Mutual fund investment continues to play a very important role in the world financial markets especially in developing economies where the capital market is not very matured and tolerant of small scale investors.The t...Mutual fund investment continues to play a very important role in the world financial markets especially in developing economies where the capital market is not very matured and tolerant of small scale investors.The total mutual fund asset globally as at the end of 2016 was in excess of$40.4 trillion.Despite its success there are uncertainties as to whether mutual funds in Ghana obtain optimal performance relative to their counterparts in United States,Luxembourg,Ireland,France,Australia,United Kingdom,Japan,China and Brazil.We contribute to the extant literature on mutual fund performance evaluation using a collection of more sophisticated econometric models.We selected six continuous historical years that is 2010-2011,2012-2013 and 2014-2015 to construct a mutual fund performance evaluation model utilizing the fast adaptive neural network classifier(FANNC),and to compare our results with those from an enhanced resilient back propagation neural networks(ERBPNN)model.Our FANNC model outperformed the existing models in terms of processing time and error rate.This makes it ideal for financial application that involves large volume of data and routine updates.展开更多
Cardiac Arrhythmias shows a condition of abnor-mal electrical activity in the heart which is a threat to humans. This paper presents a method to analyze electrocardiogram (ECG) signal, extract the fea-tures, for the c...Cardiac Arrhythmias shows a condition of abnor-mal electrical activity in the heart which is a threat to humans. This paper presents a method to analyze electrocardiogram (ECG) signal, extract the fea-tures, for the classification of heart beats according to different arrhythmias. Data were obtained from 40 records of the MIT-BIH arrhythmia database (only one lead). Cardiac arrhythmias which are found are Tachycardia, Bradycardia, Supraventricular Tachycardia, Incomplete Bundle Branch Block, Bundle Branch Block, Ventricular Tachycardia. A learning dataset for the neural network was obtained from a twenty records set which were manually classified using MIT-BIH Arrhythmia Database Directory and docu- mentation, taking advantage of the professional experience of a cardiologist. Fast Fourier transforms are used to identify the peaks in the ECG signal and then Neural Networks are applied to identify the diseases. Levenberg Marquardt Back-Propagation algorithm is used to train the network. The results obtained have better efficiency then the previously proposed methods.展开更多
Fast simulated annealing is implemented into the learning process of neural network to replace the traditional back-propagation algorithm. The new procedure exhibits performance fast in learning and accurate in predic...Fast simulated annealing is implemented into the learning process of neural network to replace the traditional back-propagation algorithm. The new procedure exhibits performance fast in learning and accurate in prediction compared to the traditional neural networks. Two numerical data sets were used to illustrate its use in chemistry.展开更多
<div style="text-align:justify;"> Polar codes using successive-cancellation decoding always suffer from high latency for its serial nature. Fast simplified successive-cancellation decoding algorithm im...<div style="text-align:justify;"> Polar codes using successive-cancellation decoding always suffer from high latency for its serial nature. Fast simplified successive-cancellation decoding algorithm improves the situation in theoretically but not performs well as expected in practical for the workload of nodes identification and the existence of many short blocks. Meanwhile, Neural network (NN) based decoders have appeared as potential candidates to replace conventional decoders for polar codes. But the exponentially increasing training complexity with information bits is unacceptable which means it is only suitable for short codes. In this paper, we present an improvement that increases decoding efficiency without degrading the error-correction performance. The long polar codes are divided into several sub-blocks, some of which can be decoded adopting fast maximum likelihood decoding method and the remained parts are replaced by several short codes NN decoders. The result shows that time steps the proposed algorithm need only equal to 79.8% of fast simplified successive-cancellation decoders require. Moreover, it has up to 21.2 times faster than successive-cancellation decoding algorithm. More importantly, the proposed algorithm decreases the hardness when applying in some degree. </div>展开更多
<div style="text-align:justify;"> <p style="text-align:justify;background:white;"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" color:black;"="">This artic...<div style="text-align:justify;"> <p style="text-align:justify;background:white;"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" color:black;"="">This article has been retracted to straighten the academic record. In making this decision the Editorial Board follows COPE's </span><span><a href="http://publicationethics.org/files/retraction%20guidelines.pdf"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:;" "="">Retraction Guidelines</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" color:black;"="">. The aim is to promote the circulation of scientific research by offering an ideal research publication platform with due consideration of internationally accepted standards on publication ethics. The Editorial Board would like to extend its sincere apologies for any inconvenience this retraction may have caused.