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Invictus: Nigredo & Calcinatio, Christian Soares Deoliveira Jan 2024

Invictus: Nigredo & Calcinatio, Christian Soares Deoliveira

Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2020 - Present

Invictus is a narrative virtual reality (VR) game which makes use of 16th century alchemical concepts on becoming spiritually whole. As an alchemist, the player begins their first steps in achieving The Great Work – a state of perfect being; synonymous with creating The Philosopher’s Stone. To begin, players embark into a stage called Nigredo, where the many is transmuted into one through the processes of alchemical Fire – calcination – as a method of purification. Players begin in an alchemical laboratory, learning about and preparing the first stage and process. To experience being transmuted by the power of Fire, …

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Is Airbnb Impacting Home Prices? Evidence From Fort Lauderdale, Michael Thayer Jan 2024

Is Airbnb Impacting Home Prices? Evidence From Fort Lauderdale, Michael Thayer

Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2020 - Present

Airbnb has attracted significant attention from municipal governments due to its potential to influence housing affordability. This paper assesses the role of Airbnb concentration on home prices in Fort Lauderdale from October 2021 to December 2022 using a first difference fixed effect model and data scraped from the Airbnb website via InsideAirbnb. The results from the model suggest higher Airbnb concentration leads to higher home prices. For a home priced between the 35th and 65th percentile, an additional one percentage point of Airbnb concentration causes prices to increase by 3.2 percent.

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Exploring The Relationship Between Amazon Badges And Star Ratings In Online Reviews, Trish Tran Jan 2024

Exploring The Relationship Between Amazon Badges And Star Ratings In Online Reviews, Trish Tran

Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2020 - Present

This thesis investigates the relationship between three Amazon badges (Vine Voice, Vine Customer of a Free Product, and Verified Purchase) and the star ratings. The status and incentives associated with badges pose a concern of credibility in online reviews. This thesis examines whether the Vine Voice badge and Vine Review of a Free Product badge are more likely to have higher star ratings, and whether the Verified Purchase badge is more likely to have lower star ratings. Amazon reviews on two different battery products were manually collected and parsed to extract variables relevant to the research question. An ordinal logistic …

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Could Solar Energy Be Our Future? Literary Analysis, Tyler Martin Jan 2024

Could Solar Energy Be Our Future? Literary Analysis, Tyler Martin

Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2020 - Present

As energy consumption increases, the need for an efficient, cheap-to-make, and low-maintenance power converter is increasingly sought after. Solar energy has the potential to fill all these requirements as it is not only the most abundant source of energy on the planet, but the devices themselves require little to no cost post-installation. Solar cells convert photon particles into flowing current, producing voltage by merely remaining stationary, something that fossil fuel production cannot achieve. The efficiency of these devices has drastically improved over the last 30 years, jumping from less than 10% to nearly 30%, and with some of the practices …

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The Effect Of Retirees On Palm Beach County Home Pricing, Randolph Tubbs Jan 2024

The Effect Of Retirees On Palm Beach County Home Pricing, Randolph Tubbs

Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2020 - Present

Florida continues to be a major retirement destination. With a large and growing population of retirees, their effect on real estate prices becomes measurable. Using an ordinary least squares regression analysis, I assess the effect retirees have on home prices in Palm Beach County, Florida. I claim that, in contrast to existing literature, retirees are bidding up the prices on select properties within Palm Beach County. This paper will also determine the amount that retirees increase these properties by.

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Integrating Field Observations With Genetic Data: A Study Of Fungal Diversity With Inaturalist And Dna Barcoding, Anthony Ward Jan 2024

Integrating Field Observations With Genetic Data: A Study Of Fungal Diversity With Inaturalist And Dna Barcoding, Anthony Ward

Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2020 - Present

The purpose of this thesis is to highlight the underrepresentation of South Florida in the field of mycology. Upon reviewing samples and comparing them to their closest genetic match, it is safe to conclude that there are a significant number of samples with either unidentified or unknown species. Of the samples observed and recorded, a surprising 17 of 39 or 43.5% have only been identified as far as the Genus. These findings indicate a necessity for further research beyond the Genus to produce results that are more accurately representative of the fungal diversity in South Florida.

