffled frog leaping (SFL) etc. However, comparison between the results obtained by the proposed algorithm and those obtained by different optimization algorithms shows the better performance of the proposed algorithm. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
A hybrid genetic algorithm for mixed model assembly line balancing problem with parallel workstations and zoning constraintsSener Akpnar | G. Mirac Bayhan
Volume 24, Issue 3, April 2011, Pages 449-457
In this paper, we propose a hybrid genetic algorithm to solve mixed model assembly line balancing problem of type I (MMALBP-I). There are three objectives to be achieved: to minimize the number of workstations, maximize the workload smoothness between workstations, and maximize the workload smoothness within workstations. The proposed approach is able to address some particular features of the problem such as parallel workstations and zoning constraints. The genetic algorithm may lack the capability of exploring the solution space effectively. We aim to improve its exploring capability by sequentially hybridizing the three well known heuristics, Kilbridge & Wester Heuristic, Phase-I of Moodie & Young Method, and Ranked Positional Weight Technique, with genetic algorithm. The proposed hybrid genetic algorithm is tested on 20 representatives MMALBP-I and the results are compared with those of other algorithms. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd.
Modified bacterial foraging algorithm based multilevel thresholding for image segmentationP. D. Sathya | R. Kayalvizhi
Volume 24, Issue 4, June 2011, Pages 595-615
Multilevel thresholding is one of the most popular image segmentation techniques. In order to determine the thresholds, most methods use the histogram of the image. This paper proposes multilevel thresholding for histogram-based image segmentation using modified bacterial foraging (MBF) algorithm. To improve the global searching ability and convergence speed of the bacterial foraging algorithm, the best bacteria among all the chemotactic steps are passed to the subsequent generations. The optimal thresholds are found by maximizing Kapurs (entropy criterion) and Otsus (between-class variance) thresholding functions using MBF algorithm. The superiority of the proposed algorithm is demonstrated by considering fourteen benchmark images and compared with other existing approaches namely bacterial foraging (BF) algorithm, particle swarm optimization algorithm (PSO) and genetic algorithm (GA). The findings affirmed the robustness, fast convergence and proficiency of the proposed MBF over other existing techniques. Experimental results show that the Otsu based optimization method converges quickly as compared with Kapurs method. © 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Forecasting the behavior of an elderly using wireless sensors data in a smart homeN. K. Suryadevara | S. C. Mukhopadhyay | R. Wang | R. K. Rayudu
Volume 26, Issue 10, November 2013, Pages 2641-2652
In this paper, the ability to determine the wellness of an elderly living alone in a smart home using a low-cost, robust, flexible and data driven intelligent system is presented. A framework integrating temporal and spatial contextual information for determining the wellness of an elderly has been modeled. A novel behavior detection process based on the observed sensor data in performing essential daily activities has been designed and developed. The developed prototype is used to forecast the behavior and wellness of the elderly by monitoring the daily usages of appliances in a smart home. Wellness models are tested at various elderly houses, and the experimental results are encouraging. The wellness models are updated based on the time series analysis. © 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
A multi-start iterated local search with tabu list and path relinking for the two-echelon location-routing problemViet Phuong Nguyen | Christian Prins | Caroline Prodhon
Volume 25, Issue 1, February 2012, Pages 56-71
The two-echelon location-routing problem (LRP-2E) is raised by the design of transportation networks with two types of trips: first-level trips serving from one main depot a set of satellite depots, to be located, and second-level trips supplying customers from these satellites. In the proposed multi-start iterated local search (MS-ILS), three greedy randomized heuristics are used cyclically to get initial solutions. Each ILS run alternates between two search spaces: LRP-2E solutions, and travelling salesman (TSP) tours covering the main depot and the customers. The number of iterations allotted to a run is reduced whenever a known solution (stored in a tabu list) is revisited. MS-ILS can be reinforced by a path-relinking procedure (PR), used internally for intensification, as post-optimization, or both. On two sets with 24 and 30 LRP-2E instances, MS-ILS outperforms on average two GRASP algorithms and adding PR brings a further improvement. Our metaheuristic also surpasses a tabu search on 30 instances for a more general problem with several main depots. It is still effective on a particular case, the capacitated location-routing problem (CLRP): In a comparison with four published metaheuristics, only one (LRGTS, Prins et al.; 2007) does better. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Job shop scheduling with the Best-so-far ABCAnan Banharnsakun | Booncharoen Sirinaovakul | Tiranee Achalakul
