Experimenters have come to a realization that a design can perform very well in terms of a particular statistical characteristic and still perform poorly in terms of a rival characteristic. Due to this studies have narrowed down to the area of optimality criteria. Some of these c...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2017/34288
This paper explores the history and properties of the Gamma function with some analytical applications. Specifically, the Gamma function is employed to prove the legitimacy of the Standard Normal Distribution and for evaluation of some integrals involving the Laplace and Fourier...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMCS/2017/34779
Dengue disease is a mosquito-borne infectious tropical disease caused by the dengue viruses of four serotypes, DEN 1 - DEN 4. It is transmitted between people by the bite of female adult Aedes mosquitoes. In the present work, we study a vector host epidemic model of dengue diseas...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMCS/2017/33955
In this paper, we compare the performances of several models for fitting over-dispersed binary data. The distribution models considered in this study include the binomial (BN), the beta- binomial (BB), the multiplicative binomial (MBM), the Com-Poisson binomial (CPB) and the doub...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMCS/2017/33475
Effects of radiation and chemical reaction on MHD unsteady heat and mass transfer of Casson fluid flow past a vertical plate has been studied in this paper. The model equations are transformed into non-dimensional form by the as usual mathematical technique of transformation and...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMCS/2017/34292
Aims/Objectives: To design a calendar component for scheduling activities which reduces the space required for representation. Design a Gantt chart with hierarchical activities which gives better visualization and understanding. Study Design: Cross-sectional study. Place and Dura...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMCS/2017/34711
This paper describes the software requirements prioritization task and provides a systematic approach to determine what needs to be included in the next release of a software product. Minimizing the total cost of adding a new feature in the next release and maximizing overall cus...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMCS/2017/34622
This paper is devoted to prove Freidlin & Wentzell estimations for diffusion processes with reflecting boundary using a modification of Azencott’s method in Besov-Orlicz space defined by the Young function M2(x) = exp(x2) − 1.
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Research Article10.9734/JAMCS/2017/34443
A non-overlapping domain decomposition method (DDM) is described to solve optimal boundary control problems governed by wave equations with absorbing boundary condition. The whole domain is divided into non-overlapping subdomains, and the global optimal boundary control problem i...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMCS/2017/34336
A discrete semi-Markov risk model with dividends and stochastic premiums is investigated. We derive recursive equations for the expected penalty function by using the technique of probability generating function. Finally, a numerical example is given to illustrate the applicabili...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMCS/2017/34678
This paper is devoted to compare the E-Bayesian and hierarchical Bayesian estimations of the scale parameter corresponding to the inverse Weibull distribution based on dual generalized order statistics. The E-Bayesian and hierarchical Bayesian estimates are obtained under balance...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMCS/2017/34540
Biomedical laboratories often use different cell types in the same assay or the same cell type in different assays. One cell type can become contaminated by another, or cells can be mis-identified, giving poor results. Addressing these issues by DNA analyses can be time-consuming...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMCS/2017/34357
Sakaguchi proved that the class of Weyl metrics belong to the class of generalized Douglas–Weyl metric. Then, Matsumoto studied Weyl–Kropina metric. Recently, Yoshikawa and Okubo obtained the conditions for a Kropina space to be of constant curvature by improving the characteriza...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMCS/2017/34386
An independent hybrid block Simpson’s methods with a very closely accurate members of order p=q+2 as a block was formulated. This was obtained through increasing the number k in the multi-step collocation (MC). Maple software was used to facilitate the derivation of the k-step co...
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Research Article10.9734/JAMCS/2017/34225
This paper deals with one of the most prominent problems in industrial prognostics, namely the estimation of the Remaining Useful Life (RUL) of the most popular industrial battery, viz., the lithium-ion battery. The paper presents a state-space model of the battery, and then esti...
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Research Article10.9734/BJMCS/2017/34222