The diversity and ecological importance of insects makes them very valuable for studies of biodiversity. However, the same overwhelming diversity means that valid and useful results will only be obtained if studies are properly planned. This synopsis outlines the steps required for appropriate biodiversity assessments. Steps that have to be planned from the outset are: definition of objectives,...

Among other concerns, construction planning involves the choice of construction technology, the definition of work tasks, the estimation of required resources and durations, the estimation of costs, and the preparation of a project schedule. A prototype knowledge intensive expert system to accomplish these tasks, CONSTRUCTION PLANEX, is described in this paper. This system generates project act...

the selection of best information system (is) project from many competing proposals is a critical business activity which is very helpful to all organizations. while previous is project selection methods are useful but have restricted application because they handle only cases with precise data. indeed, these methods are based on precise data with less emphasis on imprecise data. this paper pro...

AIM To develop a method that Croatian cities could use in the development of the City Health Profile and City Health Plan. The assessment concerned cities that have recently experienced the war and thus the method had to be rapid, cheap, scientifically based, sensitive, participative (involving politicians, experts, and citizens), able to produce immediate action, and to sustain the gained bene...

This paper presents the procedure for the construction and selection of mixed sampling plan (MSP) using Intervened Random effect Poisson Distribution (IRPD) as a baseline distribution. The plans are constructed through limiting quality level (LQL) and maximum allowable percent defective (MAPD) having the single sampling plan as attribute plan,. Tables are constructed for easy selection of the p...

The purpose and the initial research plan for the UCR EPA chamber was described in detail the report and draft research plan that was submitted to the EPA and the RRWG early in 2002. Updates to the progress on this project are given in a report submitted in August, 2002, immediately prior to the last RRWG meeting. Progress and current status of the project was also discussed with the RRWG Advis...

This paper presents the procedure for the construction and selection of the mixed sampling plan using MAPD as a quality standard with the TNT(n;c1,c2 ) plan as attribute plan. The plans indexed through MAPD and AQL are constructed and compared for their efficiency. Tables are constructed for easy selection of the plan.

Corporate finance textbooks (e.g., Webster 2003, Chapter 12) recommend that a company invest in a project if and only if the project’s internal rate of return exceeds the cost of capital. If companies operated this way, their investment decisions would be independent across projects within the company, conditional on the projects’ cash flows being independent. In practice, such conditional inde...

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In recent years, software development has become increasingly complex as requirements multiplied, and geographically distributed development became necessary and/or desirable. This complicates not only the enactment of software development projects, but also makes project planning and management much more difficult. Especially keeping the plan up to date, and distributing information about chan...