Feasibility tests determine whether it is possible for a given real-time system to always meet all of its timing constraints on a specified processing platform. Current feasibility tests for the uniprocessor static-priority scheduling of sporadic task systems run in pseudo-polynomial time. We present a fully polynomial-time approximation scheme (FPTAS) for feasibility analysis in static-priorit...

the current building codes provide limited prescriptive guidance on design for protection of buildings due to progressive collapse. progressive collapse is a situation in which a localized failure in a structure, caused by an abnormal load, such as explosions or other happenings. three procedures, often employed for determination of the structural response during progressive collapse i.e. linea...

Imaging results on real word and pseudo-word processing have been heterogeneous, allowing only cautious claims about the neuroanatomical loci of lexico-semantic processing. In order to shed more light on this issue, we examined the impact of different structures of non-lexical stimuli on the outcome of comparisons between such items and matched real words. We anticipated that the degree to whic...

In this paper we study the static Einstein–Maxwell space when it is conformal to an n-dimensional pseudo-Euclidean space, which invariant under action of $$(n-1)$$ -dimensional translation group. We also provide a complete classification such space.

In this study, the well-established pseudo-static approach along with horizontal slices method (HSM) is employed to investigate seismic internal stability of geosynthetic-reinforced earth slopes. Previous simple HSM analyses were based on a primary assumption stating that normal inter-slice forces are exerted mid-length sections. However, simplifying could give rise substantial errors in calcul...

reliability analysis of rock slope stability has received considerable attention in the literature. it has been used as an effective tool to evaluate uncertainty so prevalent in variables. in this research the application of the jointly distributed random variables method for probabilistic analysis and reliability assessment of rock slope stability with plane sliding is investigated. in a recen...

The present research is concerned with the determination of ductility, over-strength and response modification factors of coupled steel shear wall frames. Three structural models with various numbers of stories, bay width and coupling beam height were analyzed using static pushover and incremental nonlinear dynamic analyses. The ductility, over-strength and response modification factors for the...