Given the concept of reliability-based design (RBD) and the growing risk management trend in geotechnical engineering, proper understanding and quantification of uncertainties are very important. The complexity of methods and a large volume of calculations of probabilistic design methods are the most critical reasons for civil engineers not to be comfortable using these approaches. In this rese...

genetic diversity is essential in the implementation of breeding programs. in order to determine genetic diversity, factor analysis and heritability of yield and some morphological traits, 20 strawberry cultivars were studied at the agricultural station of kurdistan research center using a randomized complete block design with three replications. morphological characteristics such as number of ...

the seasonal and diurnal variations in the incidence of hypertension, cerebrovascular accident, coronary heart disease were well documented, but the relation between season and daytime on the onset of aneurysmal subarachnoid hemorrhage (asah) was a subject of controversy. in the present study we aimed to evaluate the role of season of year and diurnal changes on the onset of asah. the time was ...

This paper introduces a new paradigm for minimax game-tree search algorithms. MT is a memory-enhanced version of Pearl’s Testprocedure. By changing the way MT is called, a number of best-first game-tree search algorithms can be simply and elegantly constructed (including SSS*). Most of the assessments of minimax search algorithms have been based on simulations. However, these simulations genera...

This paper introduces a new paradigm for minimax game-tree search algorithms. MT is a memory-enhanced version of Pearl’s Testprocedure. By changing the way MT is called, a number of best-first game-tree search algorithms can be simply and elegantly constructed (including SSS*). Most of the assessments of minimax search algorithms have been based on simulations. However, these simulations genera...