Abstract: A recording medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute: selecting, in a solution search using replicas based on an evaluation function including multiple state variables, a number of replicas from the replicas by prioritizing a replica with a low difference in temperature value from a first temperature of a first replica; acquiring a second state to be compared with the first state, using a state acquired by the solution search; determining the number of state variables of which values are to be changed, using comparison between a first value of the evaluation in the first state and a second value of the evaluation function in the second state; generating a third state in which the values of the number of state variables among the multiple state variables in the first state are changed; and continuing the solution search in the first replica by the third state.

Abstract: According to an aspect of an embodiment, an optical amplification method may include identifying a first range of signal wavelengths that correspond to a first optical signal configured to propagate via an optical fiber. The method may further include generating a pumping signal having a range of pumping wavelengths, the range of pumping wavelengths based on a range of dispersion wavelengths, which correspond to the range of pumping wavelengths, not overlapping with the first range of signal wavelengths. The pumping signal may be provided to the optical fiber having the optical signal propagating thereon.

Abstract: An optical modulator element includes, on a substrate, an optical branching portion and an optical multiplexing portion each of which includes a first material, two optical waveguide arms each of which connects the optical branching portion and the optical multiplexing portion, and electrodes that apply an electrical signal to the two optical waveguide arms waveguide. Each optical waveguides of the two optical waveguide arms includes a first optical waveguide that includes the first material, a second optical waveguide that includes a second material that has a higher electro-optical effect than the first material, and a transition portion that performs an optical transition between the first optical waveguide and the second optical waveguide. The substrate includes a hollow portion in which all or a part of the substrate located below the second optical waveguide in a plan view has been removed.

Abstract: In an embodiment, operations include receiving a dataset including information associated with scientific literature. The operations further include determining a set of materials and information associated the set of materials based on application of neural network models on the dataset. The operations further include generating embeddings for the set of materials indicative of features of each material and effect of each material on a living environment. The operations further include training a generative AI model based on the embeddings. The operations further include receiving a user input indicative of information associated with a queried material and generating embeddings for the queried material indicative of features of the queried material and its effect on the living environment.

Abstract: A relay device of relaying a signal received from a base station device to a terminal device includes: a controller configured to determine whether or not to perform relay processing of a first signal transmitted by a first base station device under control of the first base station device according to support information that indicates whether or not the first base station device has a control function of the relay device; and relay processor circuitry configured to perform the relay processing under the control of the first base station device in a case where the controller determines to perform the relay processing under the control of the first base station device, wherein the relay processing includes amplification and transfer processing of the first signal.

Abstract: A donor device, applicable to an F1-terminating donor-CU of a mobile IAB node, includes: a receiver configured to receive first indication information, the first indication information comprising identity information related to a third donor-CU which is an RRC-terminating donor-CU after migration or radio link failure recovery of the mobile IAB node; and a transmitter configured to transmit second indication information for indicating a context of a traffic to the third donor-CU.

Abstract: A conversion method executed by a computer, the conversion method includes acquiring skeleton information in which each of a plurality of joints included in a human body and coordinates for the plurality of joints is set, and reference posture information in which each of a plurality of joints included in a human body and reference coordinates for the plurality of joints is set, specifying a second joint that corresponds to a first joint set in the reference posture information from the plurality of joints set in the skeleton information, calculating a relative rotation angle from reference coordinates of the first joint to coordinates of the second joint, and converting the skeleton information into hierarchical structure data by setting the relative rotation angle to the hierarchical structure data.

Abstract: A terminal device includes: a receiver configured to receive a signal including configuration information related to a scheduling request configuration associated with a logical channel; and a controller configured to control a counter associated with the scheduling request configuration. The controller controls, when the receiver receives a signal including configuration information related to a reconfiguration of the scheduling request configuration, the counter in accordance with at least one of the scheduling request configuration after the reconfiguration and a state of the scheduling request.

Abstract: An information processing apparatus includes a conversion buffer configured to store a conversion pair of a virtual address of a page and a physical address, a page table cache configured to store data in a page table at a level other than a last level and a physical address of the data in association with each other, a memory, and a processor coupled to the memory, and configured to store a hash of the virtual address and process management information of a conversion source in each entry of the page table cache, and when executing a maintenance instruction of deleting the conversion pair in the conversion buffer by specifying at least one of the hash of the virtual address or the process management information, delete an entry of matching at least one of the hash of the virtual address and the process management information, in the page table cache.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores a determination program for causing a computer to execute processing including: acquiring a plurality of pieces of image data captured by each of a plurality of cameras; specifying a position of a person included in each of the plurality of pieces of image data by a first index different for each of the plurality of cameras; specifying the position of the person specified by the first index by a second index common to the plurality of cameras; and determining whether the person included in each of the plurality of pieces of image data is the same person on the basis of the specified position of the person that uses the second index.

Abstract: A computer obtains first feature data indicating a plurality of first feature values corresponding to a plurality of options and history data associating the value of an attribute of a person with a choice result of the person. The computer generates, for each of a plurality of classes with different standard options specified from a plurality of options, second feature data indicating a plurality of second feature values obtained by converting the first feature values using the first feature value of the standard option. The computer generates a prediction model including a plurality of first models that are respectively for the classes and that each calculate a prediction result of predicting choice behavior and a second model that calculates a result of classification into the classes on the basis of a value of the attribute, using the history data and the second feature value data generated for each class.

