We investigate the power of migration in online scheduling for parallel identical machines. Our objective is to maximize the total processing time of accepted jobs. Once we decide to accept a job, we have to complete it before its deadline d that satisfies d ≥ (1 + ε) · p + r, where p is the processing time, r the submission time and the slack ε > 0 a system parameter. Typically, the hard case ...

Acceptance Sampling models have been widely applied in companies for the inspection and testing the raw material as well as the final products. A number of lots of the items are produced in a day in the industries so it may be impossible to inspect/test each item in a lot. The acceptance sampling models only provide the guarantee for the producer and consumer that the items in the lots are acco...

We consider the problem of minimization of generalized Büchi automata. We extend fair-simulation minimization and delayed-simulation minimization to the case where the Büchi automaton has multiple acceptance conditions. For fair simulation, we show how to efficiently compute the fair-simulation relation while maintaining the structure of the automaton. We then use the fairsimulation relation to...

In-process tests are used between manufacturing steps to avoid the cost of further processing material that is apt to fail its final tests. Rapid microbiological methods that return simple negative or positive results are attractive in this context because they are faster than the compendial methods used at product release. However, using a single such test will not reliably detect barely unacc...

The goal of this study was to assess attitude towards plagiarism in faculty members of Medical School at Tehran University of Medical Sciences. One hundred and twenty medical faculty members of Tehran University of Medical Sciences were enrolled in this cross-sectional study. They were asked to answer to valid and reliable Persian version of attitude towards plagiarism questionnaire. Attitude t...

For voice handicapped people, an easy to use voicing aid device is wanted. In mobile telephony, so-called non-speaking speech communication is an expected solution for essential privacy as well as for acoustic nuisance prevention. The study introduced here intends to cover both issues, introducing a system where the whispering (non-speaking voice or talk without vocal fold activation) signal is...

E-training is considered nowadays as a very important issue for business organization because of the benefits it can bring. Unfortunately, e-training is not fit well in most of Jordanian organization. In order to implement etraining successfully in an organization, you need the right people at the right place using the right resources. Furthermore, it is essential to measure the organization’s ...

Background and aim: Appearance concerns are increasingly common. Indeed, clinical surveys in the private settings show that more and more people are dissatisfied with some aspects of their physical appearance. Concurrently, there is increasing demand for cosmetic specialists to perform procedures to enhance physical appearance. It is hypothetized that body image and acceptance of cosmetic surge...

1 PG Student, Information Technology, Thakur College of Engineering and Technology 2 Associate Professor, Information Technology, Thakur College of Engineering and Technology ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------Abstract In the existing Throughput Enhanced Wireless in Local Loop (TWiLL) system...