This paper studies the applicability of evolutionary algorithms, particularly, the evolution strategies family in order to estimate a degradation parameter in the shear design of reinforced concrete members. This problem represents a great computational task and is highly relevant in the framework of the structural engineering that for the first time is solved using genetic algorithms.

There is a trend in fashion product industry that firms launch new styles of their products more frequently. To investigate the optimal style launching strategy for a fashion firm, we propose a twoperiod pricing model for a fashion product firm. The firm sells a style of products in the first period as well as that he may utilize three different strategies in the second period, i.e., (i) the N-...

vital decisions made at the strategic level in an organization are not only intricate but also costly to alter. it is therefore important to find a comprehensive approach to deal with such a possibility. one of the major problems of a common balanced scorecard (bsc)-based model in strategic management is lack of a ranking system for strategic objectives in order to enable prioritization of the ...

abstractthe present study was carried out to investigate the effects of listening strategy instruction on students’ listening achievement and strategy use. the participants of the study were 50 english major freshman students of dilla university. these students were placed in experimental and control conditions for the purpose of comparing the mean difference between the two groups. the control...

With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act, it is important for allergy/immunology providers to understand how quality measures and their reporting will affect the practice of medicine. In association with reforms of the health care system, and the transition to value-based reimbursement, there is a greater need for the introduction of clinical quality measures for a number of condition...

An Electro Cardio Gram (ECG) signal contains PQRS and T waves. The process is to extract the P and T waves with the help of wavelet transform. The Difficult for physicians to manually analyse and to extract the features and also it is a time consuming process. Therefore, the developed algorithm can be used to automatically extract features from ECG signal which reduces the time and increases th...