industrial energy consumption lies between 30% and 70% of the total energy consumed in selected countries. cement production is one of the most energy intensive industries all around the world. this paper deals with an energy audit analysis in a cement plant in iran. in all recent works, after performing an energy audit, different strategies are offered to reduce energy losses. generally, these...

detection of oil-water contacts (owcs) is one of the primary tasks before evaluation of reservoir’s hydrocarbon in place, determining net pay zones and suitable depths for perforation operation. this paper introduces bayesian decision making tool as an effective technique in owc detecting using wire line logs. to compare strengths of the suggested method in detecting owc with conventional one, ...

decision-tree algorithms provide one of the most popular methodologies for symbolic knowledge acquisition. the resulting knowledge, a symbolic decision tree along with a simple inference mechanism, has been praised for comprehensibility. the most comprehensible decision trees have been designed for perfect symbolic data. classical crisp decision trees (dt) are widely applied to classification t...

in recent decades, information technology systems and tools play an essential role in improving the method for responding the requests from managers. decision support system as an important tool has the fundamental role in organizations. in the team of software project allocating people to tasks has a noticeable effect on profits. a decision support system can help managers in making appropriat...

the aim of this research is consider the importance of decision maker level of analysis in the study of foreign policy. this capability created by the regard to the role of man in foreign policy and international relations theories. however, the main research question is whether the decision maker level of analysis will be the theoretical support for the analysis of foreign policy and what are ...

Cognitive functioning is critical as in our daily life a host of real-world complex decisions in high-stakes markets have to be made. The decision-making process can be vulnerable to environmental stressors. Summarizing the growing economic and epidemiologic evidence linking air pollution, cognition performance and real-world decision-making, we first illustrate key physiological and psychologi...

decision making plays an important role in sport activities and is directly associated with sporting success or failure. on the other hand, one of the key issues in psychology of sports and behavioral sciences is sport orientation. the aim of this study was to investigate the relationship of action and state orientation with decision making behavior of expert female football players. 27 players...

for more than three decades healthcare decentralization has been promoted in developing countries as a way of improving the financing and delivery of public healthcare. decision autonomy under healthcare decentralization would determine the role and scope of responsibility of local authorities. jalal mohammed, nicola north, and toni ashton analyze decision autonomy within decentralized services...