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The architecture and working of the Artificial Neural Networks are an inspiration from the human brain. The brain due to its highly parallel nature and immense computational powers still remains the motivation for researchers. A single system-single processor approach is a highly unlikely way to model a neural network for large computational needs. Many approaches have been proposed that adopt a parallel implementation of ANNs. These methods do not consider the difference in processing powers of the constituting units and hence workload distribution among the nodes is not optimal. Human brain not always has equal processing power among the neurons. A person having disability in some part of brain may be able to perform every task with reduced capabilities. Disabilities weaken the proces...
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"Star Wars: The Clone Wars" ist ein 3-D-computeranimierter Spielfilm, der in diesen Tagen auf allen Kontinenten dieses Globus in den Kinos gestartet w...
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Tracking moving objects is a vital visual task for the survival of an animal. We describe oscillatory neural network models of visual attention with a central element that can track a moving target among a set of distracters on the screen. At the initial stage, the model forms the focus of attention on an arbitrary object that is considered as a target. Other objects are treated as distracters. We present here two models: 1) synchronisation based model designed as a network of phase oscillators and 2) spiking neural model which is based on the idea of resource-limited parallel visual pointers. Selective attention and the tracking process are represented by the partial synchronisation between the central unit and a subgroup of peripheral elements. Simulation results are in overall agreem...
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...A parallel path could consist of support for outward FDI by f...
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The Self-Organizing Map (SOM) is a popular unsupervised neural network able to provide effective clustering and data visualization for data represented in multidimensional input spaces. In this paper, we describe Fast Learning SOM (FLSOM) which adopts a learning algorithm that improves the performance of the standard SOM with respect to the convergence time in the training phase. We show that FLSOM also improves the quality of the map by providing better clustering quality and topology preservation of multidimensional input data. Several tests have been carried out on different multidimensional datasets, which demonstrate better performances of the algorithm in comparison with the original SOM.
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This paper proposes an endogenous human resources selection process by using linguistic information from a competency management perspective. We consider different sets of appraisers taking part in the evaluation process, having a different knowledge about the candidates that are being evaluated. Then, appraisers can express their assessments in different linguistic domains according to their knowledge. The proposed method converts each linguistic label into a fuzzy set on a common domain. Candidates are ranked by using different aggregation operators in order to allow the management team to make a final decision.
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Dear Readers,
This is the first issue of the 20i/l volume of our Journal. As a rule, 20 years represent a cause for celebration.
However, I have to ap...
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Fuchs and collaborators [1, 2] showed that when a high voltage is applied between two electrodes, immersed in two beakers containing twice distilled water, a water bridge between the two containers is formed. We observed that a copper ions flow can pass through the bridge if the negative electrode is a copper electrode. The direction of the flux is not only depending on the direction of the applied electrostatic field but on the relative electronegativity of the electrodes too. The fact seems to suggest new perspectives in understanding the structure of water and the mechanisms concerning the arising of ions fluxes in living matter.
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Cell-mediated immunity (CMI) response of healthy humans and cancer (Ca) patients to specific tumor antigen and nonspecific (LDV - lactate dehydrogenase virus) antigen, and of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and schizophrenia (Sch) patients to nonspecific antigen was investigated. Large differences of CMI response of healthy humans in comparison with Ca, AMI, Sch patients were found. CMI response to antigens displays transferred information about cells under immune surveillance. LDV disturbs the oxidative energy production system. We assume that CMI response to LDV antigen monitors pathological states of mitochondrial energy production which results in disturbances of electromagnetic activity of living cells.
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The centre of a communications network is a vertex set. The distances between every vertex in the centre set and all other vertices of the network are minimal. In some cases, the centre of the network can be a path, which includes a desired number of vertices. This centre is called a path centre of the network. In this paper, we aim to find a path centre of a given network with the needed number of vertices. We give the distance measures of the network and represent an algorithm searching the path centre of the network.