Using data from a longitudinal survey representative of the Dutch population, we analyze relationship between saving and locus control, study underlying mechanisms. Locus control measures extent to which individuals perceive their life outcomes be determined by own actions, as opposed external factors. Those who believe in future turn out save more, both at extensive (decision save) intensive m...

This paper has presented a study of various image fusion techniques. The main objective of vision fusion is to merging information from multiple images of the same view in order to deliver only the useful information. The principal component averaging (PCA) based methods of vision fusion are more suitable and time-saving in real-time system using PCA based standards of still images. The overall...

the long term goal attaining of economic system management requires the establishment of a dynamic framework to integrate multiple perspectives. this article considers the problem of economic development in macro level. as economic systems are complex adaptive systems composed of numerous numbers of components of dynamic and multidimensional nature, dynamics method is applied in this research. ...

buildings play an important role in the energy demand sector. due to the increase of environmentalconcerns and renewable energy sources restriction, lighting control systems will play an important role in the reductionof energy consumption of the lighting without impeding comfort goals. lighting control systems can control lightingconsumption according to the type of building, adequate luminanc...

In the second half of the last century, tremendous efforts were devoted to identifying sources of economic success by a few countries and causes of failure by most. In this process a voluminous literature ranging from the neo-classical to Marxist, neo-Marxist, and dependency theories has been developed to answer the question of disparity among different countries of the north vis-à-vis those of...