In addition to patch-level attributes (i.e., area and isolation), the nature of land cover between habitat patches (the matrix) may drive colonization and extinction dynamics in fragmented landscapes. Despite a long-standing recognition of matrix effects in fragmented systems, an understanding of the relative impacts of different types of land cover on patterns and dynamics of species occurrenc...

Muhammad Tariq, Muhammad Mansoor Iqbal, Abdul Aziz*, Muhammad Shafiq Muhammad Sajid and Bashir Mohammad Department of Mining University of Engineering and Technology Lahore. Central Analytical Facility Division, PINSTECH, Islamabad Pakistan. Department of Construction Environment Engineering, Korea University of Science and Technology, 305-350, Daejeon, Korea. College of Chemistry, Beijing Norm...

A reliability analysis of a dumper machine is performed using the neural network model. A metaheuristic algorithm is applied for proper parameter selection for the neural network. A time series approach is applied in the reliability analysis to forecast the dumper’s future failure time. The time series analysis is performed using the neural network model, where the numbers of input variables fo...