Investigations: The cost-effective angle

A Cost-Effective Model for Digital Forensic Investigations

Because of the way computers operate, every discrete event potentially leaves a digital trace. These digital traces must be retrieved during a digital forensic investigation to prove or refute an alleged crime. Given resource constraints, it is not always feasible (or necessary) for law enforcement to retrieve all the related digital traces and to conduct comprehensive investigations. This pape...

Long Term Cost Effective Preventive Maintenance Scheduling

Preventive maintenance scheduling of generating units is addressed as a long-term scheduling in power system studies aiming to increase the reliability incorporating cost reduction. It consists of knowing which generating units should be shut down for regular safety inspection. In this paper, a new formulation of preventive maintenance scheduling associated with cost reduction index (CRI) is pr...

Vehicle roll and pitch angle estimation using a cost-effective six-dimensional inertial measurement unit

The purpose of this paper is to estimate accurately the vehicle attitudes, i.e. the vehicle roll and pitch angles. It is assumed that a set of data obtained from a low-price six-dimensional inertial measurement unit is available. This includes the linear acceleration of the vehicle and the angular rates of all axes. In addition, the observer exploits the data from the wheel speed sensors, and t...

Conducting Effective OOS or OOT Investigations

Is Taurolidine-citrate an effective and cost-effective hemodialysis cathe-ter lock solution? A systematic review and cost- effectiveness analysis

Background: Prevention of catheter-related infection is of prime importance,. However, because of the risks caused by the leakage of circulating antibiotics and development of resistance to antibiotics, they are replaced by lock solutions. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy and cost- effectiveness of taurolidine-citrate as a hemodialysis catheter lock solution compared to other ...