Abstract: The Nelder-Mead simplex method is a well-known algorithm enabling the minimization of functions that are not available in closed-form and that need not be differentiable or convex.

This study presents an optimization method for arranging lattice radiotherapy (LRT) targets to enhance the contrast between peak and valley doses, aiming to improve the treatment effectiveness and ...

When the New York City Council passed the historic “City of Yes” zoning reforms late last year, they didn’t just pave the way for 80,000 new housing units; they also created a ton of work for ...

ABSTRACT: In this work, we seek the relationship between the order of the polynomial model and the number of knots and intervals that we need to fit the splines regression model. Regression models ...

Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Osaka University, 1-6 Yamadaoka, Osaka, Suita 565-0871, Japan School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Hoshi University, 2-4-41 Ebara, Tokyo, ...

Abstract: The rise in private vehicles has led to the rise in the demand for parking, and this demand calls for the need of existing parking areas to be fully optimized in order to accommodate as much ...