As governments and enterprises adopt COTS-based information systems, COTS components must be selected to satisfy the security requirements of applied systems. However, the selection of security components is a trade-off between the confidence level in the components and the cost of replacing components. The higher confidence required of the security components leads to a higher cost in the sele...

There are numerous reasons to apply the cost approach to the valuation of an intangible asset. Before applying this valuation approach, the valuation analyst should be familiar with the generally accepted cost approach methods and procedures. In addition, the valuation analyst should have sufficient data to measure (1) the intangible asset cost components and (2) the intangible asset obsolescen...

By applying recent advances in the standards for distributed computing, we have developed an architecture for a CORBA implementation of a library of platform-independent, sharable problem-solving methods and knowledge bases. The aim of this library is to allow developers to reuse these components across different tasks and domains. Reuse should be cost effective; therefore, the library will inc...

objective: type 2 diabetes is amongst the most common chronic illnesses in iran. its prevalence is increasing and it has significant economic importance. the aim of this study was to estimate direct therapeutic and non-therapeutic costs of type 2 diabetes patients referred to the diabetes research center of yazd in 2012. materials and methods: this cross-sectional study was carried out on 250 t...

This paper studies a maintenance policy for a system composed of two components, which are subject to continuous deterioration and consequently stochastic failure. The failure of each component results in the failure of the system. The components are inspected periodically and their deterioration degrees are monitored. The components can be maintained using different maintenance actions (repair...