This paper stresses the difficulties practising engineers are facing in order to keep pace with the continuously evolving knowledge on structural dynamics, and suggests possible ways to make this knowledge accessible ...
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This paper stresses the difficulties practising engineers are facing in order to keep pace with the continuously evolving knowledge on structural dynamics, and suggests possible ways to make this knowledge accessible to them towards implementation. in the practice of structural design.
This study aims to investigate to what extent the views of the managers of the enterprises to be privatized are a barrier to smooth implementation of privatization as opposed to other problems. Accordingly, the resear...
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This study aims to investigate to what extent the views of the managers of the enterprises to be privatized are a barrier to smooth implementation of privatization as opposed to other problems. Accordingly, the research tackles two main issues: Identification and analysis of the major problems encountered in the implementation of the Egyptian privatization programme and at which level these problems exist while proposing different approaches to tackle them; and views of public sector top and middle-level managers regarding the main issues of privatization. The study relies upon a literature survey, interviews with stakeholders, a survey of managers' attitudes and several illustrative case studies. A model of "good practice" for the smooth and effective implementation of privatization has been designed. Practice in Egypt has then been studied and compared with the "good practice" model. Lack of strictness and firmness in implementing the announced privatization programme has been found to be a characteristic of Egyptian practice. This is partly attributable to the inadequacy of the programme and partly to the different obstacles to implementation. The main obstacles are doubtful desirability of privatization on the part of the managers at different implementation levels, resistance of stakeholders, in adequately of the legal framework governing privatization, redundant labour, lack of an efficient monitoring system allowing for accountability, inefficient marketing of privatization, ineffective communication, insufficient information at different levels and problems related to valuation and selling procedures. A large part of the thesis is concerned with SOE (State Owned Enterprise) managers' attitudes on and understanding of the privatization (appraised through surveys). Although most managers have stated their acceptance of privatization, many of their responses show that they do not accept selling SOEs. They understand privatization to include enterprise reform an
The classical genetic algorithm and main problems, which originate on its implementation, are considered. Modification of the mentioned algorithm, which changes the way of formation of new pairs of descendants on the ...
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The classical genetic algorithm and main problems, which originate on its implementation, are considered. Modification of the mentioned algorithm, which changes the way of formation of new pairs of descendants on the basis of the mechanism of biological apoptosis, is suggested. The notion of population saturation is introduced and it is suggested to use threshold of saturation for perfection of algorithm operation. We adduce the results of experimental investigations, which confirm efficiency of the suggested modifications on determination of extremums of multimodal functions.
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