Answer set programming (ASP) and planning are two widely used paradigms for solving logic programs with declarative programming. In both cases, the quality of the input programs has a major influence on the quality and performance of the solving or planning process. Hence, programmers need to understand how to make their programs efficient and still correct. In my PhD studies, I explore how inp...

Andrea Hetling, PhD, Kirk Tracy, PhD, and Catherine E. Born, PhD, are affiliated with the University of Maryland, School of Social Work. Address correspondence to: Andrea Hetling, PhD, Family Welfare Research and Training Group, School of Social Work, University of Maryland, 525 West Redwood Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 (E-mail: [email protected]). The authors would like to thank the Of...

Aristo Vojdani, PhD, is a respected researcher, scientist, speaker and author. He has published over 120 articles in peer-reviewed scientific journals, is a multiple US patent holder for laboratory assays, and has received the Herbert J. Rinkle Award from the American Academy of Environmental Medicine for excellence in teaching the techniques of environmental medicine. He is the founder, techni...

&1 André Tischer Dipl Project Assistant, bauserve GmbH, Frankfurt, Germany; Research and Teaching Assistant, University of Technology Darmstadt, Darmstadt, Germany &2 Emilia den Boer Mgr Inz, MSc, Dr Inz Assistant Professor, Wroclaw University of Technology, Institute of Environment Protection Engineering, Wroclaw, Poland &3 Ian Williams PhD, PGCE, CChem, MRSC, MCIWM, FHEA Professor, Centre for...

Equations are everywhere! Between the atmosphere and the wing of a spaceship, in the blood flowing in an artery, on the demarcation line between ice and water at the poles, in the motion of the tides, in the charge density of a semiconductor, in the compression algorithms of a signal sending images from outer space. Such equations represent real problems. The Mathematical Engineer can see and u...

The major planning theories provide a theoretical foundation for environmental planning. This study extends the major planning theories and develops a robust conceptual framework to measure the key factors influencing local environmental-plan quality. A random sample of forty Californian local comprehensive land-use plans and associated planning processes is analyzed to identify the critical fa...