Article history: Received 9 August 2015 Accepted 22 September 2015 Submitted by R. Brualdi MSC: 05C50 05C75 05C82

studies of genetic diversity of plant populations are very important tools for plant breeders. in this study, 110 rice genotypes, including 39 iranian local, 20 iranian improved and 51 foreign improved varieties were studied for 14 agronomic traits in the the rectangular lattice design at the rice research institute of iran (rasht). the analysis of variance showed that there were significant di...

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In this paper we develop a method for clustering all types of belief functions, in particular nonconsonant belief functions. Such clustering is done when the belief functions concern multiple events, and all belief functions are mixed up. Clustering is performed by decomposing all belief functions into simple support and inverse simple support functions that are clustered based on their pairwis...

We analyze criminal careers through crime nature, frequency, duration and severity. We propose a tool that yields a visual clustering of these criminal careers, enabling the identification of classes of criminals.