Transpn Res.-A‚ Vol. 32‚ No. 4‚ pp. 261±269‚ 1998 # 1998 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved Printed in Great Britain 0965-8564/98 $19.00+0.00 Pergamon PII: S0965-8564(97)00013-X 12 3 ASSESSING THE RELATIVE EFFICIENCY OF AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGIES: AN APPLICATION OF DATA ENVELOPMENT ANALYSIS MILO W. PECK‚ JR. Department of Accounting‚ Fair®eld University‚ Fair®eld‚ CT 06430‚ U.S.A. CARL A. SCHERAGA* Department of Management‚ Fair®eld University‚ Fair®eld‚ CT 06430
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Introduction background Air traffic controller is a profession that are trained to expedite and maintain a safe and orderly flow in global air traffic control system. Means‚ the ATC are very important in conduct the air traffic so that there are no conflict occurs. A conflict situation occurs when two or more aircraft are too close to each other‚ violating the horizontal and vertical to separation distance of 5 nautical miles(NM) and 1000 feet in the current ATM standards. This profession need
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Cost Benefits Analysis of Test Automation Douglas Hoffman‚ BACS‚ MSEE‚ MBA‚ CSQE Software Quality Methods‚ LLC. 24646 Heather Heights Place Saratoga‚ California 95070-9710 Phone 408-741-4830 Fax 408-867-4550 doug.hoffman@acm.org Keywords: Automated Testing‚ Automation Tools‚ Cost of Testing‚ Intangible Costs‚ Return on Investment‚ Tangible Costs Introduction Many managers today expect software test automation to be a silver bullet; killing the problems of test scheduling‚ the costs of testing
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Software Maintenance and Change Control Computer Concepts December 13‚ 2004 Software Maintenance and Change Control In today ’s world there is very unusual to have a program developed that will not have further development after release. The requirements of the time that we live are very dynamic and there is a need for constant adaptation. A basic requirement for any new software product is to be adaptable‚ easy to maintain and modify. Time factor and cost factor are ruling in the agitated
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Performance-Enhancing Drugs‚ various substances‚ chemical agents‚ or procedures designed to provide an advantage in athletic performance. Performance-enhancing drugs affect the body in different ways‚ such as enlarging muscles or increasing the blood’s oxygen-carrying capacity. Despite these apparent benefits‚ the use of such drugs is considered both competitively unethical and medically dangerous. Most performance-enhancing drugs are outlawed by organizations that govern major amateur and professional
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Organizational Review of Plant Automation Group It is intended that this organizational review‚ will provide the Districts with a better understanding of the changing process computer hardware and software support needs. Also to review the department location for the Plant Automation Group (Group)‚ and develop recommendations on the proposed reporting relationships. ¨ Review the background information. ¨ Identify the primary and secondary functions of the Plant Automation Group ¨ Review possible location
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Maintenance Rehearsal •Relies on the conscious recitation of information in a rote fashion‚ so that it can be kept in short-term memory for longer than the usual maximum duration of approx twenty secs. •EG: Repeating info over and over in one’s head. Maintenance rehearsal is easily affected by distraction from our STM. •Another drawback is that when info is continually renewed in STM through rehearsal process‚ the amount of new info that can enter is restricted because of the limited
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these are and the role they play. Colm Prendergast‚ director of IoT Technology‚ Analog Devices speaks with Dilin Anand from EFY. What are the key concepts driving efficiency in connected automation systems? It is the services space that enables efficiency in the system. If it is a proactive maintenance system that you are setting up‚ you need to be able to gain information from the data collected and use that to change the behaviour in the real world. This gives rise to the idea of feedback data
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too far off in the future. Designing babies using genetic enhancement is an issue that is gaining more and more attention in the news. This controversial issue‚ once thought to be only possible in the realm of science-fiction‚ is causing people to discuss the moral issues surrounding genetic enhancement and germ line engineering. Though genetic research can prove beneficial to learning how to prevent hereditary diseases‚ the genetic enhancement of human embryos is unethical when used to create "designer
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Performance Enhancement Drugs in Sports Taresha Bryant COM 112 Effective Persuasive Writing Professor Kenneth Leon July 28‚ 2007 Performance Enhancement Drugs In Sports Athletic competition has been a part of our society since the beginning of time. We were born with the competitive gene; the desire to be better than the next man. Sports events give athletes the opportunity to prove‚ they are better than their competitor. This is good because it shows courage and determination; on
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