75 articles for “Global Optimization”

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordAnalysis and Optimization of Carbon Dioxide Emission Mitigation Options in the Cement IndustryMohammed Ba-Shammakh, Hernane Caruso, Ali Elkamel et al.The cement industry is responsible for approximately 5% of global anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions emitting nearly 900 kg of CO2 for every 1000 kg of cement produced. Effective control strategies to mitigate these emissions are discussed and a mathematical programming model able to suggest the best cost effective strategy is outlined. Control costs consisting of operating and investment costs along … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 4, Issue 5 · 31 Oct 2008 · 7,387 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordSolving Multi-Objective Master Production Scheduling Model of Kalak Refinery System Using Hybrid Evolutionary Imperialist Competitive AlgorithmShereen Saleem Sadiq, Adnan Mohsin Abdulazeez, Habibollah HaronThe improvement of operational planning in the field of oil refinery management is becoming increasingly essential and valid. The influential primary factor, among others, is the ever-changing economic climate. The industry must continually assess the potential impacts of variations in the final product demand, price fluctuations, crude oil compositions and even seek out immediate opportunities within the market. The Master … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 16, Issue 2 · 12 Feb 2020 · 7,827 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordAn integrated Framework Based on Texture Features, Cuckoo Search and Relevance Vector Machine for Medical Image Retrieval SystemYogapriya Jaganathan, Ila VennilaAs medical images are widely used in healthcare applications, Content Based Medical Image Retrieval (CBMIR) system is needed for physicians to convey effective decisions to patients and for medical research students to learn imaging characteristics for their extensive research based on visual features. However the performance of the retrieval is restricted due to high feature dimensionality of visual features. To … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 10, Issue 11 · 24 Sep 2013 · 6,878 accessesView PDF Cite

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 · 7,311 accessesView PDF Cite

Research ArticleOpen accessAll words, across the recordOptimization Techniques for Variable Selection in Binary Logistic Regression Model Applied to Desire for Children DataS. K. Sarkar, Habshah MidiProblem statement: The population problem is the biggest problem in the world. In the global and regional context, Bangladesh population has drawn considerable attention of the social scientists, policy makers and international organizations. Bangladesh is now world’s 10th populous country having about 140 million people. The recent experience of Bangladesh shows that fertility can sustain impressive declines even when women’s … …Journal of Mathematics and Statistics, Vol. 5, Issue 4 · 31 Dec 2009 · 7,095 accessesView PDF Cite