The Möbius-Kantor map {4 + 4, 3} [CMo, §8.8, 8.9] is a regular orientable map of type {8, 3} and genus 2. It is a 2-sheeted covering of the cube {4, 3}, branched over the centers of its six faces, each of which lifts to an octagonal face. Its (orientation-preserving) automorphism group is isomorphic to GL2(3), a double covering of the automorphism group PGL2(3) ∼= S4 of the cube. The aim of thi...

The information security not only has become a relevant business subject but also a complex decision topic for non-technical people. Legal framework, monitoring security, best practices, standards compliance are part of the security solutions but they can become in the principal complexity affair. This paper shows a general security overview to converge in an initial functional security model i...

Appropriate managerial efforts prior to and after adoption of New Manufacturing Technology (NMT) are the key requirements for successful NMT deployment. In this study, we identify factors related to the success of NMT deployment. After reviewing the literature, we developed interview protocol and used it to interview twenty managers of ten automotive manufactures. The managers are working in qu...

We introduce a new variant of Markov decision processes called MDPs with action results, and a variant of dynamic Bayesian networks called bowties, for modeling the effects of stochastic actions. Bowties grew out of our work on decision-support systems for advisors in the US social welfare system. Bowties, and our elicitation process for them, are designed to elicit dynamic Bayesian network fra...

the purpose followed in this study was to identify the restraining factors affecting date grower organizations, development in khuzestan province. the statistical population consisted of two independent groups including 584 members of date grower organizations and 30 experts from the related governmental agencies. a sample of 120 farmers from date growers' group was chosen through stratifi...

the aim of this research is to do an internal evaluation of the academic library based on the views of experts to identify the current situation. it also aims to present a method for library evaluation and to help the planners and managers of such centers to understand and improve the condition of university libraries and information centers. the methodology of this case study is based on inter...

OBJECTIVE To conduct an expert-led process for identifying research priorities in adolescent sexual and reproductive health in low- and middle-income countries. METHODS The authors modified the priority-setting method of the Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI) to obtain input from nearly 300 researchers, health programme managers and donors with wide-ranging backgrounds and...

nowadays organizations seriously search for their overall improvements with the aim of achieving to the organizational excellence. organizations can’t manage their programs efficiently without using comprehensive model due to examine and reform their programs. because of these needs and problems, in this thesis we are analyzing the performance management system at the department of the assessme...