What are the most effective sampling techniques for simulation parameter optimization in matlab?

I am using random sampling between lower and upper bounds of 4 input parameters in a FE simulation and optimizing for 2 outputs. An artificial neural network is then trained from the training...

07 August 2018 9,948 3 View

Ductile damage regularization in Abaqus, any built in capability?

Is there any builtin option for regularization of ductile damage in Abaqus? After damage initiation, strain starts localizing in a single element/ row of elements and there are several articles...

04 May 2018 8,293 1 View

Image Processing and classification using keras/Tensorflow?

Do you have some recommendations approaches on Image processing and classification of plant diseases using TensorFlow/Keras?

02 March 2021 1,493 4 View

Which SAR dataset to use for generating coherency matrix and performing target decomposition (Description) ?

Working on chandrayaan-2 DFSAR data, there are three datasets available: 1) Slant range image data product: The slant range complex image file. Each pixel is represented by two 4-byte floating...

02 March 2021 8,481 3 View

Do you know any MR image dataset?

I would like to research on MR images (0.5T and 3T). Can you please suggest some websites that I can download dataset including both 0.5T and 3T MR images? Thank you.

02 March 2021 7,735 3 View

1 nm thick MgO thin-film to be deposited on Si wafer using thermal evaporation. What will be the optimum deposition conditions?

Favourable conditions of base pressure, rate of deposition. Also, by which characterisation technique to be used to verify the thickness of the deposited film.

28 February 2021 3,640 3 View

Can I run spearman's correlation on non monotonic data? Is it advisable?

Hi all, I am running a partial correlation analysis on mood data. I want to see if there is a correlation between scores on a novel hypomanic mood scale and existing measures of hypomania - the...

25 February 2021 1,619 3 View

How to handle studies which report perfect effect sizes in a meta-analysis using Pearson's r?

I'm in the process of updating a meta-analysis and in one of the new studies, effect sizes are reported as Tau-U. Two of the effect sizes are reported as Tau-U = 1.00. I am using Andy Field's...

24 February 2021 2,265 3 View

How to prepare a thin polymer film by post-polymerization/crosslinking?

24 February 2021 2,362 5 View

Is is possible to pole with corona poling pellets of the sample material instead of thin films?

As it is highly probable that pellets will have a higher degree of air gaps and voids than thin films, is it possible to pole the samples with corona poling nevertheless? Or is there the...

24 February 2021 1,349 1 View

How to troubleshoot Electrochromic Films and Electrochromic Devices?

I am trying to characterize an electrochromic system. The system uses ITO electrodes on glass, WO3 as the electrochromic film, and NiO as the ion storage layer. When I deposit NiO and WO3 and...

23 February 2021 9,592 2 View

Are there methods for automatically mapping floodplains, fans and terraces?

I want to map these river geoforms with as little subjectivity as possible. I have a high resolution DEM generated by drone data.

22 February 2021 7,800 3 View