With the rising demand for protection against new risks such as loss of digital assets, novel insurance services and products emerge. In particular, token-based solutions on blockchain transform business by providing cover streamlined, (semi-)automated underwriting claim processes. chapter, we present a general framework solutions, delegating their fundamental building blocks that include core ...

Zusammenfassung In der wasserbaulichen Praxis gibt es die grundlegende Unterscheidung zwischen „technischem“ und „naturnahem Wasserbau“. Diese wird im vorliegenden Fachbeitrag nun um den Begriff „Naturbasierte Lösungen ‚/‘ Nature-based solutions (NbS)“erweitert. Neben einer Beschreibung Abgrenzung einzelnen fachlichen Begriffe unter Verwendung von Beispielen aus Notwendigkeit standortspezifisch...

a problem that sometimes occurs in multiobjective optimization is the existence of a large set of fairly effcient solutions. hence, the decision making based on selecting a unique preferred solution is diffcult. considering models with fair b-effciency relieves some of the burden from the decision maker by shrinking the solution set, since the set of fairly b-efficient solutions is contained with...

in this work the effect of electrolytes on hydrate formation was investigated. to do so, a new model was used in predicting the hydrate formation conditions in presence of both single and mixed electrolyte solutions. the new model is based on the van der waals - platteeuw hydrate equation of state. in order to evaluate the values for the activity of water in electrolyte solutions the simplified...

In 2D Soccer Simulation league, agents will decide based on information and data in their model. Effective decisions need to have world model information without any noise and missing data; however, there are few solutions to omit noise in world model data; so we should find efficient ways to reduce the effect of noise when making decisions. In this article we evaluate some simple solutions whe...

This paper introduces a novel multi-objective evolutionary algorithm based on cat swarm optimizationalgorithm (EMCSO) and its application to solve a multi-objective knapsack problem. The multi-objective optimizers try to find the closest solutions to true Pareto front (POF) where it will be achieved by finding the less-crowded non-dominated solutions. The proposed method applies cat swarm optim...

In this work, we used a grain-based numerical model based on the concept of lattice. The modelling was done to simulate the lab experiments carried out on the mortar samples. Also the analytical solutions corresponding to the viscosity-dominated regime were used to estimate the fracture length and width, and the results obtained were compared with the numerical simulations. As the analytical so...

background and objectives: kefiran (kef) is a water-soluble polysaccharide that can form transparent film however, it is brittle. therefore, in order to improve the mechanical properties of kefiran film, a mixture with other polymers can be offered. the expansion of mixed systems can propose kefiran and polyvinyl alcohol (pvoh) as a new composite film. materials and methods: solutions of 20 gra...