Volume 3, Issue 11 (2006) | American Journal of Applied Sciences

Bounds Testing Approach to Cointegration: An Examination of Foreign Direct Investment Trade and Growth Relationships

Oteng Abayie Eric Fosu — 2006-11-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 November 2006; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2006.2079.2085

This study examines the long-run impact of foreign direct investment and trade on economic growth in Ghana. Using an augmented aggregate production function (APF) growth model, we apply the bounds tes...

Multi-objective Genetic Algorithm for Association Rule Mining Using a Homogeneous Dedicated Cluster of Workstations

S. Dehuri — 2006-11-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 November 2006; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2006.2086.2095

This study presents a fast and scalable multi-objective association rule mining technique using genetic algorithm from large database. The objective functions such as confidence factor, comprehensibil...

DC Motor Control Predictive Models

Ravinesh Singh — 2006-11-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 November 2006; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2006.2096.2102

DC motor speed and position controls are fundamental in vehicles in general and robotics in particular. This study presents a mathematical model for correlating the interactions of some DC motor contr...

Fast Iterative Frequential Equalization, Application to Mobile Communications

M. T. Taba — 2006-11-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 November 2006; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2006.2103.2107

The Space Time Adaptive Processing (STAP) is a promising approach in the improvement of the wireless communication systems. Since it makes possible to reduce interferences ISI (Inter Symbol Interferen...

Modeling of Stress- Strain Curves of Drained Triaxial Test on Sand

Awad Al- Karni — 2006-11-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 November 2006; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2006.2108.2113

This paper presents a hyperbolic mathematical model to predict the complete stress-strain curve of drained triaxial tests on uniform dense sand. The model was formed in one equation with many paramete...

Computer Simulator: An Educational Tool for Computer Architecture

Mihyar Hesson — 2006-11-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 November 2006; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2006.2114.2121

The great advancement in computer architecture and cache memory design and technology had a considerable influence on the way computer architecture was taught in universities. This requires students t...

Building an e-Government e-Trust Infrastructure

Hussein Al- Omari — 2006-11-30

American Journal of Applied Sciences, Published online: 30 November 2006; doi:10.3844/ajassp.2006.2122.2130

This paper presents a Trust Model for e-Government implementation. In the first part of the paper, the trust definition from different points of view (psychology, philosophy, linguistic, sociology, an...