In this paper, we propose a pragmatic process model for the development of multiagent systems based on the combination of standard software engineering techniques. The development method that is presented in this paper features a product model to describe the target system, a process model to construct the product model and an institutional framework that supports learning and reuse over projec...

Variational iteration method has been favourably applied to various kinds of nonlinear problems. The main property of the method is in its flexibility and ability to solve nonlinear equations accurately and conveniently. In this paper recent trends and developments in the use of the method are reviewed. Major applications to nonlinear wave equation, nonlinear fractional differential equations, ...

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The development process for access methods (AMs) in database systems is complex and tedious. Amdb is a graphical tool that facilitates the design and tuning process for height-balanced tree-structured AMs. Central to amdb’s user interface is a suite of graphical views that visualize the entire search tree, paths and subtrees within the tree, and data contained in the tree. These views animate s...

This article describes a method of moral counselling developed in the Radboud University Medical Centre Nijmegen (The Netherlands). The authors apply insights of Paul Ricoeur to the non-directive counselling method of Carl Rogers in their work of coaching patients with moral problems in health care. The developed method was shared with other health care professionals in a training course. Exper...

Method validation is the process used to confirm that the analytical procedure employed for a specific test is suitable for its intended use. Results from method validation can be used to judge the quality, reliability and consistency of analytical results; it is an integral part of any good analytical practice. It is the process of defining an analytical requirement, and confirms that the meth...

Virtanen, Salla Virtual screening: Development of a novel structure-based method Jyväskylä: University of Jyväskylä, 2013, 51 p. (Jyväskylä Studies in Biological and Environmental Science ISSN 1456-9701; 264) ISBN 978-951-39-5340-9 (nid.) ISBN 978-951-39-5341-6 (PDF) Yhteenveto: Virtuaaliseulonta; uuden rakennepohjaisen menetelmän kehitys Diss. Computational methods have become an integral part...

This expository paper traces the development of the Newton-Raphson method for solving nonlinear algebraic equations through the extant notes, letters, and publications of Isaac Newton, Joseph Raphson, and Thomas Simpson. It is shown how Newton's formulation differed from the iterative process of Raphson, and that Simpson was the first o give a general formulation, interms of fluxional calculus,...

The method of Quasilinearization which was developed by Bellman and Kalaba covers the situation when the forcing function is either convex or concave. Here, we describe the process of the Quasilinearization method being extended, refined and generalized so as to include forcing functions which are the sum of a convex and concave function. This includes many special cases which are extensions of...