© 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. We show that any complete k-partite graph G on n vertices, with k≥3, whose edges are two-coloured, can be covered with two vertex-disjoint monochromatic paths of distinct colours, given that ...

© 2017, Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany.Everyday more and more ubiquitous applications are developed to support aging in place and ambient assisted living. Although these technologies typically adhere to the functional ...

The role of polymeric structures and the presence of a catalyst in the pyrolysis of polyolefin mixtures and used tires was studied in a fixed bed reactor at 450 degrees C. Our results showed that while thermal pyrolysis ...

We study problems that integrate buy-at-bulk network design into the classical (connected) facility location problem. In such problems, we need to open facilities, build a routing network, and route every client demand to ...

The rise of repetitive datasets has lately generated a lot of interest in compressed self-indexes based on dictionary compression, a rich and heterogeneous family of techniques that exploits text repetitions in different ...

Prediction interval modelling has been proposed in the literature to characterize uncertain phenomena and provide useful information from a decision-making point of view. In most of the reported studies, assumptions about ...

Hydropower plants frequently operate at high output during peak hours and at low output (or even shutoff) during off-peak hours. This scheme, called "hydropeaking", is harmful to downstream ecosystems. Operational constraints ...

According to Chilean design practice, walls usually have complex geometries and discontinuities in height, mainly in the first story. However, the Chilean design code, similar to many design codes, does not provide special ...