in this work, we proposed an efective method based on cubic and pantic b-spline scaling functions to solve partial differential equations of frac- tional order. our method is based on dual functions of b-spline scaling func- tions. we derived the operational matrix of fractional integration of cubic and pantic b-spline scaling functions and used them to transform the mentioned equations to a ...

soil slopes are sometimes curved in plan rather than being straight. this curvature,especially when it is convex, decreases the bearing capacity of the slope. finite element methodhas been used here in this research to investigate the reducing effect of curvature on bearingcapacity of a slope. failure of soil has been assumed to be according to mohr-coulomb criteria;but the flow rule of the soi...

nonnegative matrix factorization (nmf) is a common method in data mining that have been used in different applications as a dimension reduction, classification or clustering method. methods in alternating least square (als) approach usually used to solve this non-convex minimization problem.  at each step of als algorithms two convex least square problems should be solved, which causes high com...

We prove that for any collection F of n ≥ 2 pairwise disjoint compact convex sets in the plane there is a pair A and B such line separates from either or subcollection with at least /18 sets.