Agriculture is one of the most important and possibly the oldest economic activity developed by humans and it is becoming increasingly dependent on development of technologies (Alexandre, 2009). Agriculture in Africa is a subsistent, low technology and low-performing one which requires reduced drudgery and increased commercialization. For crop production, farmlands are cleared using cutlass and...

probabilistic approach of traffic assignment has been primarily developed to provide a more realistic and flexible theoretical framework to represent traveler’s route choice behavior in a transportation network. the problem of path overlapping in network modelling has been one of the main issues to be tackled. due to its flexible covariance structure, probit model can adequately address the pro...

In this paper, it is shown that by exploiting the explicit parametric state feedback solution, it is feasible to obtain the ultimate solution to minimum sensitivity problem. A numerical algorithm for construction of a robust state feedback in eigenvalue assignment problem for a controllable linear system is presented. By using a generalized parametric vector companion form, the problem of eigen...

Preventing human-wildlife conflict is key to maintaining viable predator populations. In Namibia, over 90% of cheetahs are found outside protected areas, therefore risk with farmers high. Since 1994, the Cheetah Conservation Fund has implemented a programme prevent livestock depredation using guarding dogs (LGDs). Long-term (25-year period) monitoring efforts in Namibia have provided insights o...

grapes are among the world most planted horticultural crops. since the last century, attempts have been made to improve the quality of grapes in the world. meanwhile, the necessity of having knowledge about the history of progenies families led to the link between genealogy and breeding. considering some previous mislabeling, in order to find out the accuracy of the controlled crosses as well a...