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From Fast Fashion To Slow Fashion, Grace Xiong Jan 2024

From Fast Fashion To Slow Fashion, Grace Xiong

Harriet L Wilkes Honors College Theses 2020 - Present

Fast fashion is an industry that capitalizes on the ever quick and changing fashion trends of our society. To keep up with the demand, many fast fashion corporations find themselves adopting certain practices that have generated a significant amount of environmental and social concerns. However, in a society that endorses the constant grooming of oneself into an image that fits the look of a particular group, corporations are not willing to let this opportunity for great profit go to waste. This paper will first examine the effects of the fashion industry on the environment in general, analyze the ideas of …

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Everyday Places To Get Away – Lessons Learned From Covid-19 Lockdowns, B. Gatersleben, Emma V. White, K.J. Wyles, S.E. Golding, G. Murrell, C. Scarles, T. Xu, B.F.T. Brockett, C. Willis Jan 2024

Everyday Places To Get Away – Lessons Learned From Covid-19 Lockdowns, B. Gatersleben, Emma V. White, K.J. Wyles, S.E. Golding, G. Murrell, C. Scarles, T. Xu, B.F.T. Brockett, C. Willis

School of Psychology

Being able to get away from everyday stressors and demands, even if close to home and just for a few minutes, is important for wellbeing. During the Covid-19 lockdown periods, people's ability to get away changed significantly. An increase in visits to nearby natural places is well documented. Little is known about other types of places people visited to get away. An online UK survey was conducted in 2020 (N = 850) investigating what places people visited to get away during the pandemic, what they did in those places, how place and activity choices were related to each other and …

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Editorial: Learning From Management Education Researchers, Neil Marriott, Vanessa Ratten, David Higgins, Jonathan Lean, Paul Jones, Meredith Tharapos, Mohamed Yacine Haddoud Jan 2024

Editorial: Learning From Management Education Researchers, Neil Marriott, Vanessa Ratten, David Higgins, Jonathan Lean, Paul Jones, Meredith Tharapos, Mohamed Yacine Haddoud

Plymouth Business School

Management education is a topic of critical economic and social importance due to the way it influences employment trends and educational practices. The aim of this editorial is to learn from management education researchers about their wisdom, tips and suggestions about how and why to publish in management education journals. The strengths and weakness of the management education field are discussed to understand new and emerging research trends. This helps to inform practice about management education as well as identifying potential areas of research that link to developing societal issues.

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An Educator's Guide To Frida Kahlo's (Self) Representations, Latin American And Iberian Institute Jan 2024

An Educator's Guide To Frida Kahlo's (Self) Representations, Latin American And Iberian Institute

K-12 Lesson Plans

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Analyzing Imprecise Data From Wireless Temperature Sensor, Usama Afzal, Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Ahmed Shehzad, Florentin Smarandache Jan 2024

Analyzing Imprecise Data From Wireless Temperature Sensor, Usama Afzal, Muhammad Aslam, Muhammad Ahmed Shehzad, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

Various sensors play an important role in the monitoring and development of robotic technology. We present a contemporary statistical analysis method for evaluating datasets generated by robotic systems. Specifically, this data set originates from the physical structure of the robot and is acquired by a wireless temperature sensor. The data collection process spans a temporal period of 1 to 10 hours during the operational period of the robot. The collected data is subjected to a rigorous analysis using neutrosophic methodology. To facilitate this, a modern neutrosophic formula has been devised, drawing on definitions established within the field. To benchmark the …

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Ncmpy: A Modelling Software For Neutrosophic Cognitive Maps Based On Python Package, Ilanthenral Kandasamy, Divakar Arumugam, Aryan Rathore, Ateeth Arun, Manan Jain, Vasantha Kandasamy, Florentin Smarandache Jan 2024

Ncmpy: A Modelling Software For Neutrosophic Cognitive Maps Based On Python Package, Ilanthenral Kandasamy, Divakar Arumugam, Aryan Rathore, Ateeth Arun, Manan Jain, Vasantha Kandasamy, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

