Execution Of Method Research Articles

Practice and Exploration of Music Solfeggio Teaching Based on Data Mining Technology.

People can learn, understand, and use music using the solfeggio method. People involved in professional music training have given it importance because it is a fundamental discipline of enlightenment music and a necessary training method and technical theory course to enter the professional level. This article presents an in-depth analysis of the music curriculum model based on data mining technology. Additionally, a music style classification method based on FP Growth association rules mining is developed, which decreases the number of frequent element sets needed and speeds up database scanning. To better match the characteristics of music, a multirepetition structure model is used, and the MFCC (Mel-frequency cepstral coefficients) function is used to set the repetition structure model. The results demonstrate that the music style classification method put forth in this article has clear advantages in terms of efficiency: when the minimum support is 0.2 percent, this method's execution time is about 33 percent compared to the other methods. The outcomes of the experiment suggest that this method can more accurately capture the repeatability of music and enhance separation performance to some extent.

An effective hybrid harmony search for the asymmetric travelling salesman problem

ABSTRACTThis article is part of a study aiming to adapt the Harmony Search (HS) algorithm to the asymmetric travelling salesman problem. The population-based approach of the HS algorithm and its weak exploitation mechanism constituted a good reason for starting the research on improving the method, by applying the approach found in other population-based metaheuristics characterized by the same imperfection. The proposed HS is supplemented with the mechanism allowing the efficiency of the exploitation process to be increased by combining the algorithm with hill climbing. The proposed approach assumes modifying the solutions at three different places, affecting the HS exploration and exploitation mechanism in different ways. As a result, the appropriate approach to the effective design of hybrid harmony search is recommended. In addition, by measuring the actual time of the method's execution, the recommended ratio of time devoted to local search and the creation of harmonies was determined.

Conquering the Reign of Femeny: Gender and Genre in Chaucer’s Romance by Angela Jane Weisl

REVIEWS naries, grammar texts, ancillary texts and translations, and "Yearly Bibliographies and Other Bibliographical Listings. " Finally, the editor's superb glossary provides relevant information "for every form of every word" (p.217) in Pearl. Such data is anchored further by the "literal meanings [ofwords}, line numbers, grammatical elements, and etymological derivatives [OED, MED}" (p.xi). In general, Vantuono succeeds admirably in his editorial purposes, for he has crafted a book suitable for students and scholars alike.Such an edition, then, both illuminates Pearl's rich vision world and comple­ ments Vantuono's earlier work, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight: A Dual-Language Version (1991). ROBERT J.BLANCH Northeastern University ANGELA JANE WEISL.Conquering the Reign ofFemeny: Gender and Genre in Chaucer's Romance. Chaucer Studies, vol. 22. Cambridge: D. S. Brewer, 1995.Pp.ix, 133.$53.0 0. This provocative little volume begins with an image from ltalo Cal­ vino's Invisible Cities in which several men simultaneously dream of a long-haired naked woman vanishing through an unknown city into the darkness.Failing to locate the city, they construct one of their own, with mazes to trap the vision should she reappear.This image, Angela Jane Weisl tells us, embodies the romance genre in that its essential content of male desire, the action of pursuing the woman, and the method ofexecution through entrapping labyrinths recapitulate the ro­ mance.It is a haunting metaphor. Insights in the twenty-page introduction, which this reader found more evocative than the somewhat repetitive readings of four individ­ ual romances, are quite creative.Weisl's thesis is that Chaucer pushes "boundaries (the glass ceiling that defines roles, positions, and possi­ bilities}, testing the genre's limits ...to show both its confines and its potential" (p.3).Since romance defines the nature and behavior ofhero­ ines (who cannot be ugly Loathly Ladies, self-motivated, independent young Alisons, or gregariously assertive old Alisons), it contains them. Feminine confinement, such as that of the coerced, unwilling Emelye, 335 STUDIES IN THE AGE OF CHAUCER then, symbolizes the genre. In upsetting her gendered role, Criseyde flaunts tradition, upsetting both the genre and her tale, which can no longer support a standard romance ending. Although these ideas seem intriguing, many romances defy the "confined-woman" schema-Parzival, Amis andAmiloun (with one very dominant Belisaunt and another domineering wife), Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (whose two women wield much power), and the allitera­ tive Morte Arthure (with no primary woman) come to mind.Eventually Weisl acknowledges exceptions, that "many poems that are gener­ ally ...lays or romances are not really about romantic love at all" (p.8), seemingly contradicting herself. Classifying is hazardous, as Susan Crane has noted, but perhaps limiting the thesis to certain types of ro­ mances might have ameliorated the problem.Several evocative issues tease us, but remain unclarified.How, for example, is Boccaccio a source for Chaucer's methodology as much as for plot? How do Chaucer's ro­ mances, transformed into self-referential narratives, tell us as much about narrative as they do about love? Some claims seem controversial or contradictory.For example, Weisl states, "Chaucer, strikingly, can­ not end two of his romances" (p. 5), discounting those who insist The Squire's Tale and Tale ofSir Thopas are in fact ended precisely at the right, intended moment.Since some romances contain didactic elements, the author posits a reverse mimesis-life imitating art.But from Horace or before, the ends of poetry have always been to teach and entertain, so how does romance differ? Certain statements appear self-evident or un­ remarkable, such as Chaucer's attitude to romance: "The genre is prob­ lematic for him; he continually challenges, expands, and tests the lim­ its of the romance by shifting its contexts and altering its conventions" (p.2).Does his policy differ for other genres, equally manipulated for the new creative spark they elicit? Is not his genius that he regularly transgresses, defies boundaries, violates generic expectations, and to successful, not deconstructive, ends? Weisl believes that although women are necessary to the genre, their space and roles are restricted.Yet she admits: "The woman's role can be greater than [inspiring and perfecting...

