Evolutionary algorithms (EAs) are merely blind search algorithms, which only make use of the relative fitness of solutions, but completely ignore the nature of the problem. Their performance can be improved by using new multirecombinative approaches, which provide a good…

Following the deaths of Victoria Climbié and of Peter Connelly (Baby P) the media has raged about social work competence, the public have expressed dismay and the government has responded with proposