Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordLinking the Balanced Scorecard to Organizational Shareholders’ ExpectationsRichard A.L. CaldarolaThe Balanced Scorecard (BSC) has been proposed as a near-panacea for the strategic management ills that may beset an organization. However, the strategic implications of internal and external performance measurement have not been demonstrated as reliable either for a sample within one industry or across industries. This study proposes a new model that translates the BSC fr …American Journal of Economics and Business Administration, Vol. 8, Issue 1 · 22 Feb 2016 · 7,321 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordA DATA WAREHOUSE DESIGN FOR THE DETECTION OF FRAUD IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN BY USING THE BENFORD’S LAWCornelia Kraus, Raul ValverdeLarge data volumes and the inability to analyse them enables fraudulent activities to go unnoticed in supply chain management processes such as procurement, warehouse management and inventory management. This fraud increases the cost of the supply chain management and a fraud detection mechanism is necessary to reduce the risk of fraud in this business area. This study was carried out … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 9 · 7 Jul 2014 · 8,744 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordA REVIEW OF INTELLIGENT CONTROL SYSTEMS APPLIED TO THE INVERTED-PENDULUM PROBLEMPedro Ponce, Arturo Molina, Eugenio AlvarezThis study shows the latest advances in the application of intelligent control to the inverted-pendulum problem. A complete review regarding intelligent control design is presented in this study in order to show the most important artificial intelligence methods used for controlling an Inverted-Pendulum. Also this study proposed the use of a neural-fuzzy-with-genetic-algorithms controller for the inverted pendulum problem which gives … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 2 · 7 Apr 2014 · 8,387 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordNEW APPROACH TO SOLVE HYBRID FUZZY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONSaveetha Natesan, Nirmala Venkatachalem, S. Chenthur PandianThis study presents solution for the first order hybrid fuzzy differential equation by Runge-Kutta method of order two with new parameters and Harmonic mean of ki’s which are used in the main formula in order to increase the order of accuracy of the solution. This method is discussed in detail followed by a complete error analysis. The accuracy and efficiency … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 9, Issue 3 · 1 Jul 2013 · 6,491 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordMembrane Computing Inspired Genetic Algorithm on Multi-Core ProcessorsAli Maroosi, Ravie Chandren MuniyandiMembrane computing is a branch of natural computing. Several studies have recently attempted to utilize the structure of membrane computing to improve intelligent algorithms. These studies have applied communication rules in membrane models to facilitate information exchange between membranes, thereby improving the performance of those algorithms. However, parallel membrane computing has not yet been considered. This study proposes a membrane … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 9, Issue 2 · 12 Apr 2013 · 6,628 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordA Novel µ-Negative Metamaterial With Enhanced Rejection BandwidthHaider Raad, Hussain Al-Rizzo, Ayman Abbosh, Said AbushamlehIn this study, a novel planar µ-Negative (MNG) metamaterial structure based on Split Ring Resonators (SRRs) with improved rejection bandwidth is presented. A bridging technique is used to connect two SRR unit cells at the center to emulate a cascaded filter. The proposed structure achieved a -20 dB rejection bandwidth of 15.5% compared to 4.5% for the conventional SRRs which … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 3 Apr 2013 · 7,376 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordOptimal Control Algorithms for Second Order SystemsDanilo Pelusi, Raffaele MascellaProportional Integral Derivative (PID) controllers are widely used in industrial processes for their simplicity and robustness. The main application problems are the tuning of PID parameters to obtain good settling time, rise time and overshoot. The challenge is to improve the timing parameters to achieve optimal control performances. Remarkable findings are obtained through the use of Artificial Intelligence techniques as … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 9, Issue 2 · 2 Apr 2013 · 7,034 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordA Survey of Intrusion Detection Schemes in Wireless Sensor NetworksMurad A. Rassam, M. A. Maarof, Anazida ZainalWireless Sensor Networks (WSNs) are currently used in many application areas including military applications, health related applications, control and tracking applications and environment and habitat monitoring applications. The harsh and unattended deployment of these networks along with their resource restrictions makes their security issue very important. Prevention-based security approaches like cryptography, authentication and key management have been used to protect … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 9, Issue 10 · 17 Aug 2012 · 8,738 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordContributions Concerning Muscle Training in Professionnal VolleyballNiculescu Mugurel, Niculescu Ionela, Amzăr Elena LuminiţaProblem statement: Complex muscle training, less known to our specialists, has proved that, by complying with all the stages proposed, high level results may be achieved. The performances, weaker and weaker, obtained by the Romanian teams call for measures of optimization and Specific Physical Training (SPT) in accordance to technical -tactical training. Physical training should be individualized and multiplied, under … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 7, Issue 3 · 16 Jul 2011 · 7,315 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordA Novel Routing Protocol with High Energy Performance in Mobile Special NetworksAli Norouzi, B. Berk UstundagProblem statement: Mobile Special Networks do not have a predetermined structure. This type of networks can dynamically reorganize network connection relationships due to change of neighborhoods and the relative positions. Approach: There are many problems in creation of a special network such as routing, wireless media, energy consumption and transportability. Results: Although these networks primarily had been formed for small … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 7, Issue 1 · 15 Jan 2011 · 7,306 accessesView PDFCite