Abstract:
A method of creating a logical device performing polynomial division includes using a hardware description language to build code directly describing synthesizable logic for performing the polynomial division. The logic is then implemented on a target device. The code receives as inputs a parameter identifying a polynomial and a parameter identifying a number of data bits for which the polynomial division is performed. For a given n-degree polynomial, performing the polynomial division includes calculating a next n-term remainder for a data unit having d terms.
Abstract:
A method for feedback control of cooperative problem solving for real-time applications in complex systems utilizes solvers parameterized by control variables. The method includes initializing the time setting and selecting at least one solver parameter value. The solver is operated with the selected solver parameter value or values for a specified interim and the operational conditions are reviewed. A solution is transmitted to the system if a solution quality condition is satisfied. The solver continues to operate if the solution quality condition is not satisfied and the performance differential is not greater than a specified threshold. If the solution quality condition is unsatisfied, but the performance differential exceeds the threshold, at least one alternate solver parameter value is selected and the solver is operated with the new solver parameter value for a specified interim. The solver continues to operate until the solution quality condition is satisfied.
Abstract:
This invention, relates to a generic system and method for supporting hiring decisions based on biographical information blank input, more particularly, this system and method yields superior decisions through the use of soft computing technologies (fuzzy logic, neural networks, and genetic algorithms) to better score biographical information blanks.
Abstract:
A system and method for representing and incorporating available information into uncertainty-based forecasts is provided. The system comprises a new class of models able to efficiently and effectively represent uncertainty-based forecasts with a wide range of characteristics with greater accuracy. Further, methods provide for selection of a most appropriate model from the class of models and calibration of the selected model to all available data, including both directly relevant historical data and expert opinion and analysis. An output is a model that can be used to generate an uncertainty-based forecast for a variable or variables of interest accurately and efficiently. In addition, methods for refining input data and testing and refining the output representation of the uncertainty-based forecast are provided.
Abstract:
A data merging program causes a computer to perform a step of selecting a first cell as a starting point of merging; a step of comparing a first numerical value, which is recorded in the first cell, with a preset reference value; a step of, if the first numerical value is smaller than the reference value, calculating a total value of the first numerical value and a second numerical value recorded in a second cell adjacent to the first cell in the same column; a step of comparing the total value with the reference value and, if the total value is smaller than the reference value, setting a third cell into which the first and second cells are merged and recording the total value in the third cell; and a step of selecting the third cell as a new starting point of merging.
Abstract:
A method that yields more accurate Bayesian network classifiers when learning from unlabeled data in combination with labeled data includes learning a set of parameters for a structure of a classifier using a set of labeled data and learning a set of parameters for the structure using the labeled data and a set of unlabeled data and then modifying the structure if the parameters based on the labeled and unlabeled data leads to less accuracy in the classifier in comparison to the parameters based on the labeled data only. The present technique enable an increase in the accuracy of a statistically learned Bayesian network classifier when unlabeled data are available and reduces the likelihood of degrading the accuracy of the Bayesian network classifier when using unlabeled data.
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The present invention is a system and method of improving computational efficiency of constrained nonlinear problems by utilizing Lie groups and their associated Lie algebras to transform constrained nonlinear problems into equivalent unconstrained problems. A first nonlinear surface including a plurality of points is used to determine a second nonlinear surface that also includes a plurality of points. A reference point is selected from the plurality of points of the second nonlinear surface. An objective function equation is maximized by computing a gradient direction line from the reference point. The reference point is adjusted to the point determined along the gradient direction line having the highest associated value.
Abstract:
A solution of a structure optimal designing problem formulated as a dual optimization problem having first and second solution processes is obtained. It is assumed that a status variable vector is a displacement in each node and a design variable vector is the existence ratio of structural member in each element. At the first solution process including the second solution process as one step, stored design variable vector and status variable vector are read and the design variable vector is updated. At the second solution process, the stored design variable vector and status variable vector are read and the status variable vector is updated. A second evaluation functional of the second solution process comprises the norm of residual vector and the status variable vector is not initialized upon start of the second solution process. Further, the second solution process is performed by a conjugate gradient method. At the second solution process, preconditioning is performed on a nodal force vector based on a global stiffness matrix, and the design variable vector and status variable vector stored in a second storage are read and the status variable vector is updated. Also, the status variable vector is not initialized upon start of the second solution process.
Abstract:
Methods and systems are disclosed herein in which a physical neural network can be configured utilizing nanotechnology. Such a physical neural network can comprise a plurality of molecular conductors (e.g., nanoconductors) which form neural connections between pre-synaptic and post-synaptic components of the physical neural network. Additionally, a learning mechanism can be applied for implementing Hebbian learning via the physical neural network. Such a learning mechanism can utilize a voltage gradient or voltage gradient dependencies to implement Hebbian and/or anti-Hebbian plasticity within the physical neural network. The learning mechanism can also utilize pre-synaptic and post-synaptic frequencies to provide Hebbian and/or anti-Hebbian learning within the physical neural network.
Abstract:
A system and method for selecting a training data set from a set of multidimensional geophysical input data samples for training a model to predict target data. The input data may be data sets produced by a pulsed neutron logging tool at multiple depth points in a cases well. Target data may be responses of an open hole logging tool. The input data is divided into clusters. Actual target data from the training well is linked to the clusters. The linked clusters are analyzed for variance, etc. and fuzzy inference is used to select a portion of each cluster to include in a training set. The reduced set is used to train a model, such as an artificial neural network. The trained model may then be used to produce synthetic open hole logs in response to inputs of cased hole log data.