When developing large software products many verbal and written interactions take place. In such interactions the use of abstract and uncertain expressions is considered advantageo...
This paper proposes a novel approach to modeling the diversity in users’ perceptions, based on a mixture of qualitative and quantitative techniques: the Repertory Grid Technique ...
The paper presents the parameter-less implementation of an evolutionary-based search. It does not need any predefined control parameters values, which are usually used for geneti...
In this paper we consider a failure prone, single machine, single part-type, limited inventory, manufacturing system subject to a non-homogeneous Markov failure/repair process wit...
A finite number of rational functions are compatible if they satisfy the compatibility conditions of a first-order linear functional system involving differential, shift and q-...