— This paper presents a model to assess the efficiency of knowledge transfer within an organization. Firstly, a literature review of knowledge transfer management with a practical contribution to the shop floor activities is presented. Secondly, a model of the knowledge transfer process with five distinctive phases is suggested. Thirdly, an efficiency index is proposed to provide an objective n...

When massaging differential-algebraic equations during an index reduction process, one usually keeps track of structural zeros in order to be able to detect when non-differential equations appear. However, in a numerical setting structural zeros may turn out as small numbers, impossible to distinguish from zero when numerical precision is taken into account. Such coefficients are referred to as...

We discuss new discretization methods for linear differential–algebraic equations with variable coefficients. We introduce numerical methods to compute the local invariants of such differential–algebraic equations that were introduced by the authors in a previous paper. Using these quantitities we are able to determine numerically global invariances like the strangeness index, which generalizes...

Background: Brain ischemic disorders are common diseases of neural systems. One of the predisposing factors affect to the brain ischemia is systemic hypertension. The aim of this study was the determination of relation between blood pressure and spread of brain ischemia in CT scan in brain ischemia patients. Materials & Methods: In the first stage and on the basis of research group, we selecte...

In this paper, by introducing two virtual decision-making units (DMUs) called ideal DMU (IDMU) and anti-ideal DMU (ADMU) with fuzzy inputs-outputs, the efficiency evaluation of DMUs are done by fuzzy data envelopment analysis (FDEA). Therefore, we evaluate DMUs from the perspective of the best and worst possible relative efficiency. For each DMU two efficiencies are calculated while inputs and ...

We discuss the solution of linear second order differential-algebraic equations (DAEs) with variable coefficients. Since index reduction and order reduction for higher order, higher index differential-algebraic systems do not commute, appropriate index reduction methods for higher order DAEs are required. We present an index reduction method based on derivative arrays that allows to determine a...

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) is a technique for measuring the efficiency of decision making units. In all models of the DEA, for each unit under assessment, the numerical efficiency is obtained which may be less than or equal to one. Given the possible large number of functional units, we use various ranking methods for evaluating units. One of the rating methods is Balance index and Topsis....

Numerical accuracy, numerical stability and calculation time are all important factors in the computational fluid dynamics. In this study, we compare two solution algorithms, the Simplified Marker and Cell (SMAC) method in the MAC-type methods and the Semi-Implicit Method for Pressure-Linked Equation (SIMPLE) algorithm in the SIMPLE-type algorithms, with respect to flow around a square cylinder...

desertification is a major problem in many countries. international efforts have been considered to combat and prevent this phenomenon. the most important cases of these measures are the united nations convention to combat desertification. in this study, imdpa model and gis were used to assess desertification phenomena in kashan plain. some indices of climate and water criteria were selected to...