geomagnetic observatories are constructed to continuously record the earth’s geomagnetic field. the importance of such buildings has resulted in an increasing construction of geomagnetic observatories all over the world. although geomagnetic observatories are sometimes unknown to most people and even some scientists, these very important data centers have been measuring the geomagnetic field fo...

In this paper, the centralized return centers location evaluation problem in a reverse logistics network is investigated. This problem is solved via an integrated analytic network processfuzzy technique for order preference by similarity to ideal solution approach. Analytic network process allows us to evaluate criteria preferences while considering interdependence between them. On the other ha...

BACKGROUND Many countries conduct Health Impact Assessment (HIA) of their projects and policies to predict their positive and negative health impacts. In recent years many guides have been developed to inform HIA practice, largely reflecting local developments in HIA. These guides have often been designed for specific contexts and specific need, making the choice between guides difficult. The o...

Routing systems have become very attractive recently. They aim to help users on finding out the optimal path to their destinations regarding travel distance, travel time, and other criteria. This paper presents a distributed architecture for networking systems which proposes a new algorithm called Coolest path, which enables multi-criteria personalization based on travel distance, travel time, ...

There is concern about the potential impacts of climate change on species and ecosystems. To address this concern, a large body of literature has developed in which these impacts are assessed. In this study, criteria for conducting reliable and useful assessments of impacts of future climate are suggested. The major decisions involve: clearly defining an emissions scenario; selecting a climate ...