A successful technological transfer requires a proven manpower and information input of the resources and needs of the recipient organization. Applying the above framework to the logistics area of the petroleum industry, the use of discreteevent simulation software is required to properly simulate these systems. This kind of software has a wide market demand, which means that a selection proces...

An interactive software environment (CARAT#) that allows rapid prototyping of en route air traffic management algorithms is described. This software employs the NASAFACET software as its computational engine, and allows the user to rapidly develop and evaluate en route air traffic management algorithms. Two versions of CARAT# have been developed. The first is built upon a commercial software pl...

Object-oriented procedures are gaining increasing importance in the theory and practice of the analysis of remote sensing data. Unlike pixel-based procedures, object-oriented procedures are based on a priori defined objects or segmentation of regions. A priori defined objects can be derived e.g. from the ATKIS. Using computer-assisted segmentation, the picture is divided into more or less homog...

The effect of software coupling on the quality of software has been studied quite widely since the seminal paper on software modularity by Parnas [1]. However, the effect of the increase in software coupling on the coordination of the developers has not been researched as much. In commercial software development environments there normally are coordination mechanisms in place to manage the coor...

Today, interesting and important interconnections have been made that promise great leaps forward for innovation systems and entrepreneurial ecosystems especially operating at the regional or sub-national level of the space economy. Of course, there are politics in such relationships. Most notable are those that are critical of anything that “interferes” with market hegemony (neoliberal bias) w...

Many psychological constructs of interest to personality psychologists, such as personality, behavior, and emotions, are made up of many variables. Moreover, similarity metrics, such as self-other agreement, profile similarity, or behavioral consistency, result from calculations conducted across many variables. When analyzed using a comprehensive approach, such multivariate constructs present u...

The control valve operates at high operation frequency (up to 1,000 Hz) in the large pressure differences between the inlet and outlet of the valve. The flow and operation characteristics of a high-speed electromagnetic control valve are investigated using a commercial software, CFD-ACE+. It is found that maximum operation frequency of the control valve depends on the applied electromagnetic fo...

The focus on alternative energy sources has increased significantly throughout the last few decades, leading to a considerable development in the wave energy sector. In spite of this, the sector cannot yet be considered commercialized, and many challenges still exist, in which mooring of floating wave energy converters is included. Different methods for assessment and design of mooring systems ...

2 Foreword This textbook provides study materials for the participants of the course named Multivariate Analysis of Ecological Data that we teach at our university for the third year. Material provided here should serve both for the introductory and the advanced versions of the course. We admit that some parts of the text would profit from further polishing, they are quite rough but we hope in ...