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Computer-interpretable representations of system structure and behavior are at the center of developing today's complex systems. Systems engineers create and review these representations using graphical languages and information models that capture
One may consider the generalization of Jacobi polynomials and the Jacobi func- tion of the second kind to a general function where the index is allowed to be a complex number instead of a non-negative integer. These functions are referred to as Jacobi func
Anmol Bhardwaj, Jack Chuang, Camillo Gentile, Chiehping Lai
A wireless channel is wide-sense stationary (WSS) when the mean and autocorrelation of its small-scale fading are displacement invariant. This occurs when the channel is rich in propagation paths – their complex summation averages out any displacement
The use of Modelica for simulating the dynamic behaviors of building heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems has gained popularity. Calibration of a Modelica model that represents large and complex HVAC systems involves the determination
This paper studies an online service caching problem, where an edge server, equipped with a prediction window of future service request arrivals, needs to decide which services to host locally subject to limited storage capacity. The edge server aims to
Random noise arising from physical processes is an inherent characteristic of measurements and a limiting factor for most signal processing and data analysis tasks. Given the recent interest in generative adversarial networks (GANs) for data-driven
We present the development of a bias compensating reinforcement learning (RL) algorithm that optimizes thermal comfort (by minimizing tracking error) and control utilization (by penalizing setpoint deviations) in a multi-zone heating, ventilation, and air
The Laplace equation in three-dimensional Euclidean space is R-separable in bi-cyclide coordinates leading to harmonic functions expressed in terms of Lamé–Wangerin functions called internal and external bi-cyclide harmonics. An expansion for a fundamental
Wesley Garey, Richard A. Rouil, Evan Black, Tanguy Ropitault, Weichao Gao
The Open Radio Access Network (O-RAN) Alliance is the industry led standardization effort, with the sole purpose of evolving the Radio Access Network (RAN) to be more open, intelligent, interoperable, and autonomous to support the ever growing need of
Xin Yuan, Harold Hatch, Jacinta Conrad, Amanda Marciel, Jeremy Palmer
We use molecular simulation to investigate the pH response of sequence-controlled polyampholyte brushes (PABs) with polymer chains consisting of alternating blocks of weakly acidic and basic monomers. Changes in the ionization state, height, lateral
Olga Ridzel, Wataru Yamane, Ishiaka Mansaray, John S. Villarrubia
We are beginning projects to validate the physics models used for interpretation of electron microscopy images. In one, we will measure electron yields and energy spectra from cleaned well-characterized samples subjected to electron bombardment inside of a
Zhibo Zhang, Chandan Kumar Sahu, Shubhendu Kumar Singh, Rahul Rai, Zhuo Yang, Yan Lu
Laser-based powder bed fusion (L-PBF) has become the de facto choice for metal additive manufacturing (AM) processes. Even after considerable research investments, components manufactured using L-PBF lack consistency in their quality. Realizing the crucial
In this work we investigate how the MPI resolution changes as a function of signal harmonics. Based on a simulation study that models a lock-in measurement of the point spread function we apply our findings to actual measurement data obtained from NIST's
Mark-Alexander Henn, Klaus Natorf Quelhas, Solomon I. Woods
In this presentation we employ a direct X-space deconvolution to estimate particle distributions from MPI data. We report on how the accuracy of those estimations changes as a function of sampling frequency and compare the findings to the MPI core operator
Buildings as a set of electric loads and generation resources can play an essential role in managing the stability of the power system in a smart grid. Traditionally, buildings assumed a passive rule in the day-to-day operation of the electric grid
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Alternatives for Resilient Communities (NIST ARC) software is an interactive tool for developing alternative sets of actions that meet community resilience and cost goals, given hazard and
Brian DeCost, Ramya Gurunathan, Adam Biacchi, Kamal Choudhary
Computer vision techniques have immense potential for materials design applications. In this work, we introduce an integrated and general-purpose AtomVision library that can be used to generate and curate microscopy image (such as scanning tunneling
In many cases one may encounter an integral which is of $q$-Mellin--Barnes type. These integrals are easily evaluated using theorems which have a long history dating back to Slater, Askey, Gasper, Rahman and others. We derive some interesting $q$-Mellin-
Prajakta Bedekar, Anthony J. Kearsley, Paul Patrone
Serology testing can identify past infection by quantifying the immune response of an infected individual providing important public health guidance. Individual immune responses are time-dependent, which is reflected in antibody measurements. Moreover, the
An accurate multiclass classification strategy is crucial to interpreting antibody tests. However, traditional methods based on confidence intervals or receiver operating characteristics lack clear extensions to settings with more than two classes. We
By using the three-term recurrence relation for orthogonal polynomials, we produce a collection of two-dimensional contiguous relations for certain generalized hypergeometric functions. These generalized hypergeometric functions arise through linearization
Category theory (CT) is a branch of mathematics concerned with the representation and composition of structured relationships. Recent interest in systems engineering (SE) stems from the possibility that CT might provide a principled mathematical foundation