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" color:black;"=""></span> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;background:white;"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" color:black;"="">Please see the </span><span><a href="https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=101825"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:;" "="">article page</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" color:black;"=""> for more details. </span><span><a href="https://www.scirp.org/pdf/opj_2020072814494052.pdf"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:;" "="">The full retraction notice</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" color:black;"=""> in PDF is preceding the original paper which is marked "RETRACTED". </span> </p> <br /> </div>展开更多
Due to the continuous increase in global energy demand,photovoltaic solar energy generation and associated maintenance requirements have significantly expanded.One critical maintenance challenge in photovoltaic instal...Due to the continuous increase in global energy demand,photovoltaic solar energy generation and associated maintenance requirements have significantly expanded.One critical maintenance challenge in photovoltaic installations is detecting hot spots,localized overheating defects in solar cells that drastically reduce efficiency and can lead to permanent damage.Traditional methods for detecting these defects rely on manual inspections using thermal imaging,which are costly,labor-intensive,and impractical for large-scale installations.This research introduces an automated hybrid system based on two specialized convolutional neural networks deployed in a cascaded architecture.The first convolutional neural network efficiently detects and isolates individual solar panels from high-resolution aerial thermal images captured by drones.Subsequently,a second,more advanced convolutional neural network accurately classifies each isolated panel as either defective or healthy,effectively distinguishing genuine thermal anomalies from false positives caused by reflections or glare.Experimental validation on a real-world dataset comprising thousands of thermal images yielded exceptional accuracy,significantly reducing inspection time,costs,and the likelihood of false defect detections.This proposed system enhances the reliability and efficiency of photovoltaic plant inspections,thus contributing to improved operational performance and economic viability.展开更多
This paper proposed an optimized fast handoff scheme for real time applications in next generation IP based CDMA wireless networks. The idea is to utilize optimized IP multicasting handoff (based on PIM SM), which is ...This paper proposed an optimized fast handoff scheme for real time applications in next generation IP based CDMA wireless networks. The idea is to utilize optimized IP multicasting handoff (based on PIM SM), which is triggered by CDMA layer 2 functionality. An IP based cellular network model with WCDMA FDD air interface and IP based packet traffic is adopted. No special network entities and signaling for handoff are added in our network model. The simulation results show that low delay and low packet lost rate can be obtained.展开更多
文摘Mutual fund investment continues to play a very important role in the world financial markets especially in developing economies where the capital market is not very matured and tolerant of small scale investors.The total mutual fund asset globally as at the end of 2016 was in excess of$40.4 trillion.Despite its success there are uncertainties as to whether mutual funds in Ghana obtain optimal performance relative to their counterparts in United States,Luxembourg,Ireland,France,Australia,United Kingdom,Japan,China and Brazil.We contribute to the extant literature on mutual fund performance evaluation using a collection of more sophisticated econometric models.We selected six continuous historical years that is 2010-2011,2012-2013 and 2014-2015 to construct a mutual fund performance evaluation model utilizing the fast adaptive neural network classifier(FANNC),and to compare our results with those from an enhanced resilient back propagation neural networks(ERBPNN)model.Our FANNC model outperformed the existing models in terms of processing time and error rate.This makes it ideal for financial application that involves large volume of data and routine updates.
文摘Cardiac Arrhythmias shows a condition of abnor-mal electrical activity in the heart which is a threat to humans. This paper presents a method to analyze electrocardiogram (ECG) signal, extract the fea-tures, for the classification of heart beats according to different arrhythmias. Data were obtained from 40 records of the MIT-BIH arrhythmia database (only one lead). Cardiac arrhythmias which are found are Tachycardia, Bradycardia, Supraventricular Tachycardia, Incomplete Bundle Branch Block, Bundle Branch Block, Ventricular Tachycardia. A learning dataset for the neural network was obtained from a twenty records set which were manually classified using MIT-BIH Arrhythmia Database Directory and docu- mentation, taking advantage of the professional experience of a cardiologist. Fast Fourier transforms are used to identify the peaks in the ECG signal and then Neural Networks are applied to identify the diseases. Levenberg Marquardt Back-Propagation algorithm is used to train the network. The results obtained have better efficiency then the previously proposed methods.
