The dual boundary element method is formulated for the analysis of linear elastic cracked plates. The dual boundary integral equations of the method are the displacement and the traction equations. When these equations are simultaneously applied along the crack boundaries, general crack problems can be solved in a single-region formulation, with both crack boundaries discretized with discontinu...

Traditionally, risk assessment consists of evaluating the probability of "feared events", corresponding to known threats and attacks, as well as these events' severity, corresponding to their impact on one or more stakeholders. Assessing risks of cloud-based processes is particularly difficult due to lack of historical data on attacks, which has prevented frequency-based identification...

Quantum correlations are central to the foundations of quantum physics and form basis technologies. Here, our goal is connect computation: using as a resource for computation - vice versa, test correlations. We derive Bell-type inequalities that capacity states computing Boolean functions experimentally investigate them 4-photon Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger (GHZ) states. Further, we show how gen...

Electricity demand is forecasted to double in 2035, and it is vital to address the economicsof electrical energy generation for planning purposes. This study aims to examine the applicability ofGravitational Search Algorithm (GSA) and the newly improved GSA (IGSA) for optimization of themixed-integer non-linear electricity generation expansion planning (GEP) problem. The performanceindex of GEP...

Introduction: Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (fNIRS) is an imaging method in which light source and detector are installed on the head; consequently, re-emission of light from human skin contains information about cerebral hemodynamic alteration. The spatial probability distribution profile of photons penetrating tissue at a source spot, scattering into the tissue, and being released at ...

Rigorous mathematical modeling of adsorption processes in packed beds involves time-consuming computations which are considered as the fundamental weakness of such thorough mathematical models. Thus, reducing the computation time was a key factor in improving adsorption mathematical models. In order to achieve this goal, an attempt was made to know how much using different numerical methods inf...

beneficial management practices (bmps) are important measures for reducing agricultural non-point source (nps) pollution. however, selection of bmps for placement in a watershed requires optimizing available resources to maximize possible water quality benefits. due to its iterative nature, the optimization typically takes a long time to achieve the bmp trade-off results which is not desirable ...

In this article, a new numerical method based on triangular functions for solving  nonlinear stochastic differential equations is presented. For this, the stochastic operational matrix of triangular functions for It^{o} integral are determined. Computation of presented method is very simple and attractive. In addition, convergence analysis and numerical examples that illustrate accuracy and eff...

 Abstract: In this paper homotopy perturbation is applied to system of linear Fredholm integral equations of the first kind .For these systems, degenerate kernels are considered and in order to avoid successive integrations ,an easy matrix computation is derived for approximating the solution of the problem.