Volume 2, Issue 12 (2005) | American Journal of Applied Sciences

Application of Harmony Search to Vehicle Routing

Zong Woo Geem — 2005-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1552.1557

A phenomenon-inspired meta-heuristic algorithm, harmony search, imitating music improvisation process, is introduced and applied to vehicle routing problem, then compared with one of the popular evolu...

On Stability in Multiobjective Integer Linear Programming: A Stochastic Approach

Walied H. Sharif — 2005-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1558.1561

In this study we consider a multiobjective integer linear stochastic programming problem with individual chance constraints. We assume that there is randomness in the right-hand sides of the constrain...

Fabric Behavior of Sand in Post-liquefaction

Seyed Amirodin Sadrnejad — 2005-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1562.1573

An anisotropic plasticity model for post-liquefaction of the undrained behavior of sand is presented. The model incorporates the critical/steady state concept that postulates the existence of a state ...

CPU Cooling of Desktop PC by Closed-end Oscillating Heat-pipe (CEOHP)

S. Rittidech — 2005-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1574.1577

The CEOHP cooling module consisted of two main parts, i.e., the aluminum housing and the CEOHP. The house casing was designed to be suitable for CEOHP. The housing to drilling for insert the CEOHP. Th...

Characterization of Chitosan-poly (Ethylene Oxide) Blends as Haemodialysis Membrane

N. F. Mohd Nasir — 2005-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1578.1583

Blend membranes of chitosan and poly (ethylene oxide) with different molecular weights of 100,000 and 600,000 were prepared by the solution cast technique. The Chitosan-PEO blend membranes were produc...

Construction of an Integrated Object Oriented System for Temporal GIS

Souheil Khaddaj — 2005-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1584.1594

The development of temporal GIS systems capable of dealing with the evolution of geographical objects is still a challenging task. Although many successful GIS systems have been implemented, comparati...

The Application of Electrochemical Impedance Techniques in Analyzing the AC Response of Some Two-electron Transfer Dye Systems

Farouk Rashwan — 2005-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1595.1599

The Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopic techniques (EIS) were used to investigate the behavior of some dye compounds (quinoid systems) characterized with 2e-transfer processes. For this purpose, A...

The Functionality of Fiber Bragg Grating Sensor Compared to that of Foil Gauge

Bashir Ahmed Tahir — 2005-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1600.1605

Technology such as Fiber Bragg Grating (FBG) sensors are widely accepted in almost all industries. FBG are being investigated for their applicability in other markets such as smart structures. Fiber o...

Object Detection using Circular Hough Transform

Mohamed Rizon — 2005-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1606.1609

In this study we propose a new system to detect the object from an input image. The proposed system first uses the separability filter proposed by Fukui and Yamaguchi (Trans. IEICE Japan J80-D-II. 8, ...

Cyclic Volta Metric Study of Alizarin Yellow R and Some Analogous Arylazo Compounds in DMF and in Aqueous Media

Hossnia Mohran — 2005-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1610.1614

The Cyclic Voltammetry (CV) was used to investigate the electrochemical behavior of alizarin yellow R and some analogous arylazo compounds having almost the same central azo group. For this purpose, t...

A New Compressing Ultrasonic Data Algorithm Based on Wavelets

Mounir Hergli — 2005-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1615.1618

In this paper, we propose a novel and effective algorithm for compressing large volumes of data recorded in underwater applications, using a laboratory designed experimental setup. This data represent...

Report on Mammalian Fossils of Chinji Formation, Dhulian, Pakistan

Muhammad Akbar Khan — 2005-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1619.1628

Twenty mammalian fossil specimens of varying preservational state are described from the Chinji Formation of Dhulian, Pakistan. The remains described in this study are all teeth and represent the Prob...

Impedance Behavior of Some Reactive Systems in Aprotic Solvents

Hossnia S. Mohran — 2005-12-31

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 31 December 2005; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2005.1629.1633

AC-Impedance Spectroscopic (IS) measurements in the frequency range 10 Hz ≤ f ≤ 50 kHz for some reactive systems such as diphenylanthracene (DPA), ferrocene and anthraquinone are investigated. The...