7 results for “Ali Ashrafi”

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesImprove the Consumption of Cement and Sand in Massive ConcreteKaveh Ostad-Ali-Askari et al.The massive concretemixing plan is very important due to its large volume of use in concrete dams.Productivity can be increased in dam manufacturing industry by adopting asuitable method for mixing mass concrete that can meet design, executive andeconomic needs. Because of intensification rate construction of dams newperiods and high cost of implementing such projects any step that reduces theircost of … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 3 · 1 Nov 2021 · 6,352 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesInvestigating the Effect of Intangible Factors (Human, Communication, Organizational, Information) on Brand Equity Case Study: Hotels in IsfahanKaveh Ostad-Ali-Askari et al.The purpose of this study is to investigate the effect of evaluating the intangible factors (Human, Communication, Organizational and Information) on brand equity in hotels in Isfahan. A based research model was presented as the literature. The questionnaire of 24 items was conducted for this research and a sample of 130 executives and experts of hotels in Isfahan as a … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 3 · 1 Nov 2021 · 6,110 accessesView PDF Cite

Review ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesAssessment of Dust Event By RS, GIS, MODIS and Statistical Methods Among Satellite ImagesKaveh Ostad-Ali-Askari, Naimeh Rahimi, Parisa Ashrafi et al.Dust is an event that occurs in most sections of the world that leads to financial loss and harmful environmental impacts. Several factors are included in dust event incidence, some of them are natural and others are due to human processes and their impact on the environment. Thus, very critical situations are coming and it is expected that the majority … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 14, Issue 2 · 25 Jun 2021 · 6,704 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesInvestigation of Changes in the Structure of Isfahan City in Ancient Texture, IranParisa Ashrafi, Kaveh Ostad-Ali-Askari, Amir-Hossein Ashrafi et al.The structure of a city can be affected by many factors, such as environmental, economic, social, political, dominant intellectual parties and urban patterns of the world. Textural-spatial structure of the city is resultant of all forces that causes a settlement forms or constructed and has objective and subjective impressions. Development of the city had a descending and ascending trend, due … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 13, Issue 2 · 19 May 2020 · 7,260 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesThe Efficiency Measurement of Parallel Production Systems: A Non-radial Data Envelopment Analysis ModelAli Ashrafi, Azmi Bin Jaafar, Mohd Rizam Abu Bakar, Lai Soon LeeProblem statement: Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is a non-parametric technique for measuring the relative efficiency of a set of production systems or Decision Making Units (DMU) that have multiple inputs and outputs. Sometimes, DMUs have a parallel structure, in which systems composed of parallel units work individually; the sum of their own inputs/outputs is the input/output of the system. For … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 5 · 7 May 2011 · 9,257 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessIn the author namesAn Enhanced Russell Measure of Super-Efficiency for Ranking Efficient Units in Data Envelopment AnalysisAli Ashrafi, Azmi Bin Jaafar, Lai Soon Lee, Mohd Rizam Abu BakarProblem statement: Conventional Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) helps decision makers to discriminate between efficient and inefficient Decision Making Units (DMUs). However, DEA does not provide more information about the efficient DMUs. Super-efficiency DEA model can be used in ranking the performance of efficient DMUs. Because of the possible infeasibility of radial super-efficiency DEA model, the ranking has been limited to … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 8, Issue 1 · 31 Jan 2011 · 8,800 accessesView PDF Cite