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Symmetry, Volume 8, Issue 12

2016 December - 21 articles

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Articles (21)

  • Article
  • Open Access
40 Citations
8,944 Views
22 Pages

21 December 2016

This paper presents a segmentation-based stereo matching algorithm using an adaptive multi-cost approach, which is exploited for obtaining accuracy disparity maps. The main contribution is to integrate the appealing properties of multi-cost approach...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
4,240 Views
21 Pages

20 December 2016

The method of linear determining equations is constructed to study conditional Lie–Bäcklund symmetry and the differential constraint of a two-component second-order evolution system, which generalize the determining equations used in the search for c...

  • Article
  • Open Access
9 Citations
4,304 Views
9 Pages

20 December 2016

It is shown that quantization and superintegrability are not concepts that are inherent to classical Physics alone. Indeed, one may quantize and also detect superintegrability of biological models by means of Noether symmetries. We exemplify the meth...

  • Article
  • Open Access
12 Citations
6,575 Views
22 Pages

20 December 2016

Electric vehicles (EVs) have been gaining popularity in recent years due to growing concerns about fuel depletion and increasing petrol prices. Random uncoordinated charging of multiple EVs at residential distribution feeders with moderate penetratio...

  • Review
  • Open Access
89 Citations
19,565 Views
36 Pages

16 December 2016

Fluctuating asymmetry, the random deviation from perfect symmetry, is a widely used population-level index of developmental instability, developmental noise, and robustness. It reflects a population’s state of adaptation and genomic coadaptation. Her...

  • Comment
  • Open Access
10 Citations
3,998 Views
7 Pages

14 December 2016

Recently, a novel hesitant fuzzy set (HFS) ranking technique based on the idea of lexicographical ordering is proposed and an example is presented to demonstrate that the proposed ranking method is invariant with multiple occurrences of any element o...

  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
5,453 Views
17 Pages

Continuous Learning Graphical Knowledge Unit for Cluster Identification in High Density Data Sets

  • K.K.L.B. Adikaram,
  • Mohamed A. Hussein,
  • Mathias Effenberger and
  • Thomas Becker

14 December 2016

Big data are visually cluttered by overlapping data points. Rather than removing, reducing or reformulating overlap, we propose a simple, effective and powerful technique for density cluster generation and visualization, where point marker (graphical...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4,670 Views
12 Pages

10 December 2016

Heterogeneous networks (HetNets) give users the opportunity to access different access points(APs), which will simultaneously affect user performance and system performance, so user association in HetNets plays a critical role in enhancing the load b...

  • Article
  • Open Access
18 Citations
6,845 Views
12 Pages

7 December 2016

Side orientation of cells is usually ambiguous in unicellular organisms, making it impossible to separate components of directional asymmetry (DA) and fluctuating asymmetry (FA). However, frustules of the diatom Luticola poulickovae have biradially s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
9,292 Views
11 Pages

EMG Pattern Classification by Split and Merge Deep Belief Network

  • Hyeon-min Shim,
  • Hongsub An,
  • Sanghyuk Lee,
  • Eung Hyuk Lee,
  • Hong-ki Min and
  • Sangmin Lee

6 December 2016

In this paper; we introduce an enhanced electromyography (EMG) pattern recognition algorithm based on a split-and-merge deep belief network (SM-DBN). Generally, it is difficult to classify the EMG features because the EMG signal has nonlinear and tim...

  • Article
  • Open Access
128 Citations
7,458 Views
8 Pages

M-Polynomial and Degree-Based Topological Indices of Polyhex Nanotubes

  • Mobeen Munir,
  • Waqas Nazeer,
  • Shazia Rafique and
  • Shin Min Kang

6 December 2016

The discovery of new nanomaterials adds new dimensions to industry, electronics, and pharmaceutical and biological therapeutics. In this article, we first find closed forms of M-polynomials of polyhex nanotubes. We also compute closed forms of variou...

