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Lawrence H. Friedman, Wen-Li Wu, Wei-En Fu, Yunsan Chien
Feature sizes in integrated circuits (ICs) are often at the scale of 10 nm and are ever shrinking. ICs appearing in todays computers and hand held devices are perhaps the most prominent examples. These smaller feature sizes demand equivalent advances in
Sriharsha Mallapuram, Wei Yu, Paul Moulema, David W. Griffith, Nada T. Golmie, Fan Liang
The smart grid, as a cyber-physical system, consists of both cyber subsystems (e.g., control, communication networks) and physical subsystems (e.g., power grid). As such, the investigation of the reliability, effectiveness, and impact of DERs on smart grid
One may measure the kinetic rate constants associated with biochemical reactions using an optical biosensor: an instrument in which ligand molecules are convected through a flow cell over a surface to which receptors are immobilized. If there are multiple
Peter O. Denno, Yan Lu, Paul Witherell, Sundar Krishnamurty, Ian Grosse, Douglas Eddy
Recent studies have shown advantages to utilizing metamodeling techniques to mimic, analyze, and optimize system input-output relationships in Additive Manufacturing (AM). This paper addresses a key challenge in applying such metamodeling methods, namely
Andreas Tolk, John Fowler, Guodong Shao, Enver Yucesan
In December of 2017, the Winter Simulation Conference (WSC) celebrates its 50th anniversary. Among the special events planned to commemorate this milestone will be a track highlighting the history and fundamental contributions these conferences have made
To develop effective control optimization strategies for managing residential electricity consumption in a smart grid environment, predictive algorithms are needed that are simple to implement, minimize custom configuration, and provide sufficient accuracy
Conrad E. Bock, Fatma Dandashi, Sanford Friedenthal, Natalie Harrison, Steven Jenkins, Leon McGinnis, Janos Sztipanovits, Adelinde Uhrmacher, Eric Weisel, Lin Zhang
Understanding and developing complex systems requires collaboration between individuals with widely varying expertise. Communication between these individuals is facilitated by conceptual models. Conceptual models are early stage artifacts that integrate
We adapt modulus of continuity estimates to the study of spectra of combinatorial graph Laplacians, as well as the Dirichlet spectra of certain weighted Laplacians. The latter case is equivalent to stoquastic Hamiltonians and is of current interest in both
Zhelun Chen, Jin Wen, Anthony Kearsley, Amanda Pertzborn
A robust and efficient nonlinear algebraic and differential equations solver is increasingly essential as the scale of dynamic building system simulation grows larger and the models employed become more complex. There are many factors affecting the
Parastoo Delgoshaei, Mark Austin, Amanda Pertzborn, Mohammad Heidarinejad, Vikas Chandan
State-of-the-art building simulation control methods incorporate physical constraints into their mathematical models, but omit implicit constraints associated with policies of operation and dependency relationships among rules representing those
Wenjie Xia, Jake Song, Cheol Jeong, David D. Hsu, Frederick R. Phelan Jr., Jack F. Douglas, Sinan Keten
A major challenge in soft matter science is the bottom-up prediction of the temperature- dependent behavior of amorphous glass-forming (GF) polymers. Coarse-grained (CG) models derived from atomistic simulation data offer chemical specificity and access to
Nathan Mahynski, Jeffrey R. Errington, Vincent K. Shen
We derive a method for extrapolating the grand canonical free energy landscape of a multicomponent fluid system from one temperature to another. Previously, we introduced this statistical mechanical framework for the case where kinetic energy contributions
Many biochemical reactions involve a stream of chemical reactants (ligand molecules) flowing over a surface to which other reactants (receptors) are confined. Scientists measure rate constants associated with these reactions in an optical biosensor: an
Many biochemical reactions in nature involve a stream of chemical reactants (ligand molecules) flowing over a surface to which other reactants (receptors) are confined. Scientists measure rate constants associated with these reactions in an optical
Ultra-wideband (UWB) signal processing is a technology with many features that could develop into advances in communication and information technology. The technology has tremendous potential, but also presents challenges to the signal processing community
Veruska D. Malave, Jason Killgore, Edward Garboczi, John Berger
Indentation-based studies of inhomogeneous structural materials depend on indenting a surface by loading with a small indenter. The load versus displacement results are used to infer the local mechanical properties of the surface under the indenter tip
In order to promote traceability, consistency, interoperability and better collaboration between systems engineering and Finite Element Analysis (FEA)-based simulation activities, we propose a tool-independent description of FEA models that integrates with
Sokwoo Rhee, Christine Kendrick, Abhishek Dubey, Joshua Tan
We develop a diagrammatic tool for constructing correlations between random variables, called an abstract indicator framework. Abstract indicator frameworks are modeled off operational (key performance) indicator frameworks as they are used in city
Technological progression in flood monitoring methods and the proliferation of cost-efficient Internet of Things (IoT)-enabled water level sensors is opening the door for new streams of information to be at the disposal of today's smart cities. StormSense
Bryan Barnes, Hui Zhou, Mark-Alexander Henn, Martin Sohn, Richard M. Silver
Qualitative comparisons have been made in the literature between the scattering off deep- subwavelength-sized defects and the scattering off spheres in free space to illustrate the challenges of optical defect inspection with decreasing patterning sizes
Optical 3-D nanostructure metrology utilizes a model-based metrology approach to determine critical dimensions (CDs) that are well below the inspection wavelength. Our project at the National Institute of Standards and Technology is evaluating how to
Ryan Denlinger, Leslie Greengard, Zydrunas Gimbutas, Vladimir Rokhlin
We present a fast summation method for lattice sums of the type which arise when solving wave scattering problems with periodic boundary conditions. While there are a variety of effective algorithms in the literature for such calculations, the approach
Despite more than 40 years of active research in computational condensed-matter physics, state-of-the-art approaches for simulating radial distribution functions (RDFs) g(r) still rely on binning pair-separations into a histogram. Such representations