because of the need to develop specific measurement scales for different services industries, this study aimed to empirically develop a reliable and valid model specifically for measuring mobile telecommunication service quality. a multidimensional measurement model (ms-qual) has been proposed based on an extensive literature review and then, to assess the model validity, convergent and discrim...

Auction mechanisms have recently gained increasing attention as an alternative approach for pricing Internet resources. For the case of divisible commodities over single links, Generalized Vickrey Auctions (GVA) are already a well-established standard mechanism, whereas an abundance of unsolved problems is related to the generalization of GVAs in space and time, i.e. for the case of connections...

We consider a batch arrival queueing system with two phases of service, feedback and K optional vacations under a classical retrial policy. At the arrival epoch, if the server is busy the whole batch joins the orbit. Whereas if the server is free, then one of the arriving customer starts its service immediately and the rest joins the orbit. For each customer, the server provides two phases of s...

BACKGROUND There is a growing need to develop online services for university students with the capacity to complement existing services and efficiently address student mental health problems. Previous research examining the development and acceptability of online interventions has revealed that issues such as privacy critically impact user willingness to engage with these services. OBJECTIVE ...

repeat breeding (rb) is a syndrome and several factors have been identified as its causes. luteal insufficiency is a known cause of embryonic mortality. the aim of this study was to assess the effect of two periods of p4 therapy on the second service and also their effects on the first plus the second service conception rates (cr) of repeat breeder dairy cows. cows included in the study were in...

In most queueing systems the server may be subjected to lengthy and unpredictable breakdowns while serving a customer. For instance, in manufacturing systems the machine may breakdown due to malfunction or job related problems; in computer systems, the machine may be subject to scheduled backups and predicted failures. In these systems, server breakdown results in a period of server unavailabil...

Maintenance activities mostly depend on the specific conditions of individual equipment, being defined as personalized businesses. In order to improve efficiency maintenance for complex equipment in lots, thinking mass customization is used. After modular technology used generic model, product/service was divided into mandatory and optional modules, which can form multiple service solutions. Co...

This paper presents methods for adding optional software components to a Distributed Real-Time Embedded (DRE) deployment optimization problem, and methods for attempting to enable deployment of the maximal number of optional software components. By building upon prior work that allows rapid deployment optimization, one can predict probability of success with high confidence, and utilize that in...