This helps to minimize an artificial initial phase of the dynamic rupture process (e.g., Aochi and Ide 2004; Ide and Aochi 2005; Aochi and Douglas 2006).
Recall bias of adverse perinatal events was minimized by asking an initial generic question about any difficulties in the perinatal period, which was followed in all cases and controls with the same specific questions about length of labor, crying and feeding after birth, color, and any history of admission to hospital.
Unlike other mean-field game literature: (1) Here, the major and minor agents are endowed with different objective patterns: the major agent (say, the local government) aims to fulfill some prescribed future target, thus it is facing a "backward" LQ problem by minimizing the initial endowment.
For obtaining a large displacement at low induced voltage and minimizing the initial angular displacement of the horizontal mirror, the piezoelectric micro-cantilever actuator and supports were new1y applied.
Clearly, for lenders and borrowers focused on minimizing the initial payment, the choice of mortgage type was far more important than the level of short-term interest rates.
The result indicated that the PLA NPs/MMC-SPC were more efficient than the PLA NPs/MMC in reducing the premature burst release (minimizing the initial drug release in the blood circulation).
Neuroprotection directed at minimizing the initial catastrophic diffuse brain insult and interventions designed to stabilize acute physiological derangements are promising targets for therapy [ 8].
Clinical considerations such as the ideal route for implantation, whether through the round window (minimizing initial trauma) or a cochleostomy (allowing insertion along trajectories tangent to the basal turn of the cochlea), are currently the subject of extensive debate with no consensus yet reached [ 8– 11].
For the Markov chain underlying this algorithm to 'forget' the initial network (thus to minimize the initial bias), a sufficiently large number of switching-steps should be performed.
Third, the Non-dominated Sorting Genetic Algorithm (NSGA-II) is used to optimize the F-FGT tube, in which the optimal thickness variation is sought for maximizing specific energy absorption (SEA) and minimizing initial peak force (IPF) under multiple loading angles.
