We consider a broadcast model involving multiple transmitters and receivers. Transmission is performed in rounds, where in each round any transmitter is allowed to broadcast a single message, and each receiver can receive only a single broadcast message, determined by a priority permutation over the transmitters. The message received by receiver R in a given transmission round is the one sent b...

A decade of research reveals the benefits of positive emotions for mental and physical health; however, recent empirical work suggests the explicit pursuit of happiness may backfire. The present study hypothesized that the pursuit of happiness is not inherently self-defeating; in particular, individuals who seek positivity, as exemplified by how they make decisions about how to organize their d...

Product managers in software companies are confronted with a continuous stream of incoming requirements. Due to limited resources they have to make a selection of those that can be implemented. However, few prioritization techniques are suitable for prioritizing larger numbers of requirements. Binary Priority List (BPL) is a binary search based technique for prioritizing requirements. Academics...

In the article “Prioritizing Positivity: An Effective Approach to Pursuing Happiness?” by Lahnna I. Catalino, Sara B. Algoe, and Barbara L. Fredrickson (Emotion, 2014, Vol. 14, No. 6, pp. 1155– 1161. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/a0038029), there was an error in the first paragraph of the Materials subsection, “Prioritizing positivity.” from the Method section. The first paragraph, the 11th line sh...

background & objectives: regional planning requires identification of the development status of regions relative to each other. one of the indicators of development is health indicator that describes utilization of health services in the society. the purpose of this study is to analyze health indicators status in ardabil province and prioritize them for future planning. methods: based on practi...