the multi-criteria decision making model is an important tool for decision making in water resource management. in this paper, the topsis model was used to rank seven flood management options in the gorganrood river flood management project, including conservation of natural condition, golestan reservoir management, levee construction, diversions-channel construction, flood forecasting and warn...

Performance appraisal is a process that people can comparetheir perceptions of working with major manufacturers’ perceptions.However, when assessment is done from different sources thatare related with self-assessment, called performance appraisal 360 degree.Given the importance of Performance appraisal by 360 degreefeedback in organizations, a model has been provided for 360 degreeperformance ...

Introduction Classification models and in particular binary classification models are ubiquitous in many branches of science and business. Consider, for example, classification models in bioinformatics that classify catalytic protein structures as being in an active or inactive conformation. As an example from the field of medical informatics we might consider a classification model that, given...

In this paper we present a framework supporting domain–specific model assessment in a heterogeneous modelling environment. The generic method we developed is based on a common meta model for all user models created within different tools and notations. The method supports information retrieval for the set of models by means of queries and views, which can be interpreted as model cross sections ...

T. Euser, H. C. Winsemius, M. Hrachowitz, F. Fenicia, S. Uhlenbrook, and H. H. G. Savenije Delft University of Technology, Water Resources section, P.O. Box 5048, 2600 GA, Delft, The Netherlands Deltares, P.O. Box 177, 2600 MH Delft, The Netherlands Centre de Recherche Public Gabriel Lippmann, Department Environment and Agro-Biotechnologies, 4422 Belvaux, Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg UNESCO-IHE In...

Process capability maturity modeling elaborated by the Software Engineering community became applicable for any process-oriented activity assessment and improvement. The purpose of this paper is to contribute to the solution of learning improvement problem based on process quality attributes modeling approach. Twodimensional Learning process model is developed based on R. Marzano taxonomy of le...

Purpose: Although the threat of terrorist attacks is not a new phenomenon for hotels, limited literature exists on measures that hotels can take to prevent them or limit their damage. The purpose of this paper is to propose a baseline strategy to address this threat. Design/methodology/approach: Using the terrorist attack cycle and the security function models introduced in this paper, nineteen...

The unavailability of sufficient data and uncertainty in modeling, some techniques, and decision-making processes play a significant role in many engineering and management problems.  Attain to sure solutions for a problem under accurate consideration is essential.  In this paper, an application of fuzzy inference system for modeling the indeterminacy involved in the problem of HSE risk assessm...

It is the role of the professional risk engineer to help guide society in its investment to mitigate against the consequences of earthquakes and other hazards. Too often these trade-off decisions are made without a full quantification of the multiple sources of the risks involved. Risk assessment should take into account the manner in which the risk might be mitigated, and separately the freque...