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Evaluationoflateralspreadingusingartificialneuralnetworks OriginalResearchArticle
SoilDynamicsandEarthquakeEngineering,Volume25,Issue1,January2005,Pages1-9
M.H.Baziar,A.Ghorbani
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Liquefaction-inducedlateralspreadinghasbeenaverydamagingtypeofgroundfailureduringpaststrongearthquakes.Althoughtheoccurrenceofliquefactionandlateralspreadingatagivensitecanbepredicted,themethodstoestimatethemagnitudeofresultingdeformationsisstillthefocusofmanyresearches.Inthisstudy,usingprofessionalsoftwarecalledSTATISTICA,aneuralnetworkmodelisdevelopedtopredictthehorizontalgrounddisplacementinbothgroundslopeandfreefaceconditionsduetoliquefaction-inducedlateralspreading.Thedatabase,implementedinthiswork,istheonecompiledbyYoudandhiscolleaguesintheirrevisedMLRmodel.Theinfluenceofseismological,topographicalandgeotechnicalparametersonresultingdeformationsandtheirdegreesofimportanceareinvestigated.Theresultsindicatethatthemodelpresentedinthisresearchservesasareliabletooltopredicthorizontalgrounddisplacement.ThecorrelationfactorsandtherootmeansquareerrorsobtainedinthismodelshowthesuperiorityoftheNeuralNetworkapproachoverthetraditionalregressionanalysis.
ArticleOutline
1.Introduction
2.Dataset
3.Revisedempiricalmodelsof2002
4.Artificialneural-networkmodels
4.1.DevelopmentofANNmodel-2003
4.1.1.Modelinputsandoutputs
4.1.2.Datadivision
4.1.3.Datapre-processing
4.1.4.Modelarchitecture
4.1.5.Weightoptimisation(training)
4.1.6.Stoppingcriteria
4.1.7.Modelvalidation
5.Resultsanddiscussion
6.Summaryandconclusions
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Effectofteamtrainingonaircraftmaintenancetechnicians:
computer-basedtrainingversusinstructor-basedtraining OriginalResearchArticle
InternationalJournalofIndustrialErgonomics,Volume27,Issue3,March2001,Pages141-157
DavidC.Kraus,AnandK.Gramopadhye
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Thebackboneofasafeandreliableairtransportationsystemistheaircraftmaintenancetechnician.Theseindividualsworkinacomplexenvironmentrequiringaboveaverageteamworkskillsastheycoordinate,communicateandcooperatewithothertechniciansandinspectorsaswellaswithotherdepartmentswithintheirorganization.Newtechnologies,suchasmultimediacomputers,maybeabletoprovidethenecessarytrainingtoenhancetheirteamworkskillsandimprovetheirperformance.Todeterminetheeffectivenessandapplicabilityofcomputer-basedmultimediateamtrainingforaircraftmaintenancetechnicians,acontrolledstudywasconductedtoexaminethetransfereffectsofcomputer-basedteamtraining(CBT)onteamperformanceintheaircraftmaintenanceenvironment.Tofacilitatetheresearch,acomputer-basedmultimediatool–theaircraftmaintenanceteamtraining(AMTT)software–wasdeveloped.Resultsofthisstudyindicatethatcomputer-basedteamtrainingwasaseffectiveastraditionalinstructorbasedteamtraining.
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Thoughtheadvantagesofteamworkintheairlineindustryarewidelyrecognized,itisnotreadilysupportedbyworkcultures.Providingteamworkskillswillimprovebothperformanceandsafety.Moreover,theimportanceofteamtraininghasalsobeenemphasizedinthenationalplanforaviationinhumanfactors.
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Digitalreal-timeplasmacontrolsystemforAlcatorC-Mod OriginalResearchArticle
FusionEngineeringandDesign,Volume81,Issues15-17,July2006,Pages1905-1910
J.A.Stillerman,M.Ferrara,T.W.Fredian,S.M.Wolfe
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Anewdigitalplasmacontrolsystem(DPCS)hasbeenimplementedforAlcatorC-Mod.Thenewsystemwasputintoserviceatthestartofthe2005runcampaignandhasbeeneffectivelycontrollingthemachinesincethen.Thissystemnotonlyprovidesadrop-inreplacementfortheoriginalC-Modcontrolsystem,whichwasbecomingincreasinglydifficulttomaintain,italsoprovidesaflexibleplatformtoexplorenewnon-linearandadaptivecontrolschemes.Itconsistsoftwo64input,16outputCompactPCIdigitizersattachedtoarackmountedLinuxserver,whichperformsboththeI/Oandthecomputation.
