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Gulf Arab E-Business Environment: Localization Strategy Insights
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Wiley Subscription Services, Inc.
, 2015 , Article)
The Gulf Arab region, particularly Qatar and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), took significant steps toward adopting e-business and is poised to become a significant online marketplace. The region has a number of vital ...
Power control and group proportional fairness for frequency domain resource allocation in L-SC-FDMA based LTE uplink
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Kluwer Academic Publishers
, 2015 , Article)
Resource allocation in Long Term Evaluation (LTE) uplink is challenging because of two reasons: (1) it requires contiguous resource block allocation and (2) high complexity due to per user based power allocation among ...
Cooperative Q-learning techniques for distributed online power allocation in femtocell networks
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John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
, 2015 , Article)
In this paper, we address the problem of distributed interference management of femtocells that share the same frequency band with macrocells using distributed multi-agent Q-learning. We formulate and solve two problems ...
Optimal Determination of Respiratory Airflow Patterns for a General Multicompartment Lung Mechanics System with Nonlinear Resistance and Compliance Parameters
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American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME)
, 2015 , Article)
In this paper, we develop a framework for determining optimal respiratory airflow patterns for a multicompartment lung mechanics system with nonlinear resistance and compliance parameters. First, a nonlinear multicompartment ...
Handoff-aware cross-layer assisted multi-path TCP for proactive congestion control in mobile heterogeneous wireless networks
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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
, 2015 , Conference Paper)
Multi-Path TCP (MPTCP) is a new evolution of TCP that enables a single MPTCP connection to use multiple TCP subflows transparently to applications. Each subflow runs independently allowing the connection to be maintained ...
MKMSIS: A multi-agent knowledge management system for industrial sustainability
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Springer Verlag
, 2015 , Article)
Industrial Sustainability in most companies face several problems when a firm tries to promote a greener image while focusing on maintaining profitability in a long-term approach. This is a necessary strategic approach, ...
Corporate financial reporting in Qatar: a study of individual investors’ assessment of annual reports
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Inderscience
, 2015 , Article)
In this paper, an attempt is made to investigate a particular group of investors – namely individual investors’ perceptions of corporate annual reports in Qatar. A total of 400 surveys were distributed to individual investors ...
CO2 greenhouse emissions in Oman over the last forty-two years: Review
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Elsevier Ltd
, 2015 , Article Review)
In the Sultanate of Oman, oil and natural gas related activities have the most important shares of the nation's gross domestic product (GDP) and are also the primary cause of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions within the ...
Pharmacists' involvement in and attitudes toward pharmacy practice research: A systematic review of the literature
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Elsevier
, 2015 , Article Review)
Background: The role of pharmacists in health care has evolved toward patient-centered care. Pharmacy practice-based research is essential to the advancement of practice; however, literature addressing attitudes and ...
A three dimensional extended Arlequin method for dynamic fracture
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Elsevier B.V.
, 2015 , Article)
We propose a concurrent multiscale method for fracture coupling two three-dimensional continuum domains. Fracture in both domains is treated by the extended finite element method. The coupling is based on the Arlequin ...