... the Complexity ofRealityThe Crash of Reductionism against the Complexity ofReality 1.1 Example 1: InaComplexRealityItIsUnavoidabletoFindMultipleLegitimateViewsoftheSameProblems ... Example 1: InaComplexRealityItIsUnavoidabletoFindMultipleLegitimateViewsoftheSameProblems 1.1.1 Contrasting but Legitimate Policy Suggestions for Sustainability In 1996 I was invited ... to swim ina sea of complaints about the inadequacy of reductionism, the lack of holism and the need ofa paradigm shift in science.This ocean of complaints was linked tothe acknowledgment of...
... spatial multiplexing On the other hand, one can deliver thesame information bits over multiple spatial channels to exploit the spatial diversity so as to enhance the reliability ofthe transmission ... the performance ofthe physical layer One promising approach isto utilize channel feedback information at the transmitter We call itthe “channel—adaptive approach.” Another promising approach ... average packet delay and average arrival rate of various scheduling algorithms ina two-user MAC channel [145] Routing mechanisms inthe RICA protocol Route updating induced by the breaking of...
... identical Page ofcomplex Gaussian distribution with mean and unit variance When the channel has IID Rayleigh fading, R and T in (1) is an identity matrix I The noise n is an AWGN vector with variance ... proportional tothe squared singular value ofa channel The BER performance is thus dominated by the minimum singular value We findthe minimum singular value of each HAG, and pick the best Hi’s and WAG ... values of HAG dmin ,ag isthe minimum Euclidean distance ofthe transmit constellation in antenna grouping In (15), we can easily calculate the minimum Euclidean distance of received beamforming...
... back the adjustment factor index Table isthe feedback overhead of ADP compared with that of WLP and MBSFN The number of feedback bits of WLP and ADP is linear with K, and that of MBSFN is independent ... 4] In each transmission frame, the adjustment factors ofthe coordinated BSs are selected from this set as the optimal value of b The statistics ofthe optimal value of b are given in Figure The ... predefined order in each frame Based on the optimal distributed precoding and the gradient iteration ofthe perturbation vector, the idea of ADP is that in each downlink transmission frame, the...
... antenna at the receiver is ρ= 2.2 P N0 (3) General mathematical formulation of antenna subarray formation Antenna Subarray Formation can be applied with any number of RF chains available at the ... algorithm for antenna selection Let A = UA A VH be a singular value decomposition [32] ofA matrix A We get A AH A −1 A H = UA Σ A V H V A Σ V H AAA −1 VA A UH A = UA A VH VA Σ-2 VH VA A UH ... = A VH isa matrix with orthogonal rows and A columns B Let A = UA A VH be a singular value decomposition oftheA transformation matrix A Exploiting Hadarmard’s inequality for determinants...
... channel including the channel variance and the noise variance The ratio R is defined in [6] as a constant factor inthe interval [0.9 → 0.95] Since the noise variance and the channel variance are ... interpreted as a penalty factor which is constant and set to be 0.08 The constant penalty factor isthe main drawback of Larsson’s algorithm Inthe proposed algorithm, the penalty factor isthe ... time-variant In this case, the estimated CIR length depends heavily on the variation ofthe variance ofthe last tap If the variance ofthe last tap is larger than the step size, then this tap can...
... constrained to employ a fixed antenna design over varying channel conditions This is an additional degree of freedom in adaptable parameters of an adaptive MIMO system and permits the selection ofthe ... tothe plane ofthe spiral—or tilted beam pattern—off-normal tothe plane ofthe spiral [8] The single-arm spiral, which is used in this work, has the advantage of not requiring a balun circuit ... routing the RF signal feeding the antennas In this work, we integrate a number of RFMEMS actuators within the geometrical structure ofthe antenna to construct a reconfigurable spiral antenna In other...
... steps ina pathway (e.g a metabolite ina reaction pathway or the initial binding of RNA polymerase prior to gene transcription) Given the reductionist bias in science, itis not surprising that ... much a protein has actually contributed to each ofthe traits itis capable of influencing The extent to which a protein i contributes toa trait j is indicated by the matrix elements Mij є Z Each ... percentage of genes that are mutated in each protein system Differential robustness is defined as the probability for a system phenotype to maintain fitness after it was allowed to adjust toa change in...
... used also in their everyday meaning; in such a case, an attempt is made to accompany them with a note ofthe intended reading Model In general terms a model in this dissertation means either a running ... small-scale behavior and local interactions The class of land-use and land-cover change models naturally falls into this category An inherent characteristic of these systems is that the behavior ... company Spatial or Spatially Explicit (also called ‘spatially referenced’ in literature) means that together with the quality or type ofa biophysical variable, its location on the landscape is...
... Thesis The organization of this thesis is as follows Chapter reviews the historical and state -of- the- art research status related tothe adaptive application scheduling, with emphasis on energy and ... global scheduling isa dynamic approach that manages a dispatch queue, and delivers the task at the queue head tothe earliest available processor The biggest advantage is that runtime load balance ... may occur is when the remaining optional cycles ofa task are less than the slack cycles allocated In this case, we allocate the remaining slack ina greedy fashion That is, if the node with the...
... Definition αI Initial charge inside a battery This isthe amount of charge a pristine battery would have Measured in mA-mins a αT Total charge inside a battery at any given point in time This ... Health factor, having the range < HF < 1.0, is used as a threshold to assess the health ofa battery The health ofa battery is defined as αSA /αT and gives the ratio ofthe charge that is available ... this dissertation is hitherto not satisfactorily addressed in existing literature Chapter7: This chapter introduces and explains the algorithmic contribution of this dissertation The working of...
... fast fading channels Then, the thesis switches to next issue, that is system capacity In Chapter 5, the MIMO-OFDM system capacity with imperfect feedback channel is investigated In Chapter 6, the ... propagation and the small scale propagation The signal variations due to path loss or shadowing occur over relatively large distances, this variation is referred to as the large scale propagation ... value of xdB, xdB = 10 log10 x in unit of dB, and σxis the standard deviation of xdB , also in unit of dB 2.1.2 Small scale propagation The small scale fading ofa signal isa more rapid fluctuation,...
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... point Thus the loop is stable The gain margin is dB (factor of 2) and the phase margin is 60 , apparently indicating adequate robustness However these traditional stability margins are misleading ... Suffice itto say that each model type and each curve-fitting technique has its advantages and disadvantages, most of which are more mathematical than intuitive Each also presents a myriad of options ... collecting data only while the process isina steady stateÐthat is, after it has finished responding tothe last disturbance or setpoint change The effects of measurement noise can also be mitigated...
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