Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordTHE MANAGEMENT OF UNCERTAINTY: MODEL FOR EVALUATION OF HUMAN ERROR PROBABILITY IN RAILWAY SYSTEMLombardi Mara, Guarascio Massimo, Rossi GiulianoThe methodology of quantitative risk assessment in use in the railway industry refers the RAMS approach, as expected in EN 50126, to define the failure of the system. From the probability of failure follows the evaluation of the failure consequence, the check of the accident occurrence and finally, the analysis of the achievable accident scenarios to quantify the damage as … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 3 · 30 Dec 2013 · 7,390 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordApplication of Syndication to the Management of Bibliographic CatalogsManuel Blazquez Ochando, Juan-Antonio Martinez-ComecheProblem statement: The process of transmission of bibliographic records between libraries is a complex task, usually treated by the Z39.50 protocol. Approach: The objective of this research is to propose an alternative method to simplify this process, using the techniques of content syndication. Results: The computer program compares the feasibility of using different formats (ATOM, RSS1.0, RSS2.0 and MARC-XML) to … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 8, Issue 3 · 23 Jan 2012 · 7,759 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordOptimized Energy Efficient Virtual Machine Placement Algorithm and Techniques for Cloud Data CentersSanjay Patel, Ramji M. MakwanaCloud computing is an internet based computing technology that provide on demand computing for end users. Normally, data centers allocation for application on statically based. But today so many data centers have a problem how to reduce energy consumption? Due to increase use of cloud services and infrastructure by various cloud providers, uses of energy day by day increase that's … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 12, Issue 9 · 24 Nov 2016 · 7,356 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordA Reliable Identification System for Red Palm WeevilSaleh Mufleh Al-SaqerProblem statement: Red Palm Weevil (RPW) is a widely found pest among palm trees and is known to cause significant losses every year to palm growers. Existing identification techniques for RPW comprise of using traps with pheromones to detect these pests. However, these traditional methods are labor-intensive, expensive to implement and unreliable for early detection of RPW infestation. Early detection … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 8 · 18 Jun 2012 · 7,018 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordInter Local Government Capital Budget Execution ComparismF. OlurankinseProblem statement: Unrealistic capital budgeting has long been the bane of social economic development in Nigeria and of course, at the local government level. Local governments are established with specific functions to assist the state and federal government to bring about effective rural development and good governance at the grassroots level. Approach: Both fiscal and physical evaluation of the performances … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 3, Issue 3 · 21 Oct 2011 · 7,362 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordChildhood Cancer-a Hospital based study using Decision Tree TechniquesK. Kalaivani, R. ShanmugalakshmiProblem statement: Cancer is generally regarded as a disease of adults. But there being a higher proportion of childhood cancer (ALL-Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia) in India. The incidence of childhood cancer has increased over the last 25 years, but the increase is much larger in females. The aim was to increase our understanding of the determinants of south Indian parental reactions … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 12 · 17 Oct 2011 · 7,057 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordA Technique for Quality Evaluation of E-Learning from Developers PerspectiveMajdi Abdellatief, Abu Bakar Md Sultan, Marzanah A. Jabar, Rusli AbdullahProblem statement: E-learning is gaining more acceptance as days pass because it provides learning opportunity any time and in any place. Different people have different preferences in terms of learning style such as reading text, listing audio or video, speaking and communication. To support these different learning preferences, there is need for multiple e-learning delivery methods and teaching techniques. Furthermore, … …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 3, Issue 1 · 31 Jan 2011 · 9,481 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordResource Leveling Using Petrinet and Memetic ApproachK. Raja, S. KumananThe problem of scheduling activities dynamic for a project, within the available resources and adhering to precedence relationships is NP hard combinatorial. Traditional approaches and their extensions are limited in application for simultaneous scheduling of resources with leveling. Considering the need for improved modeling and scheduling techniques, this paper proposes the use of Petrinet based approach aided by memetic algorithm. … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 5 · 31 May 2007 · 7,085 accessesView PDFCite