determination of trade-off, which they are feasible and similar variations on all of decision making units (dmu), is important issue in data envelopment analysis (dea). in this paper, we select these trade-offs based on an external evaluation of dmus such that the correlation between external evaluation and technical evaluation resulted from dea model is maximized. in fact, we sift the trade-of...

background: evaluation of anti-mullerian hormone (amh) cut-off levels in assisted reproductive technology (art) as predictive factor for individualization of stimulation protocols and to avoid ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (ohss). materials and methods: in a retrospective study, 177 infertile patients were assessed for amh in serum and follicular fluid (ff) on the day of follicular puncture...

cumin (cuminum cyminum) is an annual suitable for the dry and semi-dry areas of iran. recently, farmers have chosen to plant cumin because it requires less water and growth time. however, at harvest time, the resistance of cumin seed to shatter is low and, if careful attention is not paid to this fact, a major portion of the crop can be lost. when the connection force of the seed decreases, see...

wind erosion is a major environmental issue affecting land resources and socio-economic settings in iran. this paper outlines a study undertaken to provide a new tool to manage wind erosion from physical and economic perspectives. the southern part of the varamin plain in south of tehran is used as a case study. the focus of this study is on exploring the economic and physical impacts of 16 veg...

suspension system is one of the most important factors in provision of ride comfort and dynamic stability in any vehicle. meanwhile the suspension systems of tracked vehicles, due to their continuous track, have particular specification in comparison with other vehicles. this specification causes tracked vehicles having an improved dynamic stability in off-road maneuvers compared to vehicles wi...

A new criterion for selective reorthogonalization in the modified Gram–Schmidt algorithm is proposed. We study its behavior in the presence of rounding errors. We give some counterexample matrices which prove that the standard criteria might fail. Through numerical experiments, we illustrate that our new criterion seems to be suitable also for the classical Gram– Schmidt algorithm with selectiv...

Measuring the rate of return is an important issue for theory and practice of investments in the stock market. A common measure for rate of return is the logarithm of the ratio of successive prices (LogRatio). In this paper it is shown that LogRatio as well as arithmetic return rate (Ratio) have several disadvantages. As an alternative relative differences (RelDiff) are proposed to measure retu...

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