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Procedures for quantitative sensitivity and performance validation studies of a deterministic fire safety model
(1987)
The increasing number of users of fire models demands their validation by a third party team to investigate the reliability of the models with respect to concerns of potential users. Due to insufficient documentation of ...
A systems analytic approach to the construction of social indicators
(1977)
In recent years, a desire for better social information has spurred tremendous interest in the development of a satisfactory means of measuring and monitoring social change by means of social indicators. Despite a large ...
Observed and estimated (ERHYM-II model) water budgets for South Texas rangelands
(1987)
A three-part study was conducted at the La Copita Research Area, 20 km southwest of Alice, in the eastern Rio Grande Plain of Texas. The research tested the hypothesis that honey mesquite-dominated shrub clusters have ...
Finite control volume modeling of the turbulent motion of air in an enclosure
(1987)
The FCVM has been used to solve both open flow problems and turbulent flow problems. The particular problems chosen for consideration were the flow between infinite parallel plates and the buoyant flow in a square enclosure. ...
Optimal preventive repair policy for a semi-Markov deterioration shock model
(1987)
Most maintenance models for stochastically deteriorating systems consider to replace or not to replace as the only two actions that can be taken at any deterioration stage. In this research a preventive repair model that ...
An interaction theory for multi-layered bonded composite beam systems with shear deformation effects
(1987)
An approximate partial interaction theory is presented for the analysis of multi-layered composite beams connected by means of adhesion. The formulation includes the effects of elastic slip, differential deflection, ...
An investigation of the effects of the propeller slipstream on a wing boundary layer
(1987)
The behavior of a wing boundary layer immersed in a propeller slipstream has been studied experimentally in wind tunnel tests and in flight. Airfoil surface static pressure measurements were made for time-averaged effects, ...
The wind-forced response of the Southern Ocean
(1987)
In an analysis of satellite-tracked drifting surface buoys released in the Southern Ocean, buoy velocities are averaged for 90 days. The averaged velocity vectors show circulation that generally agrees with views of the ...
A limited-domain numerical model for long-range tsunami propagation over an ocean of variable depth
(1986)
A limited-domain numerical algorithm with radiational boundary conditions is developed with emphasis on the capability of real-time tsunami prediction. Bottom topography representative of the North West Pacific was employed ...
Industry structure, competitive strategy, and firm-specific intangibles as determinants of business unit performance towards an integrative model
(1994)
Determinants of business performance have been a major focus of research in the disciplines of marketing, strategic management and industrial organization economics during the last two decades. An examination of prior ...