Duringinitialoperation,thesystemissetuptodirectlyemulatetheoriginalC-Modcontrolsystem:
thiscomprisesamatrixoflinearizedobservers,whichestimatethe16physicalquantitiesundercontrol,16PIDchannelsfortheconditioningoftheerrorsbetweenthephysicalquantitiesandtheirpre-programmedtargetwaveformsandamatrixofcontrollers,forfeedingbacktothepowersuppliesandotheractuators.Thematrices,thetargetandfeed-forwardwaveformsandtheothercontrolparametersaretimedependantandswitchaccordingtotheparticularphaseoftheplasmadischarge.Thecompatibilitywiththepreviouscontrolsystemallowstheexistinguserinterfacesoftwareanddatastructurestobeusedwiththenewhardware.ThecontrollingprogramiswritteninIDL,fromResearchSystemsIncorporated(RSI),andrunsunderstandardLinux.Interruptsaredisabledduringtheplasmapulsestoachievereal-timeoperation.
Emulationoftheoriginalcontrolalgorithmsisaccomplishedusing50 μsperiteration,withthetimeevenlysplitbetweenI/Oandcomputation,soratesofabout20 kHzareachievable.Reliableverticalcontrolcanbemaintainedwithcycleratesaslowas5 kHzsothereisconsiderableheadroomforextracomputation.
Thenextstepsaretoexploretheoperationofthesystemonmultipletime-scales,theuseofadditionalcomputersinthereal-timeloopandtheimplementationofuserprovidedsignalprocessingandcontrolschemes.Thesewouldincludereal-timeanalysisofpowersupplydemands,real-timeMHDmodelling,andadaptiveresponsetonon-standard(unplanned)dischargeconditions.
ArticleOutline
1.Hybridcontrolsystem
2.PCSuserinterface
3.DPCSimplementation
3.1.Hardware
3.2.Software
3.3.Performance
4.Nextsteps
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Informationsystemsandevidence-basedpolicyinmulti-agencynetworks:
Themicro-politicsofsituatedinnovation OriginalResearchArticle
TheJournalofStrategicInformationSystems,Volume15,Issue3,September2006,Pages197-217
DavidG.Wastell
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Theglobalprevalenceofpublicsectorreform,genericallydubbedtheNewPublicManagement,offerswide-rangingresearchchallengesfortheISfield.Thispaperaddressestwoimportant,thoughneglected,strandsofthemodernisationagenda,evidence-basedpolicyandpartnershipwork.ThedevelopmentofaGeographicalInformationSystem(knownasMADE)tosupportmulti-agencycollaborationisdescribedinthedomainofcrimereduction.TheapplicationofMADEtosupportpolicyworkiscontrastedintwolocalpartnershipcontexts:
thestatutorilyconstitutedCrimeandDisorderReductionPartnership,andanadhocforuminstigatedbythepolicetoaddressthespecificissueoflicensingreformanditsimpactonalcohol-relatedviolence.AlthoughtheGISinfrastructureisthesame,themanifestationofEBPwasmarkedlydifferent.Thisisinterpretedintermsofdifferencesinthesituatedmicro-politicsofthetwosettings.Intheformer,strongregulationbycentralgovernmenthas“translated”MADEintoatoolforgeneratingperformancetargetsandindicators.ThesecondsettingcomesmuchclosertothetruespiritofEBP,reflectingthegreaterautonomyofthenetworkandthestrongcommitmentbothtoevidenceandpartnershipofitsmainplayer.Ingeneral,thefindingsdemonstratetheimportanceofGIStothepolicyprocess,particularlyinthedomainofmulti-agencypartnerships.ThereareabroadrangeofopportunitiesforISresearchwithinthemodernisationproject.Theneedforethnographicstudiesofchangeatalocallevelishighlighted,andfortheadoptionofamorecriticalstancethanhasbeencharacteristicofmainstreameGovernmentresearchtodate.
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1.Introduction
1.1.Evidence-basedpolicy
1.2.Partnershipworkinlocalcrimepolicy
1.3.Aimsandoverview
2.Methodologyandcontext
3.Findings
3.1.Casesetting1:
policy-makingincrimereductionpartnerships
3.2.Casesetting2:
theNightSafeBoard
4.Discussion
5.Conclusionsandfutureresearch
AppendixA.Crimediscourseatthefront-line
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Comparisonofmercury,leadandarsenicwithrespecttogenotoxiceffectsonplantsystemsandthedevelopmentofgenetictolerance ReviewArticle
EnvironmentalandExperimentalBotany,Volume52,Issue3,December2004,Pages199-223
ManomitaPatra,NiladriBhowmik,BulbulBandopadhyay,ArchanaSharma
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Metalscan,whenpresentinexcess,orunderwrongconditions,andinthewrongplaces,produceerrorsinthegeneticinformationsystem.Thepre