Search results for "Simulation"

Geo-visual analytics for urban design in the context of future Internet

2009

The internet, where much of the information has reference to location, together with the latest generation of geographical web services, represent a very large information space that can be used for planning and design. The wealth of information accessible, which requires new forms of interaction and management of the data available, has brought in recent year to the growth of the domain of visual analytics. In addition, the availability of 3D geobrowsers provides the technological means for interactive 3D environments which can be used to access large-scale geographical information. This technological scenario is paving the way to 3D web-based, geo-visual analytics tools for land planning …

Simulation-Based Performance Study of e-Commerce Web Server System – Results for FIFO Scheduling

2013

The chapter concerns the issue of overloaded Web server performance evaluation using a simulation-based approach. We focus on a Business-to-Consumer (B2C) environment and consider server performance both from the perspective of computer system efficiency and e-business profitability. Results of simulation experiments for the Web server system under First-In-First-Out (FIFO) scheduling are discussed. Much attention has been paid to the analysis of the impact of a limited server system capacity on business-related performance metrics.

Modeling a non-stationary bots’ arrival process at an e-commerce Web site

2017

Abstract The paper concerns the issue of modeling and generating a representative Web workload for Web server performance evaluation through simulation experiments. Web traffic analysis has been done from two decades, usually based on Web server log data. However, while the character of the overall Web traffic has been extensively studied and modeled, relatively few studies have been devoted to the analysis of Web traffic generated by Internet robots (Web bots). Moreover, the overwhelming majority of studies concern the traffic on non e-commerce websites. In this paper we address the problem of modeling a realistic arrival process of bots’ requests on an e-commerce Web server. Based on real…

Expected principal stress directions under multiaxial random loading. Part I: theoretical aspects of the weight function method

1999

As has been observed experimentally by many authors, the position of the fatigue fracture plane appears to strongly depend on the directions of the principal stresses or strains. In Part I of the present work the expected principal stress directions under multiaxial random loading are theoretically obtained by averaging the instantaneous values of the three Euler angles through some suitable weight functions which are assumed to take into account the main factors influencing fatigue behaviour. Then, in Part II, it is examined how such theoretical principal directions determined by applying the proposed procedure are correlated to the position of the experimental fracture plane for some fati…

Two ways to handle dependent uncertainties in multi-criteria decision problems☆

2009

Abstract We consider multi-criteria group decision-making problems, where the decision makers (DMs) want to identify their most preferred alternative(s) based on uncertain or inaccurate criteria measurements. In many real-life problems the uncertainties may be dependent. In this paper, we focus on multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) problems where the criteria and their uncertainties are computed using a stochastic simulation model. The model is based on decision variables and stochastic parameters with given distributions. The simulation model determines for the criteria a joint probability distribution, which quantifies the uncertainties and their dependencies. We present and compare two…

Revista complutense de educación

2015

The incorporation of the European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) will pay off soon with the release of the first labor market new-plan graduates. In this study an initial assessment of the results is done by analyzing whether the curriculum (new-plan degree or old-plan degree) and the use of new teaching methodologies have led to significant differences in academic performance or if, on the contrary, they did not. These results suggest that this performance is higher for old-plan graduates, and also for those who have benefited from a new pedagogical tool (students from both the old and new plan). Data used corresponds to that from two different classes, one of them from an old-plan double d…

On the discrete linear ill‐posed problems

1999

An inverse problem of photo‐acoustic spectroscopy of semiconductors is investigated. The main problem is formulated as the integral equation of the first kind. Two different regularization methods are applied, the algorithms for defining regularization parameters are given. Diskrečiųjų blogai sąlygotų uždavinių klausimu Santrauka Darbe nagrinejamas foto‐akustines spektroskopijos puslaidininkiuose uždavinys, kuriame i vertinami nešeju difuzijos ir rekombinacijos procesai. Reikia atstatyti šaltinio funkcija f(x), jei žinoma antrosios eiles difuzijos lygtis ir atitinkamos kraštines salygos. Naudojantis matavimu, atliktu ivairiuose dažniuose, rezultatais sprendžiamas atvirkštinis uždavinys, kel…

Handover performance in IEEE 802.16 mobile networks

2009

Alternative Energy Policy for Mitigating the Asynchrony of the Wind-Power Industry’s Supply Chain in Brazil

2018

High dependency on hydroelectricity has revealed drawbacks in the security of power supplies as a consequence of the climate variability in South America. Under these conditions, Brazil is starting to consider alternative renewable sources for energy production, seeking to avoid periods of scarcity while also promoting clean technologies in its electricity market. Since 2004, wind power has shown a significant rise in terms of installed capacity in this country. Despite increases in wind-power units, Brazil suffers from delays in setting up its transmission infrastructure, which affects the performance of the wind-power supply chain. This chapter presents a simulation model that helps asses…

Games and Bisimulations for Intuitionistic First-Order Kripke Models

2021

The aim of this paper is to introduce the notion of a game for intuitionisticfirst-order Kripke models. We also establish links between notions presented here and thenotions of logical equivalence and bounded bisimulation for intuitionistic first-order Kripkemodels, and the Ehrenfeucht–Fra ̈ıss ́e game for classical first-order structures.