DISCUSSION ON DOCK GATES.

Authority in the Dock

The dock problem revisited

The dock problem (cf. [2], [4, 5]), which is that of understanding the scattering of surface water waves by a thin semi-infinite rigid plate floating on the free surface of water of infinite depth, gives rise to the following mixed boundary value problem, involving Laplace’s equation in two dimensions, with (x, y) representing the rectangular Cartesian coordinates, assuming linearised theory of...

The finite dock problem

The scattering of water waves by a dock of finite width and infinite length in water of finite depth is solved using the modified residue calculus technique. The problem is formulated for obliquely incident waves and the case of normal incidence is recovered by taking an appropriate limit. Exciting forces and pitching moments are calculated as well as reflection and transmission coefficients. T...

Customer Validation in Cross-Dock

Considering the importance of validation of customers in the cross-dock and since this is one of the problems of implementing cross-dock system in Iran, this study attempted to extract customer validation criteria. The purpose of the research is to eliminate the distrust of distributors in receiving the funds of the sent items and the statistical sample of this research is the experts of the sy...

Comment on Article by Gates

I congratulate Jerry Gates on a lucid and important discussion of the role of privacy and confidentiality in sharing government data. He makes a strong case that increased and easier data sharing would improve the collection, estimation, and dissemination of federal data—which in turn would lead to better research and public policy—and that confidentiality concerns raise barriers to realizing t...