This paper proposes the methodology to evaluate the road network anti-hazardous ability by the concept of network capacity reliability. The methodology proposed here considers the area-traffic regulation, which may be implemented when a large disaster occurs in Japan. The model to calculate entry permission rates is formulated as MPEC (Mathematical Programming with Equilibrium Constraints) in w...

Mathematical programs whose formulation is symmetric often take a long time to solve using Branch-and-Bound type algorithms, because of the several symmetric optima. A simple technique used in these cases is to adjoin symmetry breaking constraints to the formulation before solving the problem. These constraints: (a) aim to guarantee that at least one optimum is feasible, whilst making some of t...

Many CSPs can be effectively represented and efficiently solved using matrix models, in which the matrices may have symmetry between their rows and/or columns. Eliminating all such symmetry can be very costly as there are in general exponentially many symmetries. Cost-effective methods have been proposed to break much of the symmetry, if not all. In this paper, we continue with this line of res...

We review research on the ̄uency heuristic as a basis for the subjective experience of familiarity. Then, we explore the links between the construct of ̄uency and the automatic versus consciously controlled memory processes that are estimated using the process dissociation procedure, and the phenomenological experiences studied using ``Remember'' and ``Know'' judgements. Although the ̄uency tha...

Universal screening of emotional and behavioral problems among students warrants further consideration by school professionals. School-based universal screening may provide opportunities for early identification and intervention, ultimately preventing the development of more severe problems and promoting more positive outcomes in the future. The Behavioral and Emotional Screening System (BESS) ...

Web based applications development has been characterized by a very high growth during last years. The need for elaborating principles and methods which are specific to this kind of applications and to quality insurance, particularly from usability point of view, is more and more pointed out by the software professionals. Indeed, quantitative evaluation of web based applications quality (criter...

This paper addresses the problem of linear-fractional programming under uncertainty. The uncertainty here is understood as ambiguity coefficients’ values in optimized functional. We give two mathematical formulations problem. In first one, refers to numerator: there are several sets objective function coefficients, each coefficient can determine numerator problem’s criterion at stage its soluti...