FinFET devices are comprehensively investigated owing to the projection for application in the CMOS integrated circuits fabrication. Deducing MOSFET size have great influence on electrostatic characteristic.The indiscriminate variations of the characteristics lead to a divergence effect which is imperative from the point of view of design and manufacture. In this paper different types of the po...

Hierarchical planners create descriptions of abstract states and divide their planning task into subproblems for refining these states. In spite of their success in reducing the search space, they classically assume the existence of certain and complete information. In real world planning instances, one has to select among alternative strategies at each abstract state, observing both incomplete...

This paper discusses the application of the thought experiment methodology to qualita­ tive reasoning. Problem solving using this technique involves simplification of the origi­ nal problem, solution of the simplified problem, and generalization of the results obtained. Our emphasis in this work is to demonstrate the ef­ fectiveness of this approach in addressing com­ plexity and grain size iss...

The goal of this work is to classify the focus of attention of a subject who is switching his or her attention between a number of surrounding objects. The speci c application is to classify the focus of attention of a car driver as straight-ahead, towards the rear-view mirror, towards the dashboard etc. An explicit quantitative approach to this problem requires (a) a priori information about t...

AIM Human dignity as an important consideration in health care has been primarily investigated from an adult perspective. This paper explores young people's perceptions of dignity and how it impacts on their health-care experience. METHOD A qualitative pilot study was undertaken at the Children's Hospital, Westmead in from 2010 to 2011. Semistructured interviews were conducted with five inpat...

“Qualitative GIS – isn’t that kind of an oxymoron?” This comment from a colleague with years of experience working with GIS echoes the title of an editorial from an edition of Environment and Planning dedicated to the topic (Kwan and Knigge: 2006), and voices lingering concerns about the limitations of GIS. Qualitative GIS: A Mixed Methods Approach serves as an invitation to scholars in fields ...

Creating qualitative models is often considered an art rather than a scientific undertaking, lacking a structured methodology that supports formalisation of ideas. This hampers the already difficult process of building qualitative models. This paper presents a methodology that structures and supports the capture of conceptual knowledge about system behaviour using a qualitative approach. The fr...

PROBLEM We often need to be able to assess the extent to which individuals have or lack work ability. For this we need instruments. Most of the instruments available have flaws. They either lack validity or they use roundabout methods when collecting information about the individual's work ability. OBJECTIVES The aim of this paper is to present a conceptual model for constructing a questionna...

This paper discusses the reliability driven approach towards developing software solutions and products. Requirements deficiencies were the cause of 99% of their field reliability problems. This has been expanded by Brendan Murphy to say that the problems on computer systems were mostly due to requirements deficiencies and interface weaknesses. This paper aims to provide a consolidated checklis...