Virtually all fibers exhibit some dimensional and structural irregularities. These include the conventional textile fibers, the high-performance brittle fibers and even the newly developed nano-fibers. In recent years, we have systematically examined the effect of fiber dimensional irregularities on the mechanical behavior of the irregular fibers. This paper extends our research to include the ...

This paper presents qualitative behavior modeling of Information Processing Components(IPCs), which are domain-specific software components for modeling reusable functions in database management systems(DBMSs). After introducing a detailed formal syntax of IPCs, we propose their modular, qualitative behavior generation mechanism. The proposed mechanism is based on qualitative modeling and simul...

The design of the control software for complex systems is a difficult task. It requires the modeling, the simulation, the integration and the adaptation of a multitude of interconnected entities and behaviors. In this context, the present paper describes a modeling framework. It proposes to objectify the behaviors which leads to a two-level modeling process based on three concepts: resources so...

religion is one of the most important factors which shape the values and beliefs of many people in different societies, and has indisputable effects on human behavior. these effects are present in organizational work environments, as well. in this paper, direct and indirect effects of religiosity on one of the most important dimensions of organizational behavior, namely organizational citizensh...

The behavior modeling is a critical task in object oriented database design. The behavior model of objects is defined as a set of states and events which represents a script of object life cycles. This model is structurally refined through the analysis of abstraction structures of the state class and the event class. The behavior model is further augmented with the assertion class which describ...

To advance the understanding of factors influencing the quality of business process models, researchers have recently begun to investigate the way how humans create process models—the process of process modeling (PPM). In this idea paper, we subscribe to this human– centered perspective of process modeling and present future research directions pursued in the vision of Modeling Mind. In particu...

Process modeling grammars are used by analysts to describe information systems domains in terms of the business operations an organization is conducting. While prior research has examined the factors that lead to continued usage behavior, little knowledge has been established as to what extent characteristics of the users of process modeling grammars inform usage behavior. In this study, a theo...

the organizational activities are political, because in this context interests, power and conflict of interests exist. therefore, one of the apparent behaviors of people is political behavior. this study seeks to answer the question that what factors are causing political behavior in organization? researcher after describing the theoretical foundations, tests the process of inter-organizational...

A new mathematical modeling technique known as soft computing is showing promise in modeling complex human behaviors. This paper will discuss the theoretical concepts of a soft computing technique, neurofuzzy systems. This technique has direct application to behavioral modeling of synthetic forces. Furthermore, the paper will present a specific experiment and modeling of the human operator’s be...

background: development of organizations and increasing their role in society, the social consequences of their activities and their impact on the various stakeholders has become increasingly important so that the social and moral functions have a big influence on the overall performance of the organization. the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between work ethics and organ...