  • Article
  • Open Access
17 Citations
5,155 Views
18 Pages

3 December 2016

Collaborative spectrum sensing (CSS) was envisioned to improve the reliability of spectrum sensing in centralized cognitive radio networks (CRNs). However, secondary users (SUs)’ changeable environment and ease of compromise make CSS vulnerable to se...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
5,461 Views
15 Pages

2 December 2016

The need for reduction in power consumption for public facilities has increased after the occurrences of multiple blackout events. In an effort to enable the development of green and smart social infrastructure, this paper introduces a design for a s...

  • Article
  • Open Access
6 Citations
4,817 Views
23 Pages

On Center, Periphery and Average Eccentricity for the Convex Polytopes

  • Waqas Nazeer,
  • Shin Min Kang,
  • Saima Nazeer,
  • Mobeen Munir,
  • Imrana Kousar,
  • Ammara Sehar and
  • Young Chel Kwun

2 December 2016

A vertex v is a peripheral vertex in G if its eccentricity is equal to its diameter, and periphery P ( G ) is a subgraph of G induced by its peripheral vertices. Further, a vertex v in G is a central vertex if e ( v ) = r a d ( G ) , a...

  • Article
  • Open Access
8 Citations
5,388 Views
17 Pages

1 December 2016

This paper proposes novel edge-linking algorithms capable of producing a set of edge segments from a binary edge map generated by a conventional edge-detection algorithm. These proposed algorithms transform the conventional edge-linking problem into...

  • Article
  • Open Access
32 Citations
9,802 Views
10 Pages

1 December 2016

We propose a method for measuring symmetry in images by using filter responses from Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs). The aim of the method is to model human perception of left/right symmetry as closely as possible. Using the Convolutional Neural...

  • Article
  • Open Access
21 Citations
6,289 Views
16 Pages

29 November 2016

Fluctuating asymmetry (FA) in nine species of small mammals (Insectivora and Rodentia) was estimated using 10 cranial features (foramina for nerves and blood vessels). The main criterion was the occurrence of the fluctuating asymmetry manifestations...

  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
6,517 Views
18 Pages

Comparing Bayesian and Maximum Likelihood Predictors in Structural Equation Modeling of Children’s Lifestyle Index

  • Che Wan Jasimah bt Wan Mohamed Radzi,
  • Huang Hui and
  • Hashem Salarzadeh Jenatabadi

28 November 2016

Several factors may influence children’s lifestyle. The main purpose of this study is to introduce a children’s lifestyle index framework and model it based on structural equation modeling (SEM) with Maximum likelihood (ML) and Bayesian predictors. T...

  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
5,130 Views
10 Pages

Nonclassical Symmetries of a Nonlinear Diffusion–Convection/Wave Equation and Equivalents Systems

  • Daniel J. Arrigo,
  • Brandon P. Ashley,
  • Seth J. Bloomberg and
  • Thomas W. Deatherage

26 November 2016

It is generally known that classical point and potential Lie symmetries of differential equations (the latter calculated as point symmetries of an equivalent system) can be different. We question whether this is true when the symmetries are extended...

  • Article
  • Open Access
15 Citations
6,632 Views
13 Pages

26 November 2016

There is much uncertainty and fuzziness in product quality attributes or quality parameters of a manufacturing process, so the traditional quality control chart can be difficult to apply. This paper proposes a fuzzy control chart. The plotted data wa...

  • Article
  • Open Access
5 Citations
5,441 Views
18 Pages

Data Aggregation Gateway Framework for CoAP Group Communications

  • Minki Cha,
  • Jung-Hyok Kwon,
  • SungJin Kim,
  • Taeshik Shon and
  • Eui-Jik Kim

24 November 2016

In this paper, a data aggregation gateway framework (DA-GW) for constrained application protocol (CoAP) group communications is proposed. The DA-GW framework is designed to improve the throughput performance and energy efficiency of group communicati...

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