Purpose: The time-cost trade-off problem addressed by CPM-based analytical approaches, assume unlimited resources and the existence of a continuous time-cost function. However, given the discrete nature of most resources, the activities can often be crashed only stepwise. Activity crashing for...

This article describes how along with the growth of internet technologies, e-commerce activities are growing exponentially. Electronics contracting is a major part of the e-commerce activity. Contracts between the exchanging sides have been adopted as a solution that guarantees the right of...

There is an exponential surge in the number of Wi-Fi enabled devices which has caused an unprecedented overload on cellular and Wi-Fi networks. The two emergent techniques that have made significant difference in the reduction of network traffic surge are opportunistic communication and...

With the growth of internet technologies, e-commerce activities are growing exponentially. It is being used in different IT applications. Electronics contracting is a major part of the e-commerce activity. Contract between the exchanging sides have been adopted as a solution that guarantees the...

"This book examines the recent trends and applications of fractal image analysis and processing such as box-counting analysis, multi-fractal analysis, 3D fractal analysis, chaos theory, texture analysis, color imaging, and pattern recognition"--