Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractFooting Under Static Loading: Land SubsidenceMochamad Arief Budihardjo, Su Yang, Amin Chegenizadeh, Hamid NikrazLand and footing subsidence caused by groundwater extraction is a source of many problems for buildings and infrastructures. This study aims at extending the knowledge of footing subsidence causing by ground water pumping by considering various well and load conditions. The approach is to use PLAXIS simulation to investigate the influence of well conditions on the subsidence of surface footing … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 12, Issue 1 · 16 Mar 2015 · 7,232 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordBuilding Probability Functions by Persian CurveAbdolrasoul Ranjbaran, Mohammad Ranjbaran, Fatema RanjbaranConstruction of a probability function for a given random data is the main theme of several branches of human knowledge, where it is an active area of study. In spite of great developments, the solution needs extensive effort and the results contain epistemic uncertainty. In this study, making use of the logical reasoning and concise mathematical logics, a method called … …International Journal of Structural Glass and Advanced Materials Research, Vol. 4, Issue 1 · 31 Oct 2020 · 8,154 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordE-Learning Initiative Capacity Building for Healthcare Workforce of Developing CountriesNurhizam Safie, Syed AljunidThis study aims to explicate the strategic utilisation of e-learning is of upmost significance as e-learning plays a pivotal role in the improvement of healthcare learning and knowledge transfer, especially in developing countries and in pursuing of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Rapid technology changes in the learning and knowledge transfer landscape markedly, the swift pace of e-learning leaving healthcare providers … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 9, Issue 5 · 23 May 2013 · 7,761 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordBuilding Opening Books for 9×9 Go Without Relying on Human Go ExpertiseKeh-Hsun Chen, Peigang ZhangProblem statement: Expert level opening knowledge is beneficial to game playing programs. Unfortunately, expert level opening knowledge is only sparsely available for 9×9 Go. We set to build expert level opening books for 9×9 Go. Approach: We present two completely different approaches to build opening books for 9×9 Go without relying on human Go expertise. The first approach is based … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 8, Issue 10 · 18 Aug 2012 · 6,894 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordAchieving Goals through Architectural Design DecisionsLena Khaledproblem statement: the main problem in building any system is that many decisions appear through its design. These decisions are affected mainly by the goals that the architect wants to achieve. These goals shape the architectural design of a system; the architect needs to know the best decisions to use them through building the design of a system. Approach: Design … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 6, Issue 12 · 4 Nov 2010 · 7,159 accessesView PDFCite