Volume 25, Issue 3, April 2012, Pages 583-593
The Job Shop Scheduling Problem (JSSP) is known as one of the most difficult scheduling problems. It is an important practical problem in the fields of production management and combinatorial optimization. Since JSSP is NP-complete, meaning that the selection of the best scheduling solution is not polynomially bounded, heuristic approaches are often considered. Inspired by the decision making capability of bee swarms in the nature, this paper proposes an effective scheduling method based on Best-so-far Artificial Bee Colony (Best-so-far ABC) for solving the JSSP. In this method, we bias the solution direction toward the Best-so-far solution rather a neighboring solution as proposed in the original ABC method. We also use the set theory to describe the mapping of our proposed method to the problem in the combinatorial optimization domain. The performance of the proposed method is then empirically assessed using 62 benchmark problems taken from the Operations Research Library (OR-Library). The solution quality is measured based on Best, Average, Standard Deviation (S.D.), and Relative Percent Error (RPE) of the objective value. The results demonstrate that the proposed method is able to produce higher quality solutions than the current state-of-the-art heuristic-based algorithms. © 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
American Sign Language word recognition with a sensory glove using artificial neural networksCemil Oz | Ming C. Leu
Volume 24, Issue 7, October 2011, Pages 1204-1213
An American Sign Language (ASL) recognition system is being developed using artificial neural networks (ANNs) to translate ASL words into English. The system uses a sensory glove called the Cyberglove™ and a Flock of Birds® 3-D motion tracker to extract the gesture features. The data regarding finger joint angles obtained from strain gauges in the sensory glove define the hand shape, while the data from the tracker describe the trajectory of hand movements. The data from these devices are processed by a velocity network with noise reduction and feature extraction and by a word recognition network. Some global and local features are extracted for each ASL word. A neural network is used as a classifier of this feature vector. Our goal is to continuously recognize ASL signs using these devices in real time. We trained and tested the ANN model for 50 ASL words with a different number of samples for every word. The test results show that our feature vector extraction method and neural networks can be used successfully for isolated word recognition. This system is flexible and open for future extension. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
A modified gravitational search algorithm for slope stability analysisMohammad Khajehzadeh | Mohd Raihan Taha | Ahmed El-Shafie | Mahdiyeh Eslami
Volume 25, Issue 8, December 2012, Pages 1589-1597
This paper first proposes an effective modification for the gravitational search algorithm. The new strategy used an adaptive maximum velocity constraint, which aims to control the global exploration ability of the original algorithm, increase its convergence rate and thereby to obtain an acceptable solution with a lower number of iterations. We testify the performance of the modified gravitational search algorithm (MGSA) on a suite of five well-known benchmark functions and provide comparisons with standard gravitational search algorithm (SGSA). The simulated results illustrate that the modified GSA has the potential to converge faster, while improving the quality of solution. Thereafter, the proposed MGSA is employed to search for the minimum factor of safety and minimum reliability index in both deterministic and probabilistic slope stability analysis. The factor of safety is formulated using a concise approach of the Morgenstern and Price method and the advanced first-order second-moment (AFOSM) method is adopted as the reliability assessment model. The numerical experiments demonstrate that the modified algorithm significantly outperforms the original algorithm and some other methods in the literature. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
A data-model-fusion prognostic framework for dynamic system state forecastingJ. Liu | W. Wang | F. Ma | Y. B. Yang | C. S. Yang
Volume 25, Issue 4, June 2012, Pages 814-823