Cognitive Maps are a vital tool that can be used for knowledge representation and reasoning. Fuzzy Cognitive Maps (FCMs) are popular soft computing techniques used to model large and complex systems, and they can aid in explainable AI. FCMs, however, cannot model the indeterminacy that arises in a system due to various uncertainties. Neutrosophic Cognitive Maps (NCMs), upgraded FCMs that could model indeterminacy, was introduced to address this issue. NCMs are a generalization of FCMs, a field of cognitive science firmly based on neural networks. NCMs have been used to solve a wide range of problems. NCMs were introduced in …

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Finding A Basic Feasible Solution For Neutrosophic Linear Programming Models: Case Studies, Analysis, And Improvements, Maissam Ahmad Jdid, Florentin Smarandache Jan 2024

Finding A Basic Feasible Solution For Neutrosophic Linear Programming Models: Case Studies, Analysis, And Improvements, Maissam Ahmad Jdid, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

Since the inception of operations research, linear programming has received the attention of researchers in this field due to the many areas of its use. The focus was on the methods used to find the optimal solution for linear models. The direct simplex method, with its three basic stages, begins by writing the linear model in standard form and then finding a basic solution that is improved according to the simplex steps until We get the optimal solution, but we encounter many linear models that do not give us a basic solution after we put it in a standard form, …

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A Decision-Making Approach Incorporating Todim Method And Sine Entropy In Q-Rung Picture Fuzzy Set Setting, Büşra Aydoğan, Murat Olgun, Florentin Smarandache, Mehmet Unver Jan 2024

A Decision-Making Approach Incorporating Todim Method And Sine Entropy In Q-Rung Picture Fuzzy Set Setting, Büşra Aydoğan, Murat Olgun, Florentin Smarandache, Mehmet Unver

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

In this study, we propose a new approach based on fuzzy TODIM (Portuguese acronym for interactive and multicriteria decision-making) for decision-making problems in uncertain environments. Our method incorporates group utility and individual regret, which are often ignored in traditional multicriteria decision-making (MCDM) methods. To enhance the analysis and application of fuzzy sets in decision-making processes, we introduce novel entropy and distance measures for q-rung picture fuzzy sets. These measures include an entropy measure based on the sine function and a distance measure derived from the Jensen-Shannon divergence. In our methodology, incorporating the sine function into the entropy measure stands out …

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Super Hiper Funcion Y Super Hiper Estructura Y Sus Correspondientes Super Hiper Funcion Neutrosofica Y Super Hiper Estructura Neutrosofica, Florentin Smarandache Jan 2024

Super Hiper Funcion Y Super Hiper Estructura Y Sus Correspondientes Super Hiper Funcion Neutrosofica Y Super Hiper Estructura Neutrosofica, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

El n-ésimo Conjunto Potencia de un Conjunto {o Pn(S)} describe mejor nuestro mundo real, porque un sistema S (que puede ser una empresa, institución, asociación, país, sociedad, conjunto de objetos/plantas/animales/seres, conjunto de conceptos/ideas/proposiciones, etc.) está formado por subsistemas, que a su vez están formados por sub-subsistemas, y así sucesivamente. Demostramos que la Super Hiper Función es una generalización de la Función clásica, Super Función y la Hiper Función. Y el Super Hiper Álgebra, Super Hiper Gráfico son parte de la Super Hiper Estructura. Casi todas las estructuras en nuestro mundo real son Super Hiper Estructuras Neutrosóficas ya que tienen …

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Neutrosophie : Un Cadre Interdisciplinaire Pour Une Meilleure Compréhension De L’Incertitude Et De L’Indétermination, Florentin Smarandache Jan 2024

Neutrosophie : Un Cadre Interdisciplinaire Pour Une Meilleure Compréhension De L’Incertitude Et De L’Indétermination, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

La neutrosophie, un cadre philosophique et scientifique relativement récent introduit dans les années 1990,1 propose une approche robuste pour comprendre et modéliser l’indétermination, la contradiction et l’incertitude. Explorons les concepts fondamentaux de la neutrosophie et quelques diverses applications à travers plusieurs disciplines, notamment les mathématiques, la physique, la sociologie, la psychologie et la biologie.

