Capillary rise method is widely used for contact angle determination using Washburn equation. Penetration kinetics of porous media comprised from particles of varying size distribution was investigated. It was found that the penetration kinetics and the validation of Washburn’s theory depend not only on the particle size but also on the pore size distribution. The effect of particle size on con...

Online markets play an increasingly important role in facilitating economic transactions. In this paper, we study the link between individual seller pricing behavior and macro-level phenomena in online markets, by employing the notion of population awareness. We develop a model of seller pricing where (i) consumers must first become aware of the seller before they consider adopting the seller’s...

Abstract. A horizontal, on-line penetrometer has been used on several fields in Sweden to measure penetration resistance. The yield on these fields have been mapped and compared to the penetration resistance. In some of the fields, deep loosening has been done on parts of the field in order to be able to study the effects on the yield. Some correlation of higher penetration resistance and lower...

Unavoidable dead-ends are common in many probabilistic planning problems, e.g. when actions may fail or when operating under resource constraints. An important objective in such settings is MaxProb, determining the maximal probability with which the goal can be reached, and a policy achieving that probability. Yet algorithms for MaxProb probabilistic planning are severely underexplored, to the ...

Automated driving technology is emerging. Yet, little is known in the literature about when automated vehicles will reach the market, how penetration rates will evolve and to what extent this new transport technology will affect transport demand and planning. This study uses scenario analysis to identify plausible future development paths of automated vehicles in the Netherlands and to estimate...

This paper discusses the potential and limitations of high-resolution P-band polarimetric synthetic aperture radar (SAR) interferometry (PolInSAR) in underlying topography estimation over forest areas. Time-frequency (TF) analysis in the azimuth direction is utilized to separate the ground scattering contribution from the total PolInSAR signal, without the use of any physical model, because the...

In this modern world, all of the persons are using the facility of internet. SECURITY is one of the major issue of the internet. Everyday highly skilled hackers breach the security and take the advantage of vulnerabilities to access the confidential data. To overcome this problem one solution was suggested named Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing (VAPT). Vulnerability Assessment i...

In this paper, we study the problem of multi-robot perimeter patrol in adversarial environments, under uncertainty. In this problem, the robots patrol around a closed area, where their goal is to patrol in a way that maximizes their chances of detecting an adversary trying to penetrate into the area. Uncertainties may rise in different aspects in this domain, and herein our focus is twofold. Fi...

L-band signal has excellent penetration property to the natural targets, i.e., forest and desert, and thus the SAR interferometry in the forest region is made available. Since the penetration property depends on the polarization, the distributed targets in the Amazon cannot be used for the polarimetric calibration source unless the polarization dependence can be clarified. Use of dense forest f...

Network penetration testing identifies the exploits and vulnerabilities those exist within computer network infrastruc‐ ture and help to confirm the security measures. The objective of this paper is to explain methodology and methos behind penetra‐ tion testing and illustrate remedies over it, which will provide substantial value for network security Penetration testing should model r...