A novel data-model-fusion prognostic framework is developed in this paper to improve the accuracy of system state long-horizon forecasting. This framework strategically integrates the strengths of the data-driven prognostic method and the model-based particle filtering approach in system state prediction while alleviating their limitations. In the proposed methodology, particle filtering is applied for system state estimation in parallel with parameter identification of the prediction model (with unknown parameters) based on Bayesian learning. Simultaneously, a data-driven predictor is employed to learn the system degradation pattern from history data so as to predict system evolution (or future measurements). An innovative feature of the proposed fusion prognostic framework is that the predicted measurements (with uncertainties) from the data-driven predictor will be properly managed and utilized by the particle filtering to further update the prediction model parameters, thereby enabling markedly better prognosis as well as improved forecasting transparency. As an application example, the developed fusion prognostic framework is employed to predict the remaining useful life of lithium ion batteries through electrochemical impedance spectroscopy tests. The investigation results demonstrate that the proposed fusion prognostic framework is an effective forecasting tool that can integrate the strengths of both the data-driven method and the particle filtering approach to achieve more accurate state forecasting. © 2012 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
A hybrid computational approach to derive new ground-motion prediction equationsAmir Hossein Gandomi | Amir Hossein Alavi | Mehdi Mousavi | Seyed Morteza Tabatabaei
Volume 24, Issue 4, June 2011, Pages 717-732
A novel hybrid method coupling genetic programming and orthogonal least squares, called GP/OLS, was employed to derive new ground-motion prediction equations (GMPEs). The principal ground-motion parameters formulated were peak ground acceleration (PGA), peak ground velocity (PGV) and peak ground displacement (PGD). The proposed GMPEs relate PGA, PGV and PGD to different seismic parameters including earthquake magnitude, earthquake source to site distance, average shear-wave velocity, and faulting mechanisms. The equations were established based on an extensive database of strong ground-motion recordings released by Pacific Earthquake Engineering Research Center (PEER). For more validity verification, the developed equations were employed to predict the ground-motion parameters of the Iranian plateau earthquakes. A sensitivity analysis was carried out to determine the contributions of the parameters affecting PGA, PGV and PGD. The sensitivity of the models to the variations of the influencing parameters was further evaluated through a parametric analysis. The obtained GMPEs are effectively capable of estimating the site ground-motion parameters. The equations provide a prediction performance better than or comparable with the attenuation relationships found in the literature. The derived GMPEs are remarkably simple and straightforward and can reliably be used for the pre-design purposes. © 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.


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Late Nite Catechism celebrates 23 years in Chicago!
A Chicago original and international hit, LATE NITE CATECHISM turns 23 in the city where it all started.
The role of Sister, the wise-cracking, lovable character of LATE NITE CATECHISM, was created by Vicki Quade and Maripat Donovan, both products of the Catholic school system.
Since opening in 1993 at Live Bait Theatre in Chicago, LATE NITE CATECHISM has gone through three popes, two cardinals (and the current archbishop), three presidents, two Chicago mayors, at least a dozen Chicago area theaters, 20 local actresses, and provided laughter to more than a 3.5 million audience members in more than 410 cities, playing in six countries on four continents. Worldwide, the show has grossed more than $100 million in box office receipts.
In addition, LATE NITE CATECHISM has helped raise more than $3 million for the retirement funds of various orders of nuns.
So what else was happening in 1993 when LATE NITE CATECHISM opened?
* Donald Trump married Marla Maples.
* Hillary Clinton moved into the White House.
* Bill Clinton was sworn in as the 42nd President.
* It was the year Prince changed his name to a symbol.
* The movie Jurassic Park opened.
* David Letterman left NBC for CBS.
* John Paul II was just a Pope, not a Saint yet.
* Boris Yeltsin was president of Russia.
* The Dow-Jones hit a record 3793.49.
* A gallon of gas was $1.16.
Call it Carol Burnett meets Whoopi Goldberg. This interactive comedy is part catechism class, part stand-up routine. Ruling her classroom with an iron fist, Sister teaches her students – who happen to be the audience – everything she knows about saints, sin, heaven and hell…while dolling out rewards and reprimands with lightning speed.
