We present a robust decision support framework with computational algorithms for decision makers in non-cooperative sequential setups. Existing simulation based approaches can be inefficient when there is a large number of feasible decisions and uncertain outcomes. Hence, we provide a novel alternative to solve non-cooperative sequential games base...
Motivated by the appearance of the fractional Laplacian in many physical processes, recent work has emerged in particular on the properties of the fractional nonlinear Schr\"odinger equation. Specific to models in optics and photonics a variant of mixed degrees of fractionality prove to be of interest. This paper presents first results in this new ...
For energy-efficient computation in specialized neuromorphic hardware, we present the Spiking Neural Coding Network, an instantiation of a family of artificial neural models strongly motivated by the theory of predictive coding. The model, in essence, works by operating in a never-ending process of "guess-and-check", where neurons predict the activ...
In the context of the calls for sufficiency held by climate experts, consumption is a major lever of ecological transition. Following numerous social sciences studies, I suggest that the belief that such an ecological transition could rest on the shoulders of consumers alone is illusory. I highlight the strong interdependencies within a political e...
Rapid post-earthquake damage diagnosis of bridges can guide decision-making for emergency response management and recovery. This can be facilitated using digital technologies to remove the barriers of manual post-event inspections. Prior mechanics-based Finite Element (FE) models can be used for post-event response simulation using the measured gro...
Type-I clathrate Ba₈Au₆Ge₄₀, possessing an interesting structure stacked by polyhedrons, is a potential “phonon-glass, electron-crystal” thermoelectric material. However, the mechanical properties of Ba₈Au₆Ge₄₀ vital for industrial applications have not been clarified. Here, we report the first density functional theory calculations of the intrinsi...
A fungal strain (FJII-L10-SW-P1) was isolated from the Mars 2020 spacecraft assembly facility and exhibited biofilm formation on spacecraft-qualified Teflon surfaces. The reconstruction of a six-loci gene tree (ITS, LSU, SSU, RPB1 and RPB2, and TEF1) using multi-locus sequence typing (MLST) analyses of the strain FJII-L10-SW-P1 supported a close re...
What does it mean to treat people as equals when the legacies of feudalism, religious persecution, authoritarian, paternalistic and oligarchic government have shaped the landscape within which we must construct something better? This question has come to dominate much constitutional practice as well as philosophical inquiry in the past 50 years. Th...
