1 Tamer Çatalkaya, Department of Integrated Circuit Design, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany, [email protected] Abstract  As an initiative to produce low-cost / low-time Computer Base Training (CBT) material for the education of Chip Design, we introduce our multimedia reference model and our multimedia lab. The reference model enables the cost efficient production, where t...

This paper compares several methods of analogy-based effort estimation, including the use of adaptation rules as a contributing factor to better estimation accuracy. Two data sets are used in the analysis. Results show that best predictions were obtained for the dataset that presented a continuous “cost” function and was more “unspoiled”.

In this report we tell about our experiences during a project of designing and implementing three different location based games for mobile phones. The overall design principles for this project were: (1) design for device platform with wide penetration; (2) create an architecture that supports different types of games and services, scalability; and (3) aim for cost efficiency and quick applica...

In the near future, there is potential for a tremendous expansion in the number of Earth-orbiting CubeSats, due to reduced cost associated with platform standardization, availability of standardized parts for CubeSats, and reduced launching costs due to improved packaging methods and lower cost launchers. However, software algorithms capable of efficiently coordinating CubeSats have not kept up...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study is to compare the cost and benefit of four different cervical cancer screening strategies involving primary HPV 16/18 genotyping, hrHPV testing alone and cytology for detecting CIN2 +. METHODS Economical analysis using Markov modeling approach to combine the epidemiological data from current population-based study of The National Cancer Institute of Thailand. ...

The ongoing transition from the traditional electrical grid to the digitally interconnected smart grid and the increasing deregulation of electricity markets, allow to envision new types of distributed local energy markets. In order to develop such markets, it is important that energy producers and consumers can access a local energy price. In this project, we define an agent-based real-time lo...

background: helicobacter pylori may cause many gastrointestinal problems in developing countries such as iran. we aimed to analyze the cost- effectiveness and cost- utility of the test-and-treat and empirical treatment strategies in managing helicobacter pylori infection.            methods: this was a markov based economic evaluation. effectiveness was defined as the symptoms free numbers and ...