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Nuevos Tipos De Conjuntos Suaves: Conjunto Hiper Suave, Conjunto Suave Indeterminado, Conjunto Hiper Suave Indeterminado Y Conjunto Suave De Árbol, Florentin Smarandache Jan 2024

Nuevos Tipos De Conjuntos Suaves: Conjunto Hiper Suave, Conjunto Suave Indeterminado, Conjunto Hiper Suave Indeterminado Y Conjunto Suave De Árbol, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

This is an updated article, where we present the definitions and practical applications of the Soft Set and its extensions to the Hyper Soft Set, Indeterminate Soft Set, Indeterminate Hyper Soft Set, and Tree Soft Set.

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Análisis Neutrosófico De Las Actitudes Hacia La Máquina De Experiencia De Nozick, Maikel Yelandi Leyva Vázquez, Jesús Estupiñán Ricardo, Noel Batista Hernández, Ricardo Sánchez Casanova, Florentin Smarandache Jan 2024

Análisis Neutrosófico De Las Actitudes Hacia La Máquina De Experiencia De Nozick, Maikel Yelandi Leyva Vázquez, Jesús Estupiñán Ricardo, Noel Batista Hernández, Ricardo Sánchez Casanova, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

This paper presents a neutrosophic study on attitudes towards virtual technology, with a special focus on the "Experience Machine". Employing a methodology that incorporates the theory of indecision and neutrality into response analysis, the perceptions of 50 university students were investigated. Opinions and feelings were transformed into neutrosophic numbers to calculate contradiction and conduct a detailed analysis. The results indicate a predisposition towards agreement with virtual technology, although notable indecision and a significant presence of neutral attitudes were detected. The correlations and clustering methods applied reveal a complex dynamic of attitudes, challenging binary interpretations and highlighting the need for more …

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Two-Dimensional Steady Squeezing Flow Over A Vertical Porous Channel With Free Convective Heat/Mass Transfer And Invariable Suction, Zeeshan, Waris Khan, Taoufik Saidani, Florentin Smarandache, Muhammad Shahid Khan, Hamdi Ayed, M. Modather M. Abdou Jan 2024

Two-Dimensional Steady Squeezing Flow Over A Vertical Porous Channel With Free Convective Heat/Mass Transfer And Invariable Suction, Zeeshan, Waris Khan, Taoufik Saidani, Florentin Smarandache, Muhammad Shahid Khan, Hamdi Ayed, M. Modather M. Abdou

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

This research reports on the combined effects of heat and mass transfer (HMT) under the influences of the Soret and Dufour in natural convection steady 2D magnetohydrodynamic flow through the boundary layer in a porous vertical tube or duct. The current study is motivated by the significant applications of HMT in engineering processes such as casting and welding. The goal of this framework is to explore the assisting and opposing movements with HMT above a vertical porous channel under the influence of invariant suction and fluid dissipation which have not been reported in the earlier studies. The governing flow equations …

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Progress In Physics: Twentieth Year Of Publication, Florentin Smarandache, Andreas Ries, Pierre Millette, Ebenezer Chifu Jan 2024

Progress In Physics: Twentieth Year Of Publication, Florentin Smarandache, Andreas Ries, Pierre Millette, Ebenezer Chifu

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

The journal Progress in Physics was created in January 2005 on behalf of many influential scientists with whom we were in correspondence. The main reason was that publications in other journals were allowed only if the submitter was affiliated with a scientific institution or research organization. Given this situation, many working scientists finding themselves partially employed or unemployed, such as in between research grants, find themselves unable to publish their research results. Even e-print archives such as Cornell’s arXiv required scientific affiliation and still follow this policy.

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Plausible Photomolecular Effect And Microwave In Phase Transition Of Water As A New Dawn For Renewable Energy And Ensemble-Holistic Approach To Health Management, Victor Christianto, Florentin Smarandache Jan 2024

Plausible Photomolecular Effect And Microwave In Phase Transition Of Water As A New Dawn For Renewable Energy And Ensemble-Holistic Approach To Health Management, Victor Christianto, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

Interaction among light and water molecules have baffled scientists for many decades, and even centuries. In this regards, photons in the visible spectrum, where bulk water normally doesn't absorb light, can surprisingly cleave off large water clusters from the water-vapor interface, according to a recent study by Tu and Chen (2023). This discovery, termed the "photomolecular effect," opens exciting possibilities for not only revolutionizing renewable energy but also paving the way for a more integrated-ensemble approach to health management (cf. Smarandache & Christianto, 2010; Tu & Chen, 2023; Tu et al., 2024). In a sense, other than with green or …

