Download or read book Hierarchical WKR networks written by Ronald Fernandes and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: "We present two hierarchical interconnection networks for multicomputer systems. Both use the WK-Recursive network as their building block. The new networks retain the recursive structure of the WK Recursive network, at the same time have reduced diameter. In this paper, we first define the Hierarchical WK-Recursive network and study its properties. Addressing and message passing schemes are described. We show how pyramid based algorithms can be implemented on the network. A pyramid-like variant of the network called Pyramid WK-Recursive network is also described. Properties of the two networks are compared with those of other hierarchical networks."

Download or read book Proceedings of the 1993 International Conference on Parallel Processing written by C.Y. Roger Chen and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1993-08-16 with total page 392 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This three-volume work presents a compendium of current and seminal papers on parallel/distributed processing offered at the 22nd International Conference on Parallel Processing, held August 16-20, 1993 in Chicago, Illinois. Topics include processor architectures; mapping algorithms to parallel systems, performance evaluations; fault diagnosis, recovery, and tolerance; cube networks; portable software; synchronization; compilers; hypercube computing; and image processing and graphics. Computer professionals in parallel processing, distributed systems, and software engineering will find this book essential to their complete computer reference library.

Download or read book Strategies for Organization Design written by Tiffany McDowell and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2023-03-01 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Design better organizations with humans at the center In Strategies for Organization Design: Using the Peopletecture Model to Improve Collaboration and Performance, EY’s People Advisory Principal, Dr. Tiffany McDowell, delivers an insightful exploration of organization design. Dr. McDowell combines expertise in both applied management and psychology to solve stubborn company challenges with practical solutions. Readers will have the opportunity to apply these solutions immediately to create positive impact, deal with rapid change, and consistently innovate at scale. In the book, you’ll learn to: Accelerate organizational transformation in a data-driven and evidence-based way Make your organization’s work mean and matter more to the people doing it Use insights drawn from network science, human motivation, behavioral economics, and organization theory to drive meaningful collaboration A groundbreaking, yet accessible new approach to building an exciting, innovative, and future-proofed organization, Strategies for Organization Design deserves a place in the hands of managers, executives, and other business leaders—as well as the consultants and specialists who serve them and their companies—who are looking for hands-on solutions twenty-first century business challenges.

Download or read book The Impact of Wiring Constraints on Hierarchical Network Performance written by University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Center for Supercomputing Research and Development and published by . This book was released on 1992 with total page 11 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: "A unified approach, incorporating architectural and packaging issues, is necessary in the design of high performance computer networks. Clustering enables us to exploit the physical hierarchy imposed by packaging. In [HsYe91], we examined the clustering of hypercube networks within the context of wiring constraints. Here, we extend our earlier work to compare the performance of hypercubes and meshes. We consider two cost constraints, bisection width and package pinout, and examine flat and clustered meshes and hypercubes. We find that the relative performance of networks depends on the chosen wiring constraint, as well as system configuration and message granularity."

Download or read book Between Hierarchies and Markets written by Grahame Thompson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 294 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book conducts a survey into the ways in which the word 'network' has been deployed in a wide range of literature. In particular, it offers a commentary on how the idea of networks has been to illustrate contemporary forms of socio-economic organization (as well the idea of a 'network society' or a 'network state', for instance), broadly conceived to also include the political aspects of networks."--BOOK JACKET. Book jacket.

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Download or read book Training Hierarchical Networks for Function Approximation written by Brando Miranda (M. Eng.) and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this work we investigate function approximation using Hierarchical Networks. We start of by investigating the theory proposed by Poggio et al [2] that Deep Learning Convolutional Neural Networks (DCN) can be equivalent to hierarchical kernel machines with the Radial Basis Functions (RBF).We investigate the difficulty of training RBF networks with stochastic gradient descent (SGD) and hierarchical RBF. We discovered that training singled layered RBF networks can be quite simple with a good initialization and good choice of standard deviation for the Gaussian. Training hierarchical RBFs remains as an open question, however, we clearly identified the issue surrounding training hierarchical RBFs and potential methods to resolve this. We also compare standard DCN networks to hierarchical Radial Basis Functions in tasks that has not been explored yet; the role of depth in learning compositional functions.

Download or read book Hierarchical Modular Granular Neural Networks with Fuzzy Aggregation written by Daniela Sanchez and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-02-23 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, a new method for hybrid intelligent systems is proposed. The proposed method is based on a granular computing approach applied in two levels. The techniques used and combined in the proposed method are modular neural networks (MNNs) with a Granular Computing (GrC) approach, thus resulting in a new concept of MNNs; modular granular neural networks (MGNNs). In addition fuzzy logic (FL) and hierarchical genetic algorithms (HGAs) are techniques used in this research work to improve results. These techniques are chosen because in other works have demonstrated to be a good option, and in the case of MNNs and HGAs, these techniques allow to improve the results obtained than with their conventional versions; respectively artificial neural networks and genetic algorithms.

Download or read book Hierarchical Neural Networks for Image Interpretation written by Sven Behnke and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2003-08-21 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Human performance in visual perception by far exceeds the performance of contemporary computer vision systems. While humans are able to perceive their environment almost instantly and reliably under a wide range of conditions, computer vision systems work well only under controlled conditions in limited domains. This book sets out to reproduce the robustness and speed of human perception by proposing a hierarchical neural network architecture for iterative image interpretation. The proposed architecture can be trained using unsupervised and supervised learning techniques. Applications of the proposed architecture are illustrated using small networks. Furthermore, several larger networks were trained to perform various nontrivial computer vision tasks.

