This paper examines some aspects of Patterns and Pattern languages that make them especially well suited for the capture and transfer of design knowledge. Three particular roles for the use of these representations are then identified and illustrated: 1) the capture and sharing of local expertise, within situated communities of designers; 2) the sharing of design knowledge between designers in ...

Transportation ridesharing network modeling tool, abbreviated as TransRNM, provides a framework to predict the flow and demand pattern of urban transportation networks with services, referred network. The prediction traffic travel in context is vital for modern planning management. TransRNM flexible interface define networks, any specific multiple structures, costs, choice behaviors, elasticity...

New cumulative effects in laser-induced birefringence have been observed under 10Hz-pulse-repetition-rate, nanosecond-duration laser irradiation of azo-dye-doped planarnematic liquid crystal layers at incident intensities I ∼ 1–10 MW/cm2. An irradiation geometry with the incident polarization parallel to the nematic director was used. This geometry does not permit a first-order electric field i...

We present a new approach to facilitate the application of the optimal transport metric to pattern recognition on image databases. The method is based on a linearized version of the optimal transport metric, which provides a linear embedding for the images. Hence, it enables shape and appearance modeling using linear geometric analysis techniques in the embedded space. In contrast to previous w...

The aim of this study was to determine the effects of 8 h of road transportation on physiological responses and meat quality traits of sheep at 6, 12, and 24 mo of age. Seventy-two male sheep were equally divided into transported (TRANS) and nontransported (CON) treatments (n = 36), and each treatment was subdivided into 3 groups by age (n = 12). Sheep in CON groups were weighed, blood sampled,...

The systematic study of large-scale networks has unveiled the ubiquitous presence of connectivity patterns characterized by large scale heterogeneities and unbounded statistical fluctuations. These features affect dramatically the behavior of the diffusion processes occurring on networks, determining the ensuing statistical properties of their evolution pattern and dynamics. In this paper, we i...

today each city due to natural limitations, facilities and planning policies has different growth pattern which according to its spread, has different consequences and results. although there is a wide range of urban growth patterns, but the important thing is not diversity and number of models but is the absence of rules and methods of transition from one to another pattern (form). so this art...

A transportation network is a complex system that exhibits the properties of self-organization and emergence. Previous research in dynamics related to transportation networks focuses on traffic assignment or traffic management. This research concentrates on the dynamics of the orientation of major roads in a network and abstractly models these dynamics to understand the basic properties of tran...