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Neutrosophic Discrete Geometric Distribution, Rehan Ahmad Khan Sherwani, Sadia Iqbal, Shumaila Abbas, Muhammad Saleem, Muhammad Aslan, Florentin Smarandache Jan 2024

Neutrosophic Discrete Geometric Distribution, Rehan Ahmad Khan Sherwani, Sadia Iqbal, Shumaila Abbas, Muhammad Saleem, Muhammad Aslan, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

Uncertainty, vagueness, and ambiguity surround us in many real-life problems and, therefore, always remain under consideration for researchers to quantify them. This study proposed neutrosophic discrete probability distribution as a generalization of classical or existing probability distributions, named neutrosophic geometric distribution. Case studies presented in the paper will help understand the concept and application of the proposed distribution. Several properties are derived, like the proposed distribution’s moment, characteristic, and probability-generating functions. Furthermore, the newly proposed distribution derives properties from the reliability analysis, such as survival function, hazard rate function, reversed hazard rate function, cumulative hazard rate function, mills ratio, and …

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Many Extensions Of Coulomb’S Law: A Scoping Review, Florentin Smarandache Jan 2024

Many Extensions Of Coulomb’S Law: A Scoping Review, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

In this paper, Coulomb’s Law is extended from two stationary charged particles, on linear trajectory, to: many charged particles, or quantum level particles, or objects on arbitrary motions (with velocity, acceleration, time delay), on non-linear trajectories, at even superluminal and instantaneous speeds.

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Jonckheere Trend Test Under Indeterminacy With Applications, Abdulrahman Alaita, Muhammad Aslam, Florentin Smarandache Jan 2024

Jonckheere Trend Test Under Indeterminacy With Applications, Abdulrahman Alaita, Muhammad Aslam, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

The classical Jonckheere trend test is a non-parametric statistical tool usually employed to compare the medians of multiple independent groups, especially when there is a natural ordering or trend among the groups. This paper aims to develop a more comprehensive and adaptable version of the Jonckheere trend test, called the neutrosophic Jonckheere trend test (NJT), which can be used to analyze di_erent types of uncertainty data. This paper discusses neutrosophic hypotheses and decision rules pertaining to the NJT test. Furthermore, the practical uses of the NJT test have been discussed in the context of real-world applications with COVID-19 data. Lastly, …

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Enhancing Set-Theoretic Research Methods With Neutrosophic Sets, Maikel Yelandi Leyva Vázquez, Jesús Estupiñán Ricardo, Florentin Smarandache Jan 2024

Enhancing Set-Theoretic Research Methods With Neutrosophic Sets, Maikel Yelandi Leyva Vázquez, Jesús Estupiñán Ricardo, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

This study employed the integration of neutrosophic set theory with set-theoretic methods and Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) to examine intricate social phenomena. Participants' opinions and attitudes were captured using neutrosophic Likert scales, which reflected elements of truth, indeterminacy, and falsity. This proposal is illustrated in a case study facilitated a more comprehensive and subtle examination, emphasizing the significance of variables such as motivation, instructional excellence, and educational resources in achieving academic accomplishment. The results of the necessary condition analysis and set coincidence analysis indicated that motivation and teaching quality have the highest individual impact. Nevertheless, the convergence of scholarly resources, …

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Computation Of Separate Ratio And Regression Estimator Under Neutrosophic Stratified Sampling: An Application To Climate Data, Abhishek Singh, Hemant Kulkarni, Florentin Smarandache, Gajendra K. Vishwakarma Jan 2024

Computation Of Separate Ratio And Regression Estimator Under Neutrosophic Stratified Sampling: An Application To Climate Data, Abhishek Singh, Hemant Kulkarni, Florentin Smarandache, Gajendra K. Vishwakarma

