this paper presents an accurate differential global positioning system (dgps) using multi-layered neural networks (nns) based on the back propagation (bp) and imperialistic competition algorithm (ica) in order to predict the dgps corrections for accurate positioning. simulation results allowed us to optimize the nn performance in term of residual mean square error. we compare results obtained b...

How does one craft an explicitly left theory of anti-imperialism that would animate anti-imperialist praxis? World-systems analysis has a long history engagement with theories from Leninist perspective. For the founding fathers World-Systems Analysis—Immanuel Wallerstein, Giovanni Arrighi, Samir Amin, and Andre Gunder Frank—anti-imperialism was early central concern. Each four founders world-sy...

Recent years have witnessed a small avalanche of critical historical work on British imperial culture across the social sciences and not least within geography. The inspiration behind the critical interest in empire, knowledge and power was undoubtedly Edward Said’s groundbreaking and provocative Orientalism. Waves of debate have permeated throughout the social sciences and humanities in respon...

Today, the construction industry is facing intense competition and success in this competition depends on several factors. Project managers try to minimize project time and cost, carbon dioxide emission and at the same time maximizing the quality of project and its plan robustness. In this paper, study construction project scheduling considering a discrete trade-off between time, cost, quality,...

Carbon monoxide (CO) is one of the main air pollutants produced by incomplete combustion process particularly in the urban areas and exposing to the CO polluted environments will definitely affect human health. Therefore, providing a comprehensive computer modeling based on the current and previous related information for further study, analyses and decision making is of paramount importance. T...