studies on crop improvement of saffron (crocus sativus l.) can play an important role in development of this native crop. in this context, an experiment was conducted at agricultural research station, ferdowsi university of mashhad, iran, as a factorial based on randomized complete block design with three replications, during 2005-2010 years. first studied factor was planting pattern of saffron...

Scenario planning is increasingly recognized as a useful tool for exploring change in socialecological systems on decadal to centennial time horizons. In environmental decision making, scenario development tends to include participatory methods for engaging stakeholders and is conducted at multiple scales. This paper presents insights from participatory scenario development in two separate mult...

My research involves developing models and tools to support architecture-level planning of large software evolutions. Over the past couple of years, we have developed a theoretical framework that we think encapsulates the most important issues in these kinds of evolutions, as well as formal models and tool prototypes within this framework. One important component of our framework involves the f...

One of the most important issues in the management of disasters that caused by natural phenomena in urban areas is how to evacuate inhabitants of hazardous areas to safe areas. Optimal allocation of capacities in safe areas to inhabitants leads to effective decision making by inhabitants for displacement to safe areas in evacuation process. Effective decision making in disaster management is so...

Recently, the World Health Organization (WHO) declared that the spread of polio is an international public health emergency, and a coordinated international response is sought. Although the importance of such a response is recognized, there are challenges to stopping the spread of polio and achieving a polio free world. The most important issue is directing limited national resources to the spe...