The main aim of this research is to demonstrate strategic supplier performance evaluation of a UK-based manufacturing organisation using an integrated analytical framework. Developing long term relationship with strategic suppliers is common in today's industry. However, monitoring suppliers' performance all through the contractual period is important in order to ensure overall supply chain per...

In this paper, buckling behavior of symmetric functionally graded plates resting on elastic foundation is investigated and their critical buckling load in different conditions is calculated and compared. Plate governing equations are derived using the principle of minimum potential energy. Afterwards, displacement field is solved using Galerkin method and the proposed process is examined throug...

We established a new algorithm for correlation process in radio astronomy. This scheme consists of the 1st-stage Fourier Transform as a filter and the 2nd-stage Fourier Transform for spectroscopy. The ”FFX” correlator stands for Filter and FX architecture, since the 1st-stage Fourier Transform is performed as a digital filter, and the 2nd-stage Fourier Transform is performed as a conventional F...

The results of a series of theoretical studies are reported, examining the convergence rate for different approximate representations of α-stable distributions. Although they play a key role in modelling time-series with jumps and discontinuities, the use of α-stable distributions in inference often leads to analytically intractable problems. The infinite series representation employed in this ...

ôbjective: this study has been conducted to investigate the efficacy of short-term dynamic psychotherapy on love trauma syndrome (lts) in female students. lts includes a constellation of intensive signs and symptoms which appear following the breakdown of a romantic relationship after a long time. ït interrupts person's function in many areas (academic, social or professional) and leads to...

In this paper, bifurcation trees of periodic motions to chaos in a parametric oscillator with quadratic nonlinearity are investigated analytically as one of the simplest parametric oscillators. The analytical solutions of periodic motions in such a parametric oscillator are determined through the finite Fourier series, and the corresponding stability and bifurcation analyses for periodic motion...