in this research, the effectiveness of multiple tuned mass dampers (mtmds) in mitigating the response of nonlinear hysteretic structures has been studied where the optimal parameters of mtmds have been determined based on minimization of maximum relative displacement (drift) of structure. for solving the optimization problem the genetic algorithm (ga) has been used successfully. for numerical a...

recently, lotfi et al. [10] established an equivalence model between the output-oriented dual ccr model and multiple objective linear programming (molp) and used an interactive method for finding target unit on efficiency frontier such that the decision maker preferences can be taken into account. however their method is not applicable for situations in which some outputs are undesirable and ne...

in most of the real-life applications we deal with the problem of transporting some special fruits, as banana, which has particular production and distribution processes. in this paper we restrict our attention to formulating and solving a new bi-criterion problem on a network in which in addition to minimizing the traversing costs, admissibility of the quality level of fruits is a main objecti...

the paper describes an investigation about the application of the new multiple-impedance discontinuities model for optimizing profile diffuser barriers. the new multiple-impedance discontinuities model is much faster than the numerical method, thus it is used in an optimization process. the a-weighted insertion loss was used for the traffic noise spectrum. the result of optimization, which is d...

response surface methodology is a common tool in optimizing processes. it mainly concerns situations when there is only one response of interest. however, many designed experiments often involve simultaneous optimization of several quality characteristics. this is called a multiresponse surface optimization problem. a common approach in dealing with these problems is to apply desirability funct...

The aircraft maintenance sector has high complexity with many intermediaries, multiple actors sharing data and needs to ensure security. implementation of Blockchain technology can significantly contribute the aforementioned characteristics. This research explores in Maintenance, Repair Overhaul (MRO). For this research, a mixed-method approach was followed obtain holistic view adoption an faci...

for all industrial processes, modelling, optimisation and control are the keys to enhance productivity and ensure product quality. in the current study, the optimization of process parameters for improving the conversion of isoeugenol to vanillin by psychrobacter sp. csw4 was investigated by means of taguchi approach and box-behnken statistical design under resting cell conditions. taguchi desi...

efforts to improve the quality of bakery products are increasing every day. several techniques were developed for this purpose. in this study the possibility of betterment and optimization of quality properties of dough and barbari bread with emphasis on process variables using rotatable response surface methodology were investigated. the independent process variables for baking process were do...

The purpose of this paper is to provide a new method for solving the problem 3D source localization in indoor environments with weak airflow by experimental study on multi-robot method. For purpose, we developed MRO (mobile robot olfaction) system consisting three mobile robots. gas sensor carried each has moving range 0.5 m 1.5 Z-axis. A total 60 experiments were conducted validate and compare...