Download or read book How Organizations Act Together written by E. Alexander and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-07-10 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The proliferation of giant multi-organizational agencies in the last decade has fostered a rethinking of inter-organizational interactions. By synthesizing emerging planning theories with the most recent research in the field, How Organizations Act Together offers a unique and comprehensive perspective on how modern organizations interact. From missions to the moon to management and modern public policy, Alexander unravels the complexities of interorganizational coordination, providing students and scholars with the tools for understanding.

Download or read book Organizational Communication written by Cynthia Stohl and published by SAGE. This book was released on 1995-04-05 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In addition to the connections between home life, social life and professional activities, Cynthia Stohl says we must pay attention to the linkages that individuals develop and maintain within their organizational contexts. Organizational Communication illustrates the ways in which today's changing social patterns, the increasing diversity of the workforce, the introduction of new communication technologies, and the challenges of global integration and competition, create organizational and interpersonal networks that are intricately interwoven. By reframing the network metaphor, the author challenges readers to examine the ways in which organizational communication is always embedded in, and influenced by, overlappi

Download or read book Unmapping the 21st Century written by Michelsen, Nicholas and published by Policy Press. This book was released on 2022-07-28 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 21st century has been characterized by great turbulence, climate change, a global pandemic, and democratic decay. Drawing on post-structural political theory, this book explores two dominant concepts used to make sense of our disturbed reality: the state and the network. The book explains how they are inextricably interwoven, while showing why they complicate the way we interpret our present. In seeking a better understanding of today’s world, this book argues that we need to pull apart the familiar lines of our maps. By looking beneath and across these lines, an ‘unmapping’ presents new insights and opportunities for a better future.

Download or read book Delay Tolerant Networks written by Longxiang Gao and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-05-14 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This brief presents emerging and promising communication methods for network reliability via delay tolerant networks (DTNs). Different from traditional networks, DTNs possess unique features, such as long latency and unstable network topology. As a result, DTNs can be widely applied to critical applications, such as space communications, disaster rescue, and battlefield communications. The brief provides a complete investigation of DTNs and their current applications, from an overview to the latest development in the area. The core issue of data forward in DTNs is tackled, including the importance of social characteristics, which is an essential feature if the mobile devices are used for human communication. Security and privacy issues in DTNs are discussed, and future work is also discussed.

Download or read book Managing Emergent Phenomena written by Stephen J. Guastello and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2001-12-01 with total page 478 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chaos, catastrophe, self-organization, and complexity theories (nonlinear dynamics) now have practical and measurable roles in the functioning of work organizations. Managing Emergent Phenomena begins by describing how the concept of an organization has changed from a bureaucracy, to a humanistic and organic system, to a complex adaptive system. The dynamics concepts are then explained along with the most recent research methods for analyzing real data. Applications include: work motivation, personnel selection and turnover, creative thinking by individuals and groups, the development of social networks, coordination in work groups, the emergence of leaders, work performance in organizational hierarchies, economic problems that are relevant to organizations, techniques for predicting the future, and emergency management. Each application begins with a tight summary of standard thinking on a subject, followed by the new insights that are afforded by nonlinear dynamics and the empirical data supporting those ideas. Unusual concepts are also encountered, such as the organizational unconscious, collective intelligence, and the revolt of the slaved variables. The net results are a new perspective on what is really important in organizational life, original insights on familiar experiences, and some clear signposts for the next generation of nonlinear social scientists.

Download or read book Reliability of Hierarchical Networks written by Tony P. Ng and published by . This book was released on 1990 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Abstract: "In this paper we describe a class of networks called hierarchical networks. We show how reliability can be computed efficiently in a hierarchical network. In particular, we describe an algorithm for the K-terminal problem: computing the probability that a set of k nodes (k > 1) can communicate through the network. The complexity of our algorithm is polynomial with a small degree."

Download or read book System Ergonomic Design of Cognitive Automation written by Reiner Onken and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2010-02-23 with total page 390 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why this book? Simply because it is due. Cognitive automation and its system-ergonomic introduction into work systems have been advanced in the meantime to such a degree that already applications for operational work systems are slowly becoming reality. This book shall contribute to give system designers some more guidelines about designing work systems and associated cognitive machines effectively, in particular those related to guidance and control of manned and unmanned vehicles. The issue is that the findings on cognition have to become sufficient commonsense for all from the various disciplines involved in system design, and that guidelines are given how to make use of it in an appropriate and systematic manner. These guidelines are to account for both the needs of the human operator in the work process and the use of computational potentials to make the work system a really most effective one. In other words, this book is meant to provide guidelines for the organisational and technical design of work systems. Therefore, this book is an interdisciplinary one. Findings in individual disciplines are not the main issue. It is rather the combination of these findings for the sake of the performance of work systems which makes this book a useful one for designers who are interested in this modern approach and its implementation.

Download or read book Connecting and Cooperating written by Jenny M. Lewis and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 2010 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Researchers, policy-makers, and students who study grassroots movements will welcome this blueprint for integrating social capital theories into their models. Showing that a public policy that increases social capital is the holy grail of modern governments, this manual explains what social capital is, how it is measured, and how to increase its presence. Using a set of parameters, the guide goes on to show ways that public projects can maximize cooperation and provide real benefits for both the organizers and the general citizenry.