Research ArticleOpen accessPhrase in the titleObserved Abrupt Changes in Minimum and Maximum Temperatures in Jordan in the 20th CenturyMahmoud M. SmadiThis study examines changes in annual and seasonal mean (minimum and maximum) temperatures variations in Jordan during the 20th century. The analyses focus on the time series records at the Amman Airport Meteorological (AAM) station. The occurrence of abrupt changes and trends were examined using cumulative sum charts (CUSUM) and bootstrapping and the Mann-Kendall rank test. Statistically significant abrupt changes … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2006 · 7,925 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsA Sudden Change In Rainfall Characteristics In Amman, Jordan During The Mid 1950sMahmoud M. Smadi, Ahmed ZghoulThis study examines recent changes, trends and fluctuations in the total rainfall and number of rainy days at Amman Airport Meteorological (AAM) station in Jordan during the period 1922-2003. The occurrence of abrupt changes and trends were examined and identified using the Pettitt test, a combination of cumulative sum charts (CUSUM) and bootstrapping and the sequential version of Mann-Kendall rank … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 2, Issue 3 · 30 Sep 2006 · 10,007 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the keywordsStatistical Analysis of Recent Changes in Relative Humidity in JordanAhmed A. Abu-Taleb, Ameen J. Alawneh, Mahmoud M. SmadiThis study examines recent changes in annual and seasonal relative humidity variations in Jordan. The analysis indicates an increasing trend in relative humidity at different stations. The analysis shows a significant increasing trend at Amman Airport Meteorological (AAM) station with a rate of increase 0.13% per year. These increasing trends are statistically significant during summer and autumn seasons. Finally, a … …American Journal of Environmental Sciences, Vol. 3, Issue 2 · 30 Jun 2007 · 7,503 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractFuzzy Method for Online Learning of Bayesian Network ParametersMariana D.C. Lima, Silvia M. NassarIn learning problems, there are situations where training data is not fully available at the learning time. They are incrementally generated by time, defining a type of domain called online that has among its characteristics the possibility of data failure or even missing data. In Bayesian networks, learning is divided into two categories: structure (related to the graph of conditional … …Journal of Computer Science, Vol. 15, Issue 3 · 16 Mar 2019 · 7,498 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractREFLECTION OF A WEAK DISCONTINUITY OF THE AXIS AND THE PLANE OF SYMMETRYBulat Pavel ViktorovichIn this article we consider the problem of discontinuous characteristic (weak discontinuity) reflection from the axis and the plane of symmetry of the supersonic flow. There is a known problem of perturbations radial focusing when during numerical calculations reflection of a weak perturbation wave from the axis of symmetry leads to an abrupt change in the distribution of dynamics variables … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 11, Issue 6 · 17 Apr 2014 · 6,529 accessesView PDFCite
Research ArticleOpen accessIn the abstractA Short-term Management Strategy for Improving Transit Network EfficiencyAmir Samimi, Hedayat Z. Aashtiani, Abolfazl (Kouros) MohammadianImproving the service quality of the public transport systems has always been an interesting research area in the field of transportation planning. Public transit system expansion and enhancement has been known as a recognized way to improve congested metropolitan areas. In order to make a transit system more attractive to people, both long and short term management strategies should be … …American Journal of Applied Sciences, Vol. 6, Issue 2 · 28 Feb 2009 · 7,208 accessesView PDFCite