In this paper a new four-parameter lifetime distribution named “the Exponentiated gompertz-poisson (E-GP) distribution” has been suggested that it has a decreasing, increasing, bathtub-shaped and inverse bathtub-shape for modeling lifetime data. The Exponentiated gompertz-poisson has applications in economics, actuarial modelling,reliability modeling, lifetime and queuing problems and biologica...

the cotton aphid, aphis gossypii glover is a major pest of greenhouse cucumber in the world. in this study, age specific functional response of aphidius matricariae haliday and praon volucre (haliday) were investigated on a. gossypii at 25±1°c, 60±5% rh and a photoperiod of 14 l: 10 d h. the results showed that the functional response of a. matricariae was type iii during 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th and...

a sensor network is made up of a large number of sensors with limited energy. sensors collect environmental data then send them to the sink. energy efficiency and thereby increasing the lifetime of sensor networks is important. direct transfer of the data from each node to the central station will increase energy consumption. previous research has shown that the organization of nodes in cluster...

target coverage is one of the important problems in visual sensor networks. the coverage should be accompanied with an efficient use of energy in order to increase the network lifetime. in this paper, we address the maximum lifetime for visual sensor networks (mlv) problem by maximizing the network lifetime while covering all the targets. for this purpose, we develop a simulated annealing (sa) ...

silicon nanowire (sinw) arrays were produced by electroless method on polycrystalline si substrate, in hf/ agno3 solution. although the monocrystalline silicon wafer is commonly utilized as a perfect substrate, polycrystalline silicon as a low cost substrate was used in this work for photovoltaic applications. in order to study the influence of etching time (which affects the sinws length) on d...