This study provided the basic needs of parameters estimation for nonlinear growth model such as partial derivatives of each model, determination of initial values for each parameter and statistical tests of industrial usage. Twelve nonlinear growth models and its partial derivatives for oil palm yield growth are presented in this study. The parameters are estimated using the Marquardt iterative...

This report details the objectives, methodologies, and results for Phase II of the project, “Modeling and Optimization for Epitaxial Growth” (see [21] for Phase I report). This project is a joint effort between the Institute for Systems Research (ISR) and Northrop Grumman Corporation’s Electronic Sensors and Systems Sector (ESSS), Baltimore, MD. The overall objective is to improve manufacturing...

The software engineering tools historically used to examine faults can also be used to examine vulnerabilities and the rate at which they are discovered. I discuss the challenges of the collection process and compare two sets of vulnerability characterization criteria. I collected fifty-four months of vulnerability data for OpenBSD 2.2 and applied seven reliability growth models to the two data...

Transformation of land use-land cover change occurs due to the numbers and activities of people. Urban growth modeling has attracted authentic attention because it helps to comprehend the mechanisms of land use change and thus helps relevant policies made. This study applied logistic regression to model urban growth in the Ahvaz Metropolitan Area of Khuzestan province in IDRISI Selva software a...