Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleConstruction Risk Taxonomy: An International Convergence of Academic and Industry PerspectivesKristen Barlish, Alberto De Marco, Muhammad Jamaluddin ThaheemRisk management is a topic heavily researched and important for industry professionals. Both academic and industry perspectives are critical to advancing this field, especially in risk identification and taxonomy. A unique comparison and convergence of these perspectives is developed in order to understand the most relevant risks for projects and to ensure they are addressed in the risk management process. … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 7 · 24 Jun 2013 · 7,331 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleThe Convergence-Confinement Method: Roles and Limits in Modern Geomechanical Tunnel DesignPierpaolo OresteThe convergence-confinement method, based on the analysis of the stress and strain state that develops in the rock around a circular tunnel, has been presented in this study with the two analytical solutions that have been most frequently used in recent years. Problem statement: Thanks to the increased power of electronic processors and the spread of numerical methods, the role … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 4 · 30 Apr 2009 · 10,151 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleStrong Convergence Theorems for Fixed Points of Asymptotically Nonexpansive Mappings in Uniformly Smooth Banach SpacesOlusegun Olawale OwojoriIn this work, we establish strong convergence of the improved modified three-step iteration methods for asymptotically nonexpansive operators in uniformly smooth and convex Banach spaces. Our results generalize the previous results of Schu [10], Osilike and Aniagbosor [5], Xu and Noor [13], as well as Owojori and Imoru [7] among others. …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 1, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2005 · 5,992 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleAsymptotic Analysis and Convergence of Recursively Defined SequencesPaul BrackenThe asymptotic properties and limiting behavior of several distinct real sequences are determined. These sequences are defined by means of recurrence relations. Divergent and convergent sequences are discussed. It is shown methods can be found to treat both kinds producing definite knowledge with regard to the sequence. In the case of divergence, a related convergent subsequence can often be found … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 22, Issue 1 · 1 Oct 2026 · 538 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleA Convergence Theorem for Bivariate Exponential Dispersion ModelsLila Ricci, Gabriela BoggioMultivariate exponential dispersion models (MEDMs) were defined in 2013 by Jørgensen and Martínez. A particular case of MEDM is the bivariate Gamma model; in this article we prove that, under certain conditions, this is a limit distribution for MEDM generated by bivariate regularly varying measures, extending a previous result given by the aforementioned authors for the univariate case. As necessary … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 15, Issue 1 · 25 Jul 2019 · 6,582 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleConvergence of Renormalization Group Transformations of Gibbs Random FieldFarida Kachapova, Ilias KachapovStatistical mechanics describes interaction between particles of a physical system. Particle properties of the system can be modelled with a random field on a lattice and studied at different distance scales using renormalization group transformation. Here we consider a thermodynamic limit of a lattice model with weak interaction and we use semi-invariants to prove that random fields transformed by renormalization … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 12, Issue 3 · 27 Jul 2016 · 7,012 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleADAPTIVE I/O SWITCHING FOR SEAMLESS CONVERGENCE OF SMART PHONES AND EXTERNAL I/O DEVICESOh-Chul Kwon, Jusung Kim, Chang-Gun LeeTo be small and easy to carry, mobile devices cannot be equipped with large and highly capable input/output devices. In order to overcome these limitations, this study proposes adaptive I/O switching technique as a general solution for exploiting full features of various external input/output devices in lieu of tiny input/output devices in a smartphone. Unlike existing physical-layer connection based solutions … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 10, Issue 7 · 21 Feb 2014 · 6,649 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessEvery word in the titleMetro Access Convergence for Broadband Future Low Energy Consumption NetworksG.M. Tosi Beleffi, E. Leitgeb, G. Incerti et al.Problem statement: In study the impact of the optical technologies and infrastructures on the reduction of the carbon footprint maintaining high level of broadband to the end user is discussed. Approach: Authors analyze the main energy consumers in Core, Metro and Access Networks as well as the topology and the performaces of the EU FP7 SARDANA Project, a long reach … …American Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 4 · 12 Jan 2012 · 7,646 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsFlock Optimization Algorithm-Based Deep Learning Model for Diabetic Disease Detection ImprovementDivager Balasubramaniyan, Nor Azura Husin, Norwati Mustapha et al.Worldwide, 422 million people suffer from diabetic disease, and 1.5 million die yearly. Diabetes is a threat to people who still fail to cure or maintain it, so it is challenging to predict this disease accurately. The existing systems face data over-fitting issues, convergence problems, non-converging optimization complex predictions, and latent and predominant feature extraction. These issues affect the system's … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 20, Issue 2 · 8 Jan 2024 · 5,208 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsA New Spectral Conjugate Gradient Method for Nonlinear Unconstrained OptimizationIbtisam A. Masmali, Zabidin Salleh, Ahmad AlhawaratTheconjugate gradient method is widely used to solve large scale unconstrainedoptimization problems. However, the rate of convergence conjugate gradient method is linearunless it restarted. In this study, we present a new spectral conjugategradient modification formula with restart property obtains the globalconvergence and descent properties.In addition, we proposed a new restart condition for Fletcher-Reeves conjugate gradient formula. The numerical resultsdemonstrated that … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 17, Issue 6 · 5 Jul 2021 · 6,653 accessesView PDFCite