The main objective of this work is to develop an integrated system that is capable of extracting precise information (knowledge) based on any stored information using the techniques of data mining and soft computing. For the purpose of extracting precise information based on some stored...

This paper investigates the multistage hybrid flow shop (HFS) scheduling problems using the new bat algorithm. A HFS is the generalisation of flowshop with multiple machines. HFS is one of the important scheduling problems that represent many industries like iron and steel, chemical, textile and...

The importance of studying public service systems and finding robust solutions to the problems encountered in public service management has increased considerably over the past decade. One of the main objectives is to find acceptable solutions to Public Service Problems (PSPs) within an...

The application of quantitative techniques for the determination of credit worthiness, i.e., the credit scoring, is a major research field for bankers and academics as it can bring about significant savings to finance institutions whilst minimising their exposure to risk. In the current work,...

The importance of studying public service systems and finding robust solutions to the problems encountered in public service management has increased considerably over the past decade. One of the main objectives is to find acceptable solutions to Public Service Problems (PSPs) within an...

Customer profiling is always an interesting task from perspective of business. It became even bigger challenge in situation of complex analytical environment. Complex analytical environment can be caused by multiple modality of output variable as well as from big data environment, which cause...

Emerging research concerns about the authenticated cloud service with high performance of security and assuring trust for distributed clients in a smart city. Cloud services are deployed by the third-party or web-based service providers. Thus, security and trust would be considered for every...