This paper describes the application of a well-known Multi Criteria Decision Making (MCDM) technique called Preference Ranking Organization METHod for Enrichment Evaluation (PROMETHEE II) to explore porphyry copper deposits. Various raster-based evidential layers involving geological, geophysical, and geochemical geo-datasets are integrated to prepare a mineral prospectivity mapping (MPM). In a...

We address the problem of identifying remnants of satellite galaxies in the halo of our galaxy with Gaia data. The Gaia astrometric mission offers a unique opportunity to search for and study these remnants using full phase-space information for our Galaxy’s halo. However, the remnants have to be extracted from a very large data set (of order 10 stars) in the presence of observational errors an...

Abstract In a portfolio selection problem, the first step is to choose suitable stocks at the right time. Many approaches and principles have been used to help investor solve the problem. This paper documents a new approach for the portfolio selection problem based on the combined method of Constrained Fuzzy Analytic Hierarchy Process (CFAHP) and the Preference Ranking Organization Method for E...

The problem of chunk-based resource allocation for the uplink of Long Term Evolution is investigated. In this paper, a combined order using the promethee method and analytic hierarchy decision for chunk allocation algorithm is proposed. The utility of each order is sorted based on promethee method approach so that the utility of each order could be approximated as the average of all criteria on...

Selecting the best mining method among many alternatives is a multicriteria decision making problem. The aim of this paper is to demonstrate the implementation of an integrated approach that employs AHP and PROMETHEE together for selecting the most suitable mining method for the "Coka Marin" underground mine in Serbia. The related problem includes five possible mining methods and eleven criteri...

The Gaia satellite is a high-precision astrometry, photometry and spectroscopic ESA cornerstone mission, currently scheduled for launch in 2012. Its primary science drivers are the composition, formation and evolution of the Galaxy. Gaia will achieve its unprecedented accuracy requirements with detailed calibration and correction for CCD radiation damage and CCD geometric distortion. In this pa...

We have obtained 782 real spectra and used them as inputs for 6700 automatic crosscorrelation runs to investigate GAIA potential in terms of radial velocity accuracy. We have explored the dispersions 0.25, 0.5, 1 and 2 Å/pix over the 8490–8740 Å GAIA range. We have investigated late-F to early-M stars (constituting the vast majority of GAIA targets), slowly rotating (< Vrot sin i > = 4 km sec )...

5. Gaia V, Fry NK, Afshar B, Luck PC, Meugnier H, Etienne J, et al. Consensus sequence-based scheme for epidemiological typing of clinical and environmental isolates of Legionella pneumophila. J Clin Microbiol. 2005;43:2047–52. 6. Ratzow S, Gaia V, Helbig JH, Fry NK, Luck PC. Addition of neuA, the gene encoding N-acylneuraminate cytidylyl transferase, increases the discriminatory ability of the...

& In this paper we present the Gaia2JADE process concerning how one can implement a multiagent system with the JADE framework using the Gaia methodology for analysis and design purposes. This process is particularly dedicated to the conversion of Gaia models to JADE code. It is described using the Software Process Engineering Metamodel (SPEM) and extends the one proposed by FIPA for describing ...