We thank an anonymous referee, an Associate Editor, Gurdip Bakshi, and Jay Huang for their valuable comments and suggestions. We also thank Henry Cao, Hua He, Hayne Leland, Mark Rubinstein, and Matt Spiegel for their advice on an earlier version where a static model was developed. Abstract This paper develops a model in which an optimal capital structure and an optimal debt maturity are jointly...

A new approach for the metrology on Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) is presented. It is based on the utilization of virtual gauges. The originality of the presented virtual gauge model is the notion of «fitter gauge» which develops the traditional possibilities of gauges. This model allows the verification of functional specifications of the geometrical tolerancing. An example of inspection ...

Maintaining and supporting the software of an organization is not an easy task, and software maintainers do not currently have access to tools to evaluate strategies for improving the specific activities of software maintenance. This article presents a web-based training approach using a knowledge-based system which helps in locating best practices in a software maintenance capability maturity ...

for their advice on an earlier version where a static model was developed. Abstract This paper develops a model in which an optimal capital structure and an optimal debt maturity are jointly determined in a stochastic interest rate environment. Valuation formulas are derived in closed form and numerical solutions are used to obtain comparative statics. The model yields leverage ratios and debt ...

Development of the optical technology is extremely important in the field of science research, industrial production and daily appliances. Although a lot of researches have conducted in the area of processing optical lenses, very few attempts have been made at the quality of optical lenses. We established a Process Capability Analysis Model (PCAM) to discover the ineffective areas of quality it...

A number of problems may arise from architectural requirements modeling, including alignment of it with business strategy, model integration and handling the uncertain and vague information. The paper introduces a method for modeling architectural requirements in a way of ontology-based and capabilityoriented requirements elicitation. The requirements can be modeled within a three-layer framewo...

This paper reviews a computer-aided analytical technique for predicting the power transfer capability of an AC inverter energizing a separable inductive coupling. The capability curve is obtained using a switching model of the output rectifier and a readily available software package such as MATLABB. The capability curve is useful, among other applications, for evaluating candidate separable tr...

The Geoeye-1 satellite, launched in September 2008, is able to acquire imagery in panchromatic mode, with a spatial resolution of 0.41 m at nadir, offering the most powerful way to obtain detailed imagery actually commercially available. The aim of the work is to evaluate the quality of the GeoEye-1 products through radiometric and geometric analysis; the area test is the city of Rome. Radiomet...

In this paper, logical masking capability of commonly used logic gates such as NOT, AND/NAND, OR/NOR, and XOR/XNOR, when subject to single/multiple input faults, are analyzed from a mathematical perspective. A new metric, called Gate Error Metric (GEM) is proposed to study the extent of output error in these gates when subject to potential input fault occurrences, where less value of GEM implie...