The COVID-19 pandemic has had a great impact on the fitness centers industry. purpose of this study is to analyze preference gym-goers in Philippines during by utilizing conjoint analysis approach. One thousand voluntarily participated and answered 22 queries created from orthogonal design. results indicated that Price was highest attribute considered (21.59%), followed Ventilation (17.56%), Se...

One of the challenges in engineering design is responding to a change of design requirements. Previously we presented a four-arm symmetric evolved antenna for NASA’s Space Technology 5 mission. However, the mission’s orbital vehicle was changed, putting it into a much lower earth orbit, changing the specifications for the mission. With minimal changes to our evolutionary system, mostly in the f...

A new hybrid algorithm of Particle Swarm Optimization and Genetic Algorithm (PSOGA) is presented to get the optimum design of truss structures with discrete design variables. The objective function chosen in this paper is the total weight of the truss structure, which depends on upper and lower bounds in the form of stress and displacement limits. The Particle Swarm Optimization basically model...

Recently, several disasters have affected the tourism industry. In order to mitigate the effects of disasters, increasing the level of preparedness is essential. However, despite the devastating effect disasters can have on tourism, few tourism organizations have properly developed disaster strategies as an integral part of their business plans. Emergency management systems that utilize mobile ...

The vertical garden offers an alternative to meet the needs of green space in a limited urban area with upwards planting method. Its function, among others, includes improving air quality, insulating sound and heat, thus, reducing energy consumption. Growblock, result previous research 2018, combines function interlocking wall block planter several design alternatives that can be used indoors o...

The paper presents a method of modelling a computer system design as it evolves, so that evaluation can be made an integral part of the design process. The paper introduces the concept of concurrent existence, within a single model, of several representations of the system being modelled, at differing levels of abstraction. Thus important design decisions are expressed directly in terms of appr...

In this article, the author argues against the assertion, originating with “canonical” game studies texts such as Homo Ludens and Man, Play, and Games, that inherent in the definition of games is that they are “unproductive.” Instead, she makes a case for the notion of productive play, in which creative production for its own sake (as opposed to production for hire) is an active and integral pa...