estimation of leakage in a network consists of several attributes, such as unauthorized use, minor leaks and networking events whose natures are different from each other. the most important attributes are large losses due to breakage and major leaks which in addition to wasting fresh water resources, will lead to water pollution and problems for the buildings. in this paper, leakage detection ...

Composite RCS building frames integrate reinforced concrete columns with structural steel beams to provide an efficient solution for the design and construction of earthquake-resisting structures. In this paper, an optimization framework is developed for performance-based seismic design of planar RCS moment resisting frames. The objective functions are defined as minimizing the construction cos...

Causal beliefs have been shown to affect performance in a wide variety of reasoning and problem solving. One type of judgment bias that can result from implicit causal models is causal asymmetry -the tendency to judge predictive inferences as more plausible than comparable diagnostic inferences. In the present study we investigate if the directionality of implicit causal models can also affect ...

Existing work on privacy by design mostly focus on technologies rather than methodologies and on components rather than architectures. In this paper, we advocate the idea that privacy by design should also be addressed at the architectural level and be associated with suitable methodologies. Among other benefits, architectural descriptions enable a more systematic exploration of the design spac...

In recent years, the importance of economical considerations in the field of dam engineering has motivated many researchers to propose new methods for minimizing the cost of dames and in particular arch dams. This paper presents a method for shape optimization of double curvature arch dams corresponding to minimum construction cost while satisfying different constraints such as natural frequenc...

In this paper, a displacement-constrained volume-minimizing topology optimization model is present for two-dimensional continuum problems. The new model is a generalization of the displacement-constrained volume-minimizing model developed by Yi and Sui [1] in which the displacement is constrained in the loading point. In the original model the displacement constraint was formulated as an equali...