This paper presents an improved algorithm that can be used in the ‘lift-preemptive-software’ (LPS) developed in the NTU-JTC joint project. The improved algorithm successfully eliminated the ‘false alarms’ (defined later) generated by the old algorithm.

This paper introduces and studies a random arrival rule for bankruptcy problems with nontransferable utility. generalizes the transferable utility which assigns unique efficient allocation proportional to sum of marginal vectors. We provide two axiomatic characterizations based on symmetry monotonicity, respectively.

Point-of-use (POU) water treatment with sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl) has been proven to reduce diarrheal disease in developing countries. However, program implementation is complicated by unclear free chlorine residual guidelines for POU water treatment and difficulties in determining appropriate dosage recommendations. The author presents evidence supporting proposed criteria for household wate...

This paper deals with the problem of fairly allocating a certain amount of divisible goods or burdens among individuals or organizations within the framework of data envelopment analysis (DEA). It is an extension work on our previous research of game theoretic approaches to weight assignments in DEA problems [6]. One of the main points in this previous work was that the core of the TU DEA game ...

The combined fouling during ultrafiltration (UF) of surface water pretreated to different extents was investigated to disclose the roles of polysaccharides, proteins, and inorganic particles in UF membrane fouling. Both reversible and irreversible fouling decreased with enhanced pretreatment (biologically active carbon (BAC) treatment and sand filtration). The sand filter effluent fouled the me...

Milk protein concentrate (MPC) powders offer a great potential for use in an array of food applications because of their nutritional and functional values. However, MPC powders with protein content ≥80% (MPC80) exhibit poor solubility and hence restrict their potential use. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of adding salt during the diafiltration stage of MPC80 manufacture...

In game theory, the term ‘‘solution concept’’ denotes a correspondence between games and outcomes (or sets of outcomes). Two familiar examples of solution concepts are the Nash Equilibrium Point and the Core. Both are successful tools of economic analysis: applied to a variety of contexts, they yield important and interesting results. The Core is particularly successful in classical1 market con...

Nutritional, behavioral, and diet data for lesser scaup (Aythya affinis [Eyton, 1838]) indicates that there has been a decrease in amphipod (Gammarus lacustris [G. O. Sars, 1863] and Hyalella azteca [Saussure, 1858]) density and wetland quality throughout the upper-Midwest, USA. Accordingly, we estimated densities of Gammarus and Hyalella in six eco-physiographic regions of Iowa, Minnesota, and...

With the dawning of the digital age, many libraries around the world have begun to revamp their collections so as to accommodate more e-resources as well as other digital materials. However, as library resources become more virtual, many issues will have to be taken into consideration. For instance, in order to build a digital library, library administrators will have to deal with intellectual ...