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Mobility Model (mobility + model)
Selected AbstractsControlling Nucleation and Crystallization in Solution-Processed Organic Semiconductors for Thin-Film TransistorsADVANCED MATERIALS, Issue 35 2009Stephanie S. Lee Three orders of magnitude is the range over which the grain size (see figure) can be tuned in solution-processed organic semiconductor thin films for TFTs. Fluorinated triethylsilyl anthradithiophene (FTES-ADT) is added in fractional amounts to seed crystallization of TES-ADT. Correlation between device mobility and grain size in the active layer is described by a composite mobility model that assumes charge-carrier traps are located at grain boundaries. [source] Liquefaction and cyclic mobility model for saturated granular mediaINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR NUMERICAL AND ANALYTICAL METHODS IN GEOMECHANICS, Issue 5 2006S. López-Querol Abstract A new constitutive law for the behaviour of undrained sand subjected to dynamic loading is presented. The proposed model works for small and large strain ranges and incorporates contractive and dilative properties of the sand into the unified numerical scheme. These features allow to correctly predict liquefaction and cyclic mobility phenomena for different initial relative densities of the soil. The model has been calibrated as an element test, by using cyclic simple shear data reported in the literature. For the contractive sand behaviour a well-known endochronic densification model has been used, whereas a plastic model with a new non-associative flow rule is applied when the sand tends to dilate. Both dilatancy and flow rule are based on a new state parameter, associated to the stiffness degradation of the material as the shaking goes on. Also, the function that represents the rearrangement memory of the soil takes a zero value when the material dilates, in order to easily model the change in the internal structure. Proceeding along this kind of approach, liquefaction and cyclic mobility are modelled with the same constitutive law, within the framework of a bi-dimensional FEM coupled algorithm developed in the paper. For calibration purposes, the behaviour of the soil in a cyclic simple shear test has been simulated, in order to estimate the influence of permeability, frequency of loading, and homogeneity of the shear stress field on the laboratory data. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Integration of mobility and intrusion detection for wireless ad hoc networksINTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS, Issue 6 2007Bo Sun Abstract One of the main challenges in building intrusion detection systems (IDSs) for mobile ad hoc networks (MANETs) is to integrate mobility impacts and to adjust the behaviour of IDSs correspondingly. In this paper, we first introduce two different approaches, a Markov chain-based approach and a Hotelling's T2 test based approach, to construct local IDSs for MANETs. We then demonstrate that nodes' moving speed, a commonly used parameter in tuning IDS performances, is not an effective metric to tune IDS performances under different mobility models. To solve this problem, we further propose an adaptive scheme, in which suitable normal profiles and corresponding proper thresholds can be selected adaptively by each local IDS through periodically measuring its local link change rate, a proposed unified performance metric. We study the proposed adaptive mechanism at different mobility levels, using different mobility models such as random waypoint model, random drunken model, and obstacle mobility model. Simulation results show that our proposed adaptive scheme is less dependent on the underlying mobility models and can further reduce false positive ratio. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd. [source] Sorption and permeation behavior for CO2 in NH3 -plasma-treated and untreated polystyrene membranesJOURNAL OF APPLIED POLYMER SCIENCE, Issue 3 2007Y.-S. Yang Abstract In our preceding work, the simultaneous deviation from the conventional dual-mode sorption and mobility model was observed in a case of CO2 in polystyrene (PS) membrane (glass transition temperature of pure polymer = 95°C) at 60 and 70°C. The plasticization effect of sorbed CO2 on both the sorption and diffusion processes tends to be brought about in glassy polymer membranes near the glass transition temperature. The behavior was simulated based on the concept that only one population of sorbed gas molecules of plasticizing ability to the polymer should exist. In the present work, the sorption and permeation behavior for CO2 in NH3 -plasma-treated and untreated PS membranes at 40°C was investigated, where NH3 -plasma treatment was executed at plasma discharge powers of 40, 80, 120, and 160 W for an exposure time of 2 min. The sorption isotherm could be described by the sorption theory of Mi et al. (Macromolecules 1991, 24, 2361), where the glass transition temperature is depressed by a concentration of sorbed CO2 of plasticizing ability. NH3 -plasma treatment on PS membrane had little influence on the sorption behavior of CO2 at plasma discharge powers up to 160 W. The mean permeability coefficients were somewhat increased only at a discharge power of 160 W. At CO2 pressures below 0.9 MPa, the pressure dependencies of mean permeability coefficients for CO2 in both NH3 -plasma-treated and untreated PS membranes at 40°C could also be simulated on the basis of the concept that only one population of sorbed gas molecules of plasticizing ability should exist. At CO2 pressures above 0.9 MPa, however, a plasticization action of sorbed CO2 had much more influence on the diffusion process rather than on the sorption one, and such a combined concept underestimated the mean permeability coefficient. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 103: 1798,1805, 2007 [source] Modelling recruitment training in mathematical human resource planningAPPLIED STOCHASTIC MODELS IN BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY, Issue 1 2002A. C. Georgiou Abstract This paper deals with mathematical human resource planning; more specifically, it suggests a new model for a manpower-planning system. In general, we study a k -classed hierarchical system where the workforce demand at each time period is satisfied through internal mobility and recruitment. The motivation for this work is based on various European Union incentives, which promote regional or local government assistance programs that could be exploited by firms not only for hiring and training newcomers, but also to improve the skills and knowledge of their existing personnel. In this respect, in our augmented mobility model we establish a new ,training/standby' class, which serves as a manpower inventory position for potential recruits. This class, which may very well be internal or external to the system, is incorporated into the framework of a non-homogeneous Markov chain model. Furthermore, cost objectives are employed using the goal-programming approach, under different operating assumptions, in order to minimize the operational cost in the presence of system's constraints and regulations. 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