A proper circular-arc (PCA) model is a pairM = (C,A) where C is a circle and A is a family of inclusion-free arcs on C in which no two arcs of A cover C. A PCA model U is a (c, `, d, ds)-CA model when C has circumference c, all the arcs in A have length `, all the extremes of the arcs in A are at a distance at least d, and all the beginning points of the arcs in A are at a distance at least d+ ...

This research paper aims to give a new dimension to the decision maker by proposing a hybrid model of analytic hierarchy process (AHP) and preference ranking organisation method for enrichment evaluation (PROMETHEE) in 3PL selection. It uses an integrated approach of AHP-PROMTHEE as a selection methodology to select an efficient and requisite 3PL firm for a manufacturer. A relatively new and us...

Group Ia afferents are activated vigorously with high-frequency tendon vibration and provide excitatory input to the agonist muscle and inhibitory input to the antagonist muscle group via inhibitory interneurons. The purpose of this experiment was to determine whether the afterhyperpolarization (AHP) time course in humans is altered in response to tendon vibration. The AHP time course is estima...

Abstract: This work presents Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method available in Geographic Information System (GIS) to identify and classify the Penang Island according to the grade of present or potential danger of land failure happening. Landslide susceptibility zonation map has been generated by considering seven factors. Sensitivity analysis was performed in detail by varying the contri...

an ideal fusion method preserves the spectral information in fused image without spatial distortion. the pca is believed to be a well-known pan-sharpening approach and being widely used for its efficiency and high spatial resolution. however, it can distort the spectral characteristics of multispectral images. the current paper tries to present a new fusion method based on the same concept. in ...

A stochastic formulation of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) using an approach based on Bayesian categorical data models has been developed. However, in categorical data models it is known that the selection of the link function may have an impact on the model estimates. In particular, the selection of the probit link implies an assumption that model error terms are normally distributed and...

We utilized a recently developed long-term serum-free culture system for bovine parathyroid cells to detect antibodies in seven patients with autoimmune hypoparathyroidism (AHP). Antibodies were tested by indirect immunofluorescence methods and by cytotoxicity utilizing the chromium (51Cr) release technique. Seven AHP sera caused specific lysis [57 +/- 6% release of 51Cr vs. 5 +/- 1% for 56 con...

“The theory of decision analysis (DA) is designed to help the individual make a choice among a set of prespecified alternatives” (Keeney and Raiffa 1976, vii). Simply put, the basic DA problem is, How should a decision maker select from a given set of competing alternatives that are evaluated against conflicting objectives? Because operations research (OR) is the science of decision making, OR ...

A comparison of identified sympathetic neurons in the isolated intact superior cervical ganglion revealed that secretomotor, pilomotor, and vasoconstrictor cells differ in their action potential mechanisms and in their postsynaptic alpha(2)-adrenergic responses to 10 microM norepinephrine (NE). In normal saline, the half-width of the spike afterhyperpolarization (AHP) in secretomotor neurons (1...