The New York Times calls it, "hilarious, well-written and inspired." The Chicago Reader calls it "a top-notch comedy." Jeffrey Lyons from TV's Sneak Previews called LATE NITE CATECHISM "something to savor and enjoy….one of the most intimate, rewarding shows in town."
For more information, go to www.nuns4fun.com. For tickets at the Royal George, call the box office at 312-988-9000.
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The Cat Writers Association hands out an award called the Muse in recognition of excellence in all forms of the media from the written, to the spoken word and visual arts as well. The award itself is a large medallion with a cat in the design.
Both she and my late Cali were there every step of the way when I wrote my book, "Fabulous Felines: Health and Beauty Secrets for the Pampered Cat." And it would have been appropriate because the book won the Hartz Glamour Puss Award.
In fact, I never realized how much of a role cats played in my writing life until Cali passed away earlier this year. For more than a week I couldn't put pen to paper. Words simply wouldn't flow. It was then that I realized that it is only when there is a cat near my desk that I am in the right frame of mind to write.
My condolences to you. I get CAT FANCY MONTHLY, and when I finished the January issue, I realized you only mentioned one cat. When I recently received my February issue, I kept meaning to log on cat channel to see if anything happened that I missed. Thank you for your entertaining column, and for being a wonderful cat meowmy. (((((hugs))))
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Congratulations on your award. My three kitties are my muses and provide much fodder for my blog, Crazy for Cats. Every time I'm at the computer, at least one is right next to me or parading back and forth between me and the keyboard.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed the Navy's Shipboard Solid and Plastics Waste Management Program, focusing on the: (1) Navy's planning processes; and (2) program's effectiveness since its implementation.
GAO found that: (1) the Navy's two prior plans for meeting shipboard solid waste discharge requirements were not well-coordinated and did not include interim milestones for minimizing waste until 1998 or later; (2) the Navy would benefit from examining other federal agencies' and commercial carriers' solid waste disposal experiences; (3) although the Navy has improved coordination for its November 1996 plan, the plan still does not include tasks or milestones to achieve near-term compliance for waste other than plastics; (4) by the time the Navy submits its 1996 plan to Congress, it will have 4 years to develop and install new technologies to meet the discharge requirements; (5) the Navy does not have an approach to meet future legal requirements for solid waste discharges; (6) the Navy has spent $52 million of the $80 million appropriated through fiscal year 1994 on discharge equipment; (7) three of the Navy's four primary developmental projects have been cancelled, suspended, or reduced; and (8) although two Navy ships have reported progress in complying with solid waste discharge requirements, the Navy has not given adequate consideration to whether lessons can be learned from the experiences of non-Navy ships and individual Navy ships that report progress in complying with discharge requirements.
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Comments: DOD agrees that high-level attention should be given to planning efforts for non-plastic waste. Toward that objective, the Under Secretary of the Navy established the flag officer/Senior Executive Service executive steering group in April 1994 to oversee the program. In addition, the Navy has now developed a detailed plan of action and milestones in conjunction with development of the report to Congress in 1996.
Recommendation: The Secretary of the Navy should direct the Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, to ensure that headquarters' planning efforts include the tasks and interim milestones to measure progress toward long-term goals for nonplastic solid waste for both surface ships and submarines.
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Status: Closed - Implemented
Comments: The Navy has taken action to ensure effective coordination by establishing the flag officer/Senior Executive Service executive steering group to oversee the program. In addition, communication of lessons learned and the free flow of information is encouraged through such forums as the DOD annual joint services recycling workshop.
Recommendation: The Secretary of the Navy should direct the Commander, Naval Sea Systems Command, to ensure that headquarters' planning efforts include the necessary mechanisms to coordinate among all involved activities, especially to pass on lessons learned from non-Navy ships and individual Navy ships that report progress in complying with discharge requirements.
Agency Affected: Department of Defense: Department of the Navy
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