Here, we examine the capability of artificial neural networks (ANNs) in sensitivity analysis of the parameters of efficiency analysis model, namely data envelopment analysis (DEA). We are mainly interested to observe the required change of a group of parameters when another group goes under a managerial change, maintaining the score of the efficiency. In other words, this methodology provides a...

In a dynamic environment such as a supply chain, even basic supplier-customer systems with structurally simple information and material flow formations have a tendency to exhibit operational complexity. The operational complexity of supplier-customer systems is associated with the uncertainty of information and material flows within and across organizations. Operational complexity or dynamic co...

DQ Herculis was the Summer 1997 WET northernhemisphere primary target. The O − C phase diagram of the 71-s signal reveals out-of-eclipse phase variations resulting from the self eclipses of a nearly edge-on, non-axisymmetric disc. We work the forward problem of simulating DQ Herculis numerically using the method of smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH), and from the time-averaged structure calc...

This paper addresses the problem of designing decentralized robust power system stabilisers for interconnected power systems by considering effects of parameter variations and interconnections from other generators. To make the controller robust against parameter variations around an operating point, variations in system parameters due to the load change are translated to the uncertainty framew...

the collapse of the soviet :union: had unpredicted effects on its neighboring regions such as central asia. these conditions provided a situation for the powers such as united states and russia to have a greater influence on central asia, and also to fill the absence of the power found by the collapse of soviet :union:. after september 11, 2001, united states of america, following the strategy ...

This paper evaluates the solution effects of different Rayleigh-Plesset models (R-P) for simulating the growth/collapse dynamics and thermal behaviour of homogeneous gas bubbles. The flow inputs used for the discrete cavitation bubble calculations are obtained from Reynolds-averaged Navier-Stokes simulations (RANS), performed in high-pressure nozzle holes. Parametric 1-D results are presented f...

The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a serious worldwide disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection. Recent research has pointed out that the G protein-coupled chemokine receptor CXCR4 and the coreceptor C-C chemokine receptor type 5 (CCR5) are important targets for HIV infection. The traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) database has been screened for candidate...

Recently, an important topic of the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) had been published in 2013. In this report, the expression of the IFN-induced myxovirus resistance 2 (MX2) had been defined the function to kill the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The screening from the Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) database by simulating molecular docking and molecular dynamics could select...

Human balance recovery from external disturbances is a complex process, and simulating it remains an open challenge. In particular, there still is a need for a comprehensive numerical tool capable of predicting the outcome of a balance perturbation, including in particular the three elementary recovery strategies: ankle, hip and stepping with variable step duration. In order to fill this gap we...

Human immunodeficiency virus causes the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) and becomes a serious world-wide problem because of this disease's rapid propagation and incurability. Integrase strand transfer inhibitors (INSTIs) supports HIV have rapid drug resistance for antitreatment. Screening the traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) database by simulating molecular docking and molecular dyn...