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Characterizing cellular states in response to various disease conditions is an important issue which is addressed by different methods such as Large-scale gene expression profiling. One of the most important challenges in front of bioinformaticians is the loss of data because expression profiling is still very expensive. It is understood that profiling a group of selected genes could be enough for understanding all of the gene expression profile.In this research, we propose a fast method for estimation of the missing values inlow-rank matrices. We consider the highly correlated expression profiles as a low-rank matrix. Then, we used this new method in a proposed algorithm which will select... 

MIMO radar is a next generation radar which transmits arbitrary waveforms at each one of its apertures. It has been shown that design of waveforms for MIMO radars in order to synthesize a desired spatial beampattern, is mapped into a waveform correlation matrix (R) design in the narrowband case. Therefore, waveform design in MIMO radar for beamforming could be broken into two steps, namely correlation matrix design and waveform synthesis for achieving given R. As of now, given a desired beampattern or estimated location information of targets, calculating R has been modeled as an optimization problem like SDP. Also, in some special cases like rectangular beampattern, close form solutions for... 

In this thesis, we simulate the competition between some investment strategies based on dividends with each other and with mean-variance strategy (Markowitz) in an evolutionary finance framework. We perform simulations by two different approaches. In the first one, we use real dividend data and, in the second one we use dividends that are generated according to a dividend factor model. The dividend factor model which relates the dividends to the macro-economic factors is estimated from data using principal component analysis. Our simulations show that in this competition, the evolutionary portfolio rule will eventually hold the total market wealth. According to this simple rule the portfolio... 

In this thesis the problem of spacecrafts formation control for halo orbit around the second libration point (L2) of the Sun-Earth Three Body (TB) system is investigated. Station keeping, reconfiguration and precision formation control of spacecrafts on halo orbits are performed via the use of the nonlinear Integral Sliding Mode (ISM) method, optimal closed loop Linear Quadratic regulator (LQR) approach as well as the Model Prodective Control (MPC). In this regard the nonlinear relative dynamics of deputy-chief spacecrafts are derived within the concept of both circular and elliptical three body problem; as well the perturbation model of the Moon and the linear model of restricted three... 

Mental disorders are very common nowadays and affect a person’s everyday life, as well as the lives of other people around him/her. According to the World Health Organization, major depressive disorder (MDD) is considered as the fourth main cause of death and premature weakness in the whole world. Information Technology (IT) could be used to diagnose the people who are affected by the mental disorders as well as reduce their effects. As clinical decision making inherently requires reasoning under uncertainty, fuzzy logic is a suitable technique for dealing with this partial evidence. The fuzzy logic is the science of reasoning; thinking and inference that recognizes and uses the real world... 

Economical strategy of developed countries imposes to improve energy efficiency and a rational renewable energies usage in the buildings. Ground source heat pumps are one of the most important tools in the way moving toward this goal. This study focuses on studying the effect of applying different refrigerants in the direct expansion ground source heat exchangers. In order to compare the performance of the ground source heat pumps using different refrigerants, a specific methodology is presented and implemented. First on this study, the thermal performance of a geothermal borehole filled with both CO2 and a zeotropic mixture of CO2 and R32 (20/80) is studied and the quality, temperature, and... 

Galaxy clusters are the most massive virialized systems in the universe. Their studies provide crucial grasp on the galaxy formation and evolution, dark matter and its nature, cosmological parameters and large scale structure of the universe. Because of their significant role in cosmology, providing a catalogue of galaxy clusters in a wide range of spatial angle, mass and redshift seems vital. Galaxy cluster detection can be performed by various methods in a broad spectrum of electromagnetic radiation. Optical detection of galaxy clusters is of the most traditional and popular methods. Among optical algorithms, one of the most efficient is called Cluster Red Sequence (CRS) which applies the... 

According to different interpretations of the philosophy of science schools, scientific knowledge, is responsible for explanation, description, control and prediction of material phenomena and their relationships. But these facts, besides their real aspects, which can be observed and found by episteme, have a conventional side. The conventional aspect of science is rules and contracts which are obtained from the facts you can find by techne. Although conventionals can be traced back to the division of science into theoretical and practical by Aristotle and other Hellenistic philosophers, but in this century Islamic philosophers especially, Tatbayee paid more attention to this topic. This... 

Electrical connectors that used in high speed systems interrupt the connection at the effect of Inertia. Also connectors should be able to work in high vibration conditions without any problems. Vibration of the connector pins can reduce the contact area or even remove it at very short time intervals, which lead to increase connector resistance or disconnection of instantaneous current. These current fluctuations will result in unpredictable performance disturbanceof the electrical system in very sensitive systems and therefore it should be avoided. In this Project, impacts of shock and vibration loads on the connectors is modeled by using FEM and with consideration of this model, connection...