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

In this article, we introduce a novel approach by presenting separate ratio and regression estimators in the context of neutrosophic stratified sampling for the very first time, incorporating auxiliary variables. We have conducted a thorough analysis to estimate these newly proposed estimators' bias and mean square error (MSE) up to the first-order approximation. Theoretically using efficiency comparison criteria, our findings demonstrate the superior performance of these estimators compared to traditional unbiased estimators. Also, numerically based on real-life and artificial data, we have shown the supremacy of the neutrosophic stratified sampling over neutrosophic simple random sampling along with the supremacy of …

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An Innovative Approach On Yao’S Three-Way Decision Model Using Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets For Medical Diagnosis, Wajid Ali, Tanzeela Shaheen, Iftikhar Ul Haq, Florentin Smarandache, Hamza Ghazanfar Toor, Faiza Asif Jan 2024

An Innovative Approach On Yao’S Three-Way Decision Model Using Intuitionistic Fuzzy Sets For Medical Diagnosis, Wajid Ali, Tanzeela Shaheen, Iftikhar Ul Haq, Florentin Smarandache, Hamza Ghazanfar Toor, Faiza Asif

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

In the realm of medical diagnosis, intuitionistic fuzzy data serves as a valuable tool for representing information that is uncertain and imprecise. Nevertheless, decision-making based on this kind of knowledge can be quite challenging due to the inherent vagueness of the data. To address this issue, we employ power aggregation operators, which prove effective in combining several sources of data, such as expert thoughts and patient information. This allows for a more correct diagnosis; a particularly crucial aspect of medical practice where precise and timely diagnoses can significantly impact medication policy and patient results. In our research, we introduce a …

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A New Mood’S Median Test For Imprecise Data, Abdulrahman Alaita, Muhammad Aslam, Florentin Smarandache Jan 2024

A New Mood’S Median Test For Imprecise Data, Abdulrahman Alaita, Muhammad Aslam, Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

The existing Mood’s median test is a non-parametric test used to compare two or more sample data sets whether they are from the same population or not. There can be no application of this test to uncertain and indeterminate data. Therefore, it is necessary to find a generalization of this test that will enable us to apply it in uncertain environments. This study will present a new approach that utilizes neutrosophic statistics to apply Mood’s median test. The approach involves defining hypotheses, determining a decision rule, and performing the test in an uncertain environment. An evaluation of the performance of …

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A Neutrosophic Approach To Study Agnotology: A Case Study On Climate Change Beliefs, Florentin Smarandache, Maikel Leyva Vázquez Jan 2024

A Neutrosophic Approach To Study Agnotology: A Case Study On Climate Change Beliefs, Florentin Smarandache, Maikel Leyva Vázquez

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

Misinformation and biased information significantly impact public perception and political decisions, especially on critical issues such as climate change and environmental conservation. This study aims to understand how indeterminacy and contradiction influence public perception and policy formulation by applying neutrosophic theory to model the complexity and multi-dimensionality of ignorance. Using neutrosophic Likert scales, we capture a nuanced spectrum of opinions on the scientific certainty of human impact on climate change. The results are analyzed through a k-means clustering algorithm to identify patterns and segment participants into groups based on their levels of truth, indeterminacy, and falsehood. This approach reveals deeper …

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Eevmc: An Energy Efficient Virtual Machine Consolidation Approach For Cloud Data Centers, Attique Ur Rehman, Songfeng Lu, Mubashir Ali, Florentin Smarandache, Sultan S. Alshamrani, Abdullah Alshehri, Farrukh Arslan Jan 2024

Eevmc: An Energy Efficient Virtual Machine Consolidation Approach For Cloud Data Centers, Attique Ur Rehman, Songfeng Lu, Mubashir Ali, Florentin Smarandache, Sultan S. Alshamrani, Abdullah Alshehri, Farrukh Arslan

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

The dynamic landscape of cloud computing design presents significant challenges regarding power consumption and quality of service (QoS). Virtual machine (VM) consolidation is essential for reducing power usage and enhancing QoS by relocating VMs between hosts. OpenStack Neat, a leading framework for VM consolidation, employs the Modified Best-Fit Decreasing (MBFD) VM placement technique, which faces issues related to energy consumption and QoS. To address these issues, we propose an Energy Efficient VM Consolidation (EEVMC) approach. Our method introduces a novel host selection criterion based on the incurred loss during VM placement to identify the most efficient host. For validation, we …

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