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Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractReorganization of Agricultural Extension toward Green AgricultureMohammad S. AllahyariProblem statement: Considering unsustainable agricultural conditions of Iran and organizational recession and inability of current extension organization to achieve sustainability, it seems that extension systems require a new organizational structure to achieve sustainability objectives. The purpose of the present study was to identify the most appropriate characteristics for extension organization toward green agriculture in Iran context. Approach: To fulfill this … …American Journal of Agricultural and Biological Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2009 · 8,879 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractElectricity Load Forecasting based on Framelet Neural Network TechniqueMohammed K. AbdLoad forecasting is very essential to the operation of electricity companies. It enhances the energy-efficient and reliable operation of a power system. This study shows Electricity Load Forecasting modeling based on Framelet Neural Network Technique (FNN) for Baghdad City. Framelet technique is implemented to the time series data, decomposing the data into number of Framelet coefficient signals. The decomposed signals … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 5 · 31 May 2009 · 8,274 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractThe Coordinated Scheduling Support System of Production and DeliveryMing-Feng Yang, Yi LinProblem statement: Traditional scheduling models which only address the sequence of jobs to be processed at the production stage under some criteria are no longer suitable and should be extended to cope with the distribution stage after production. In a rapidly changing environment, competition among enterprises has a tendency to turn towards competing between supply chain systems instead of competing … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 4 · 30 Apr 2009 · 6,798 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEffective Factors on Iranian Consumers Behavior in Internet Shopping: A Soft Computing ApproachMaryam Ghasemaghaei, Bahram Ranjbarian, S. Amirhassan MonadjemiProblem statement: Nowadays, the Internet is increasingly becoming the fastest growing shopping channel in these days. Moreover, it has been predicted that the city of Isfahan in Iran will experience a sharp increase in the Internet and the Web usage in the next decade. However, the factors affect the shopping of different products via the Internet have received a little … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 5, Issue 3 · 31 Mar 2009 · 7,326 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractCurrent State of Component-Oriented Software Development Practice in Malaysia: Towards Identifying Its Potential and Research AreasHazleen Aris, Siti Salwah SalimProblem statement: A study was conducted to investigate the current state of software development practice in Malaysia with regard to Component Oriented Software Development (COSD). The objectives of the study were to identify its potential application in Malaysia and to determine research areas that can be explored further to promote its application. Approach: Information required for the study was obtained … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 5, Issue 1 · 31 Jan 2009 · 7,426 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Multinomial Logit Based Evaluation of the Behavior of the Life Insureds in RomaniaCristian Dragos, Simona DragosThe Romanian life insurance market is in full expansion. There exists competition between insurance companies as well as between different products of the same company. In this article we describe a study using data that we collected from clients of a Romanian insurance company. We have observed two types of variables: attributes of the insurance products (e.g., profitability, risk), as … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 1 · 31 Jan 2009 · 7,753 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEconomic Sanctions, Oil Price Fluctuations and Employment: New Empirical Evidence from LibyaAbdusalam Faraj Yahia, Ali Salman SalehThis research attempts to examine the links between fluctuating oil prices, economic sanctions and the employment in the Libyan economy. In particular, this study attempts to answer the basic question whether UN’s resolutions number 748 (1992) of 31 March 1992 and oil price fluctuations have any significant influence on the employment in Libya. One of this study’s key findings is … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 12 · 31 Dec 2008 · 7,438 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractHuman Computer Interaction Approach in Developing Customer Relationship ManagementMohd H.N.M. Nasir, Mustaffa Kamal, Wan A.W. RozaliProblem statement: Many published studies have found that more than 50% of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system implementations have failed due to the failure of system usability and does not fulfilled user expectation. This study presented the issues that contributed to the failures of CRM system and proposed a prototype of CRM system developed using Human Computer Interaction approaches in … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 4, Issue 7 · 31 Jul 2008 · 7,140 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractShort-Term and Medium-Term Load Forecasting for Jordan's Power SystemI. Badran, H. El-Zayyat, G. HalasaSeveral electric power companies are now forecasting electric loads based on conventional methods. However, since the relationship between loads and factors influencing these loads is nonlinear, it is difficult to identify its nonlinearity by using conventional methods. Most of papers deal with 24-h-ahead load forecasting or next day peak load forecasting. These methods forecast the demand power by using forecasted … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 7 · 31 Jul 2008 · 7,081 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractUse of Capital Budgeting Methods for Investment Project Evaluation in the Field of Civil EngineeringIgor Pšunder, Nadja FerlanThe present article deals with use of capital budgeting methods in investment and project evaluation, with special emphasise on their use in the field of civil engineering. The research, presented in this article, was performed among project managers of Slovene companies. Their personal opinions about the use of capital budgeting methods and knowledge of their faults were studied during the … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 5, Issue 1 · 31 Jan 2008 · 7,014 accessesView PDFCite