Developing effective selection programs for improving the performance of livestock requires taking the economical selection indices into account. The present study was performed for comparing four selection indices developed in Kermani sheep through simulated data. The relative importance of traits was determined based on the estimated economic values and consequently, the most beneficial trait...

We describe an integrated problem solving architecture named INBANCAin which Bayesian networks and case-based reasoning (CBR) work cooperatively on multiagent planning tasks. This includes two-team dynamic tasks, and this paper concentrates on simulated soccer as an example. Bayesian networks are used to characterize action selection whereas a case-based approach is used to determine how to imp...

This paper presents the development of a model based decision support system with a case study on solving the supplier selection problem in a chemical processing industry. For the evaluation and selection of supplier, the analytical hierarchy process (AHP) and grey relational analysis (GRA) were used. The intention of the study is to propose an appropriate platform for process industries in ...

Several techniques exist to select and materialize a proper set of data in a suitable structure that manage the queries submitted to the online analytical processing systems. These techniques are called view management techniques, which consist of three research areas: 1) view selection to materialize, 2) query processing and rewriting using the materialized views, and 3) maintaining materializ...

It is both difficult and expensive to design and implement a software system that excels in all its functional and non-functional properties. Instead, we could envisage a software system which is made up of several software components having complementary attributes. These components are obtained from a library of software components, each having a specific functional and non-functional profile...

1Despite the social emphasis in Multi-Agent Based Systems research, individual agent control systems (ACS) can not be discarded. The individual capacity for effective action selection and enforcement require agents with harmonised real-time and long-term capabilities. Neither the reactive nor deliberative paradigms seem to provide this harmony. We are proposing an ACS schema where longterm cond...

In this paper, we propose a neuro-fuzzy modeling framework to discover fuzzy rules and its application to predict chemical properties of ashes produced by thermo-electric generators. The framework is defined by several sequential steps in order to obtain a good predictive accuracy and the readability of the discovered fuzzy rules. First, a feature selection procedure is applied to the available...