Abstract: Polarization fluctuation occurs in optical transmission line between first terminal node and second terminal node is monitored. Delay measurement for each of a plurality of spans constituting the optical transmission line is performed. Processor in optical transmission line monitoring device calculates, for each of the plurality of spans, refractive index of optical fiber laid in the span based on span length and the delay measurement value. The processor calculates propagation time of light between the first terminal node and a polarization fluctuation position based on timing information indicating timing at which polarization fluctuation generated on the optical transmission line is detected in each of the first and second terminal nodes. The processor calculates a distance between the first terminal node and the polarization fluctuation position based on the propagation time and the refractive index calculated for each of the plurality of spans.

Abstract: A method may include selecting multiple data subsets from a data set and training multiple parameters of a quantum computing system model using the multiple data subsets and a quantum circuit depth using a quantum computer over multiple iterations. The method may include generating a solution for the plurality of data subsets using the quantum computing system model and the quantum computer. The method may also include comparing the solution to a threshold solution. The method may include adjusting the quantum circuit depth in response to the solution of the quantum computing system model not satisfying the threshold solution. The method may additionally include retraining, using the quantum computer, the multiple parameters of the quantum computing system model using the multiple data subsets and adjusted quantum circuit depth.

Abstract: A non-transitory computer-readable recording medium stores an estimation program for causing a computer to execute a process including: approximating a first curve and a second curve that has one intersection point with the first curve in a first period to a first approximation expression and a second approximation expression that are linear functions that pass through the intersection point, respectively; generating a machine learning model by respectively performing training by using data of slopes and intercepts of the first approximation expression and the second approximation expression; and estimating an intersection point between the first curve and the second curve in a second period that corresponds to a period after the first period by using the trained machine learning model.

Abstract: An air conditioning system includes an outdoor unit, multiple indoor units, a control device and a server device. The server device includes a first predicting unit that predicts room temperature of an air-conditioned space, by using a plurality of operation state amounts relating to air conditioning operation; and a second predicting unit that predicts a point of time when each indoor unit out of the indoor units is switched to thermo-ON and a point of time when it is switched to thermo-OFF, by using the room temperature predicted and set temperature that is a target temperature of the air conditioning operation. The control device includes a control unit that controls driving of the compressor according to the point of time when each of the indoor unit is switched to the thermo-ON or the thermo-OFF, by using a prediction result of the second predicting unit.

Abstract: Monitoring device is used in optical transmission system that transmits frames between first and second nodes via optical transmission line. First SOP data representing SOP detected in the first node and second SOP data representing SOP detected in the second node are stored in storage. Processor detects first time at which polarization fluctuation component caused by polarization fluctuation arrives at the monitoring device and generates reference data by extracting the first SOP data near the first time. The processor detects second time at which polarization fluctuation component caused by the polarization fluctuation arrives at the second node by searching for a section having SOP similar to the SOP represented by the reference data in the second SOP data. The processor determines a position where the polarization fluctuation occurs based on the first time and the second time.

Abstract: A method of quantum error correction may include obtaining a logical qubit including a logical state. The logical qubit may be encoded using a quantum code to determine states for a plurality of physical qubits, the quantum code including a first code generated based on a first set of generators and a second code generated based on a second set of generators, the first set of generators and the second set of generators including different cardinality. The method may further include adjusting physical states of the plurality of physical qubits in quantum hardware based on the determined states. One or more computations may be performed using the quantum hardware and the physical states of the plurality of physical qubits may be decoded using the quantum code to determine the logical state.

Abstract: An optical transmission device includes a receiver receiving, from an transmission line, a wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) signal obtained by multiplexing first to third optical signals after power of each of the first to third optical signals is adjusted, the first to third optical signals having wavelengths belonging to first to third wavelength bands, respectively, the second wavelength band being longer than the first wavelength band, the third wavelength band being shorter than the first wavelength band, an amplifier outputting a pump light propagating in a direction opposite to a propagation direction of the WDM signal and amplifying the WDM signal, and a controller controlling an amplification gain based on a quality of the third optical signal calculated by power of the third optical signal before being transmitted to the transmission line and power of the third optical signal included in the received WDM signal.

Abstract: In an embodiment, a set of parameters associated with a vehicle routing problem is received. A set of decision variables and a set of constraints associated with an optimization problem are received. An optimization problem is constructed. The optimization problem is divided into a set of sub-problems. Each of the set of sub-problems corresponds to a subset of warehouses of a set of warehouses. An intermediate solution is determined for each of the set of sub-problems to determine a set of routes associated with the corresponding sub-problem of the set of sub-problems. The intermediate solution associated with each of the set of sub-problems is combined to determine a final solution of the optimization problem based on the received set of constraints. The determined final solution is indicative of the set of optimal routes to be assigned to the set of vehicles. The final solution is rendered on a display device.

Abstract: A money depositing and dispensing machine 1 includes: a storage compartment 100 provided with a first front opening 101; a stowage compartment 200 disposed on a lower side of the storage compartment 100; a storage portion 12 stored in the storage compartment 100 and storing paper sheets; and a conveying unit 13 stored in the storage compartment 100 and for conveying the paper sheets stored in the storage portion 12 to the stowage compartment 200. The conveying unit 13 is configured to be slidable in a direction of the first front opening 101 provided in the storage compartment 100. The stowage compartment 200 stows the paper sheets conveyed by the conveying unit 13.