A permutation array (PA) is a set of permutations on a set Z_n = {0,1,...n-1} symbols. The Hamming distance between a pair of permutations in a PA is the number of disagreements between them. The Hamming distance of a PA ...

Recent research on the social functions of the neuropeptide hormones oxytocin and vasopressin has increasingly shown them to be dependent on context, but the nature of the contexts in which their behavioral and neural ...

Electronic marketplaces such as Amazon Marketplace and Ebay deploy recommender systems as sales support tools to help consumers a nd their ideal product among the vast variety of products sold in these platforms. Recommender ...

The prevalence of permanent-magnet synchronous motor (PMSM) drives in industry applications such as electric/hybrid vehicles has stimulated the need for optimized control methods. Theoretically, the dynamic performance, ...

Due to rapid growth of network traffic volume, traditional Wavelength Division Multiplexing (WDM) networks cannot meet current growing demands. Elastic optical networks (EONs) are promising optical backbone network candidates ...

This dissertation consists of three essays, each focusing on one of the following three important topics in operations management: inventory management, capacity management, and management of resource-sharing systems. ...

This research evaluates the relative impact of an Investment-Mix, composed of innovation-oriented investments (technology and entrepreneurship) as well as the traditional CAPEX investment, on the market and financial ...

Located in the Eastern California Shear zone (ECSZ), the Fish Lake Valley fault zone (FLVFZ) is a 250 km right-lateral fault and the longest active structure of the ECSZ. It offsets Pre-Cenozoic monzonite and metasediments ...

Robots have been widely used in industry to reduce the risk of severe injuries to human operators. Robots can operate using either local or remote (in the Cloud) computing re-sources. The latter case has several advantages ...

Metallo-chaperones are a diverse family of trafficking molecules that deliver metal ions to macromolecular targets located within multiple cellular compartments. These “helper-proteins” have evolved distinct characteristics ...