Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPerformance Improvement and Deadlock Prevention for a Distributed Fault Diagnosis AlgorithmThabit S. MohammedThis research presents an overview to the issue of fault diagnosis in distributed systems and an evaluation study to some of the algorithms proposed in literature for performing distributed fault diagnosis. One algorithm was chosen and adopted for implementation in a simulator for investigation. A strategy for improving the performance of this algorithm and preventing deadlock was proposed in this … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 3, Issue 2 · 28 Feb 2007 · 6,908 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEvaluation of Ski Center Services in Greece based on the Multiattribute Measurement Model of AttitudesTheophilos Masmanidis, Chris Vassiliadis, John MylonakisThe scope of this study was to evaluate ski center services in Greece. Our research sample consists of n=1,614 visitors in 11 of the largest ski centers in Greece. The 22-item SERVQUAL standard questionnaire has been used, with each item classified based on five quality-assessment dimensions. In order to assess ski center offered services, the Multiattribute Attitude Measurement Model has … …Journal of Social Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2006 · 7,461 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractEcological Capability of Land Use Planning for Rural DevelopmentJ. Nouri, R. Sharifipour, A. A. BabaeiExecution of development and creation of appropriate points for rural development without considering ecological capability will result in the appearance of several environmental, economic and social problems. This research is done in an analysis approach frame of a system with the aim of choosing the most suitable location for rural development in Abadeh with an area of 22,000 km2. In … …OnLine Journal of Biological Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 1 · 30 Jun 2006 · 6,840 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractAutonomic and Dependable Computing: Moving Towards a Model-Driven ApproachYuan S. Dai, Tom Marshall, Xiaohong GuanThe rapidly increasing complexity of computing systems is driving the movement towards autonomic systems that are capable of managing themselves without the need for human intervention. Without autonomic technologies, many conventional systems suffer reliability degradation and compromised security. Autonomic management techniques reverse this trend. This study describes the roles and functions of various autonomic components, and systematically reviews past and … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 2, Issue 6 · 30 Jun 2006 · 6,299 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Modern Appraisal of Ancient Etruscan Herbal PracticesA. P. Harrison, E. M. BartelsIndividuals in antiquity would have been exposed to both cheese and red wine and perhaps as many as 10-40% of the population would have suffered at some time in their life from a migraine headache. Furthermore, individuals in antiquity would also have been exposed to their fair share of childhood stress and therefore would have been predisposed to arthritis in … …American Journal of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Vol. 1, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2006 · 7,480 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractNeuropsychological Complications of HIV Disease and Substances of AbuseLisa R. Norman, Anil KumarIn the last decade, it has become increasingly apparent that neuropsychological deficits and impairments are associated with HIV infection. Given that antiretroviral therapies have extended the life expectancy of HIV-infected persons, it becomes critical to focus on the physical and mental health of these patients. Understanding the neuropsychology of HIV disease can provide insight into improving mental health, functional capacity … …American Journal of Infectious Diseases, Vol. 2, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2006 · 6,401 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractPerformance Evaluation of Implementing Calls Prioritization with Different Queuing Disciplines in Mobile Wireless NetworksSalman A. AlQahtani, Nasser-Eddine RikliIt is known that efficient call handling mechanisms can greatly improve cellular network performance. One way to improve system performance of cellular network is to use efficient handover schemes when users changes between cells. This paper focuses on the performance evaluation of originating and handover calls prioritization using different queue size and discipline. Both calls will be queued until they … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 2, Issue 5 · 31 May 2006 · 6,470 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Framework for Design of Intelligent Simulation EnvironmentAli Azadeh, Farid GhaderiThis study describes a framework for design and development of intelligent simulation environment. The intelligent simulation environment prescribes an integrated rule-based approach to simulate and optimize a manufacturing system. An intelligent simulation model is a computer program capable of improving its performance by referring to production constraints, system's limitations and desired targets. It is a goal oriented, flexible and integrated … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 2, Issue 4 · 30 Apr 2006 · 6,702 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Comparative Classification of Aspect Mining ApproachesBounour Nora, Ghoul Said, Atil FadilaIn object oriented paradigm, the implementation of a concern is typically scattered over many locations and tangled with the implementation of other concerns, resulting in a system that is hard to explore and understand. Identifying such code automatically greatly improves both the maintainability and the evolveability of the application. Aspect mining aims to identify crosscutting concerns in existing systems, thereby … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 2, Issue 4 · 30 Apr 2006 · 6,774 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Dynamic Weight Assignment Approach for Index TermsKamel E. Haouam, Farhi MarirCurrently in the development of Informational Retrieval (IR) systems, a set of keywords represents the semantics of a text document and after assigning weights to the set of keywords, they are used for indexing, searching and retrieval purposes. The current approaches for assigning weights are provided by an IR model that is used by an IR system. The main objective … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 2, Issue 3 · 31 Mar 2006 · 6,943 accessesView PDFCite