Parallel Hyperspectral Unmixing Method via Split Augmented Lagrangian on GPU

One of the main problems of hyperspectral data analysis is the presence of mixed pixels due to the low spatial resolution of such images. Linear spectral unmixing aims at inferring pure spectral signatures and their fractions at each pixel of the scene. The huge data volumes acquired by hyperspectral sensors put stringent requirements on processing and unmixing methods. This letter proposes an efficient implementation of the method called simplex identification via split augmented Lagrangian (SISAL) which exploits the graphics processing unit (GPU) architecture at low level using Compute Unified Device Architecture. SISAL aims to identify the endmembers of a scene, i.e., is able to unmix hyperspectral data sets in which the pure pixel assumption is violated. The proposed implementation is performed in a pixel-by-pixel fashion using coalesced accesses to memory and exploiting shared memory to store temporary data. Furthermore, the kernels have been optimized to minimize the threads divergence, therefore achieving high GPU occupancy. The experimental results obtained for the simulated and real hyperspectral data sets reveal speedups up to 49 times, which demonstrates that the GPU implementation can significantly accelerate the method's execution over big data sets while maintaining the methods accuracy.

Method to Determine Maximum Allowable Sinterable Silver Interconnect Size

Abstract The use of sintered-silver for large-area interconnection is attractive for some large-area bonding applications in power electronics such as the bonding of metal-clad, electrically-insulating substrates to heat sinks. Arrays of different pad sizes and pad shapes have been considered for such large area bonding; however, rather than arbitrarily choosing their size, it is desirable to use the largest size possible where the onset of interconnect delamination does not occur. If that is achieved, then sintered-silver's high thermal and electrical conductivities can be fully taken advantage of. Toward achieving this, a simple and inexpensive proof test is described to identify the largest achievable interconnect size with sinterable silver. The method's objective is to purposely initiate failure or delamination. Copper and invar (a ferrous-nickel alloy whose coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) is similar to that of silicon or silicon carbide) disks were used in this study and sinterable silver was used to bond them. As a consequence of the method's execution, delamination occurred in some samples during cooling from the 250°C sintering temperature to room temperature and bonding temperature and from thermal cycling in others. These occurrences and their interpretations highlight the method's utility, and the herein described results are used to speculate how sintered-silver bonding will work with other material combinations.

Human Factors Aspects in Test Cases Formalization

This article describes a method capable of automate the process of case tests documentation, using as its implantation format, a flexible approach where companies gradually adopt the method's characteristics and requirements. The research and its experiments follows a usability testing approach, focused in human factors to build the test data. The method's execution occurs through business requirements documentation based on scenarios. These data are classified and organized in order to obtain standard testable objects. These test items are documented in test cases and the process starts again using the test case as basis. The cyclic process repeats until the test conditions have been validated.

Euthanasia: The conceptualization of the problem and important distinctions

The aim of this work is twofold. On the one hand, the intention is to provide analysis of the issue of euthanasia. On the other hand, this approach necessarily leads to a discussion toward the provision of an adequate definition of euthanasia. Therefore the article, first of all, refers to the multi?layered aspect of the term euthanasia. To avoid ambiguity and other uncer?tainties while providing the definition of euthanasia, the authors carefully perform a conceptual analysis. This leads to the establishment of a clear distinction between actions which, due to their motives or their method of execution, cast a shadow on the meaning of this medical procedure.

Parameter reference immutability: formal definition, inference tool, and comparison

Knowing which method parameters may be mutated during a method's execution is useful for many software engineering tasks. A parameter reference is immutable if it cannot be used to modify the state of its referent object during the method's execution. We formally define this notion, in a core object-oriented language. Having the formal definition enables determining correctness and accuracy of tools approximating this definition and unbiased comparison of analyses and tools that approximate similar definitions. We present Pidasa, a tool for classifying parameter reference immutability. Pidasa combines several lightweight, scalable analyses in stages, with each stage refining the overall result. The resulting analysis is scalable and combines the strengths of its component analyses. As one of the component analyses, we present a novel dynamic mutability analysis and show how its results can be improved by random input generation. Experimental results on programs of up to 185 kLOC show that, compared to previous approaches, Pidasa increases both run-time performance and overall accuracy of immutability inference.