Venezuela holds the worlds largest oil reserves, totaling 303 billion barrels. However, a more critical resource is emerging: ...

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Abstract: The conventional resource allocation methods, using a central node, are not resilient, owing to the failure of the central unit. An advanced solution is to apply distributed optimization by ...

The prefrontal cortex is a cortical area located in the anterior frontal lobe, including several subdivisions (e.g. ventromedial, dorsolateral, orbitofrontal cortices). The prefrontal cortex functions ...

Abstract: This paper explores the construction method proposed by Said (1990), using basis functions which are derived from basis functions of Bezier and Bail. This method reduces to Bezier and Ball ...