the rapid growing of information technology (it) motivates and makes competitive advantages in health care industry. nowadays, many hospitals try to build a successful customer relationship management (crm) to recognize target and potential patients, increase patient loyalty and satisfaction and finally maximize their profitability. many hospitals have large data warehouses containing customer ...

data mining techniques have been used widely in the area of customer relationship management (crm). in this study, we have applied data mining techniques to address a problem in business-to-business (b2b) setting. in a manufacturer-retailer-consumer chain, a manufacturer should improve its relationship with retailers to continue its business. segmentation is a useful tool for identifying groups...

ground water and surface water create a range of problems in lignite mining utilizing surface mining methods. in order to create a safe and economic mining environment, it is essential to carry out mining after dewatering the rock mass surrounding the lignite mines by advance dewatering techniques. this paper briefly describes the ground water regimes including pressure gradients associated wit...

Sustainability assessment has received numerous attentions in the mining industry. Mining sustainability includes the environmental, economic, and social dimensions, and a sustainable development is achieved when all these dimensions improve in a balanced manner. Therefore, to measure the sustainability score of a mine, we require an approach that evaluates all these three dimensions of mining ...

Ground water and surface water create a range of problems in lignite mining utilizing surface mining methods. In order to create a safe and economic mining environment, it is essential to carry out mining after dewatering the rock mass surrounding the lignite mines by advance dewatering techniques. This paper briefly describes the ground water regimes including pressure gradients associated wit...