IMPROVING APPROXIMATE EXTRACTION OF FUNCTIONAL SIMILAR REGIONS FROM LARGE-SCALE SPATIAL NETWORKS BASED ON GREEDY SELECTION OF REPRESENTATIVE NODES OF DIFFERENT AREAS

Abstract Dividing a geographical region into some subregions with common characteristics is an important research topic, and has been studied in many research fields such as urban planning and transportation planning.In this paper, by network analysis approach, we attempt to extract functionally similar regions, each of which consists of functional

Magneto-Rheological (MR) grease has been applied to a controllable clutch system, and its performance was investigated experimentally.MR fluid is known as a functional fluid whose yield shear stress can be controlled reversibly by the applied magnetic field strength.But its peculiar characteristics may change as time passes because of sedimentation

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