In this paper, we develop a finite element model for a cable suspended in water. Global existence and uniqueness of solutions of the truncated system is shown for a slightly simplified equation describing the motion of a cable having negligible added mass and supported by fixed end-points. Based...

A man–machine production system (MMPS) comprising numerous operations to be processed in a definite technological sequence, is considered. The duration of each operation is random and the corresponding probability density function is pregiven. Certain operations entering the MMPS require...

We introduce a new technique for the solution of the American options valuation problem, which resembles the moving boundary behavior of the solution, and thus, we call it the ‘moving index’ (MI) method. We use the so-called linear complementarity formulation of the problem for which...

Morse code has been shown to be a simple, speedy, low cost, and efficient assistive technology in rehabilitation, education, and augmentative and alternative communication for people with impaired hand coordination and dexterity. A stable typing rate is strictly required though for an accurate...

In the paper we focus on the class of M/G/1 single vacation models, where a server takes exactly one vacation immediately after service completion and there are no items available in the system. This vacation model class includes model types with different vacation disciplines and, particularly,...

A real-time multiserver (such as unmanned air vehicles or machine controllers) system with two different channels (such as surveillance regions or assembly lines) working under maximum load regime with limited maintenance facilities is studied. In such system, a job is served immediately upon...

In many industrial applications of softcomputing, intelligent controls are important to accomplish high level tasks. Intelligent controls, however, need specific knowledge for each task. Therefore developing good memory is crucial to store the required knowledge efficiently and robustly. Neural...

The present work deals with the development of simple finite element (FE) models of a turbocharger (rotor, foundation and hydrodynamic bearings) combined with neural networks and identification methods and vibration data obtained from real machines towards the automatic fault diagnosis. The...

The aim of this study is to demonstrate by means of numerical experiments that the simulation of random fields may provide images that are too spatially disorganized to represent correctly some continuous properties of geological reservoirs. Increasing the number of conditioning data does not...

Spatial distribution characteristics may be used to help in siting of air monitoring stations. This technique is also helpful in predicting variations in the concentrations of air pollutants due to changes in meteorology.