Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne

About: Congrès International d'Architecture Moderne is a based out in . It is known for research contribution in the topics: Boundary value problem & Jet (fluid). The organization has 393 authors who have published 403 publications receiving 4104 citations.

A neural network model for the common due date job scheduling on unrelated parallel machines

Abstract: This paper presents an approach for scheduling under a common due date on parallel unrelated machine problems based on artificial neural network. The objective is to allocate and sequence the jobs on the machines so that the total cost is minimized. The total cost is the sum of the total earliness and the total tardiness cost. The multilayer Perceptron (MLP) neural network is a suitable model in our study due to the fact that the problem is NP-hard. In our study, neural network has been proven to be effective and robust in generating near optimal solutions to the problem.

Task scheduling for directed cyclic graph using matching technique

Abstract: The scheduling and mapping of task graph to processors is considered to be the most crucial NP-complete in parallel and distributed computing systems. In this paper, the theoretical graph application using matching is presented to assign a number of tasks onto two processors. This paper addresses a directed-weighted cyclic graph. The effort is to reduce the graph onto directed acyclic graph. A co-comparability graph is presented in order to assign the task onto two processors. Combining several innovative techniques lead to an efficient graph-mapping concept, called DCGSimplify. Our simulation model found that the proposed techniques and algorithms are easy to be implemented.

Free vibration of symmetric angle-ply laminated cylindrical shells of variable thickness including shear deformation theory

Abstract: Free vibrational study of symmetric angle-ply laminated cylindrical shells of variable thickness including first order shear deformation theory using spline function approximation is studied. The equations of motion for the cylindrical shells are derived using first order shear deformation theory. The solutions of displacement functions are assumed in a separable form to obtain a system of coupled differential equations in terms of displacement and rotational functions, and these functions are approximated by Bickley-type splines of order three. The vibrations of three and five layered shells, made up of two different types of order of the layers of materials and two types of boundary conditions are considered. A generalized eigenvalue problem is obtained and solved numerically for an eigenfrequency parameter and an associated eigenvector of spline coefficients. Parametric studies are made for the frequency parameters with respect to the coefficients of thickness variations, length-to-radius ratio, length-to-thickness ratio and ply angles under different boundary conditions. In the present work, the results are expected to be more accurate and more suitable for immediate application in the areas of missiles, aviation, shipping, surface transport and a large number of industries related to the cement and chemicals.

Revegetation and Soil Management Effects on Chemical Properties of a Saprolite Resulting from Deep Soil Removal

Abstract: During the building of a hydroelectrical power plant at Ilha Solteira in the Parana River (Brazil), materials of a highly weathered soil Oxisol were extracted from a depth between 5 and 8 m for engineering works. This resulted in an abandoned depression area. The topsoil was not salvaged and the open pit was not backfilled, and as result vegetation hardly or not at all recovered. On the residual saprolite materials, an experimental field was established to assess different soil rehabilitation treatments. Field experiments were initiated in 1992. After soil tillage, two different crops and three different liming strategies were compared, giving six combinations. In addition, two uncropped control treatments, tilled and no-tilled, were established so that a total of eight treatments were assessed. The experimental design consisted of four randomized experimental blocks, which included a total of 32 plots with a plot area of 100 m2. This experiment was used to study the effectiveness of the soil-reclamation ...