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Multistage interconnection networks are used as a medium for interconnecting processors and memories in multiprocessor systems. Multistage interconnection networks are an effective substitute for crossbar switches, used in telephone network systems and parallel computers, due to their low cost, better performance and easy maintainability. In this paper, we propose new fault-tolerant hybrid multistage interconnection networks obtained from shuffle exchange gamma interconnection network (SEGIN) and logical neighborhood network named as shuffle exchange gamma logical neighborhood interconnection network (SEGLNIN). We evaluated the performance of SEGLNIN in terms of disjoint paths, reliability and hardware cost and compared it with some well-known MINs like shuffle exchange network (SEN), shuffle exchange network with one extra stage (SEN +) and shuffle exchange network with two extra stages (SEN + 2), SEGIN-1, and SEGIN-2. The results illustrate that the performance of the proposed SEGLNIN is better than that of the compared networks in terms of reliability and disjoint paths. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The cause–effect relationship has tremendous role in interpreting the engineering and scientific problems which basically deals with the identifying potential causes of problem. Bayesian belief networks (BBN) also referred as Bayesian casual probabilistic network used widely to deal with probabilistic events to elucidate the complications having uncertainty. A major challenge in BBN is to construct a node probability table (NPT), which grows exponentially with the rising number of variables. Various approaches exist for NPT construction, including expert elicitation, data analysis, survey and weighted functions, noisy-OR, noisy-MAX, recursive noisy-OR (ROR), extended recursive noisy-OR, and ranked nodes. However, these methods are problem-specific and lacking behind a generalized approach applicable to all problem types. To address this issue, this paper proposes a generalized universal approach for constructing the NPT using fuzzy logic. The suggested strategy has been validated by applying it to a BBN prototype for software design and development. The proposed strategy has been evaluated with best-case and worst-case software metrics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]