In this paper, instead of the classical approach to the multi-criteria location selection problem, a new approach was presented based on selecting a portfolio of locations. First, the indices affecting the selection of maintenance stations were collected. The K-means model was used for clustering the maintenance stations. The optimal number of clusters was calculated through the Silhou...

because of high cost of drilling and analysis of samples, it needs to predict gold and silvers based on pathfinder such as as, sb, cd, pb and zn and decrease the cost and time exploration project implementation. in this paper, the model based on a multilayer perceptron artificial neural network (mlp-ann) optimized by invasive weed optimization algorithm (iwo) to predict of gold and silver in za...

ardekoul fault zone which is along nnw-sse is located in eastern iran and northern part of the sistan subzone. dextral strike-slip fault zone of ardekuol is made of six main segments including korizan (28 km), bohn abad (8.8 km), abiz (32 km), gazkoon (20 km), moein abad (30.4 km), ghal maran (12 km), and two minor segments including olang morgh (12.8 km) and seh pestan (9.6 km).  the studied r...

the dynamic facility layout problem (dflp) is the problem of finding positions of departments onthe plant floor for multiple periods (material flows between departments change during the planning horizon)such that departments do not overlap, and the sum of the material handling and rearrangement costs isminimized. in this paper a new optimization algorithm inspired from colonizing weeds, invasi...

The dynamic facility layout problem (DFLP) is the problem of finding positions of departments onthe plant floor for multiple periods (material flows between departments change during the planning horizon)such that departments do not overlap, and the sum of the material handling and rearrangement costs isminimized. In this paper a new optimization algorithm inspired from colonizing weeds, Invasi...

this paper presents a new optimization algorithm to design an optimal proportional, integral, derivative (pid) controller in hydro-turbine generator governor for damping output frequency oscillations. in this research, we utilize a stochastic and optimal based pid controller to control frequency-response of the hydro turbine. the proposed algorithm is employed to design an optimal pid controlle...

identifying clusters or clustering is an important aspect of data analysis. it is the task of grouping a set of objects in such a way those objects in the same group/cluster are more similar in some sense or another. it is a main task of exploratory data mining, and a common technique for statistical data analysis this paper proposed an improved version of k-means algorithm, namely persistent k...

Identifying clusters or clustering is an important aspect of data analysis. It is the task of grouping a set of objects in such a way those objects in the same group/cluster are more similar in some sense or another. It is a main task of exploratory data mining, and a common technique for statistical data analysis This paper proposed an improved version of K-Means algorithm, namely Persistent K...

A metamodel in simulation modeling, as also known as response surfaces, emulators, auxiliary models, etc. relates a simulation model’s outputs to its inputs without the need for further experimentation. A metamodel is essentially a regression model and mostly known as “the model of a simulation model”. A metamodel may be used for Validation and Verification, sensitivity or what-if analysis, and...