文摘Fast simulated annealing is implemented into the learning process of neural network to replace the traditional back-propagation algorithm. The new procedure exhibits performance fast in learning and accurate in prediction compared to the traditional neural networks. Two numerical data sets were used to illustrate its use in chemistry.
文摘<div style="text-align:justify;"> Polar codes using successive-cancellation decoding always suffer from high latency for its serial nature. Fast simplified successive-cancellation decoding algorithm improves the situation in theoretically but not performs well as expected in practical for the workload of nodes identification and the existence of many short blocks. Meanwhile, Neural network (NN) based decoders have appeared as potential candidates to replace conventional decoders for polar codes. But the exponentially increasing training complexity with information bits is unacceptable which means it is only suitable for short codes. In this paper, we present an improvement that increases decoding efficiency without degrading the error-correction performance. The long polar codes are divided into several sub-blocks, some of which can be decoded adopting fast maximum likelihood decoding method and the remained parts are replaced by several short codes NN decoders. The result shows that time steps the proposed algorithm need only equal to 79.8% of fast simplified successive-cancellation decoders require. Moreover, it has up to 21.2 times faster than successive-cancellation decoding algorithm. More importantly, the proposed algorithm decreases the hardness when applying in some degree. </div>
文摘<div style="text-align:justify;"> <p style="text-align:justify;background:white;"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" color:black;"="">This article has been retracted to straighten the academic record. In making this decision the Editorial Board follows COPE's </span><span><a href="http://publicationethics.org/files/retraction%20guidelines.pdf"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:;" "="">Retraction Guidelines</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" color:black;"="">. The aim is to promote the circulation of scientific research by offering an ideal research publication platform with due consideration of internationally accepted standards on publication ethics. The Editorial Board would like to extend its sincere apologies for any inconvenience this retraction may have caused.</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" color:black;"=""></span> </p> <p style="text-align:justify;background:white;"> <span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" color:black;"="">Please see the </span><span><a href="https://www.scirp.org/journal/paperinformation.aspx?paperid=101825"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:;" "="">article page</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" color:black;"=""> for more details. </span><span><a href="https://www.scirp.org/pdf/opj_2020072814494052.pdf"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:;" "="">The full retraction notice</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:" color:black;"=""> in PDF is preceding the original paper which is marked "RETRACTED". </span> </p> <br /> </div>
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文摘Due to the continuous increase in global energy demand,photovoltaic solar energy generation and associated maintenance requirements have significantly expanded.One critical maintenance challenge in photovoltaic installations is detecting hot spots,localized overheating defects in solar cells that drastically reduce efficiency and can lead to permanent damage.Traditional methods for detecting these defects rely on manual inspections using thermal imaging,which are costly,labor-intensive,and impractical for large-scale installations.This research introduces an automated hybrid system based on two specialized convolutional neural networks deployed in a cascaded architecture.The first convolutional neural network efficiently detects and isolates individual solar panels from high-resolution aerial thermal images captured by drones.Subsequently,a second,more advanced convolutional neural network accurately classifies each isolated panel as either defective or healthy,effectively distinguishing genuine thermal anomalies from false positives caused by reflections or glare.Experimental validation on a real-world dataset comprising thousands of thermal images yielded exceptional accuracy,significantly reducing inspection time,costs,and the likelihood of false defect detections.This proposed system enhances the reliability and efficiency of photovoltaic plant inspections,thus contributing to improved operational performance and economic viability.
文摘This paper proposed an optimized fast handoff scheme for real time applications in next generation IP based CDMA wireless networks. The idea is to utilize optimized IP multicasting handoff (based on PIM SM), which is triggered by CDMA layer 2 functionality. An IP based cellular network model with WCDMA FDD air interface and IP based packet traffic is adopted. No special network entities and signaling for handoff are added in our network model. The simulation results show that low delay and low packet lost rate can be obtained.
