Defining the Environment in Organism–Environment Systems

Mass Participation Factor in Defining Non-classical Range of Behavior for Mass Isolated Systems

The new techniques in seismic design of structures are usually attributed to high damping ratios. In such systems, the assumption of classical (i.e. proportional) damping is not valid and in most cases they should be considered as Non-classical systems. Since the analytical tools for studying the behavior of such structures are not easily available, the present work attempts to find the limits,...

Defining Enterprise Architecture Risks in Business Environment

Introduction In the modern turbulent business environment, companies are constantly encountering challenges in coping with the changes and complexity in the market. Moreover, the companies have to manage the complexity of their information and communication technology (ICT) environment brought on by the many decades long legacy of ICT, and to assure that ICT supports the business as well as pos...

Mass Participation Factor in Defining Non-classical Range of Behavior for Mass Isolated Systems

The new techniques in seismic design of structures are usually attributed to high damping ratios. In such systems, the assumption of classical (i.e. proportional) damping is not valid and in most cases they should be considered as Non-classical systems. Since the analytical tools for studying the behavior of such structures are not easily available, the present work attempts to find the limits,...

Defining security in steganographic systems

Defining Explanation in Probabilistic Systems

As probabilistic systems gain popularity and are coming into wider use, the need for a mechanism that explains the system's findings and recom­ mendations becomes more critical. The system will also need a mechanism for ordering compet­ ing explanations. We examine two representa­ tive approaches to explanation in the literature­ one due to Gardenfors and one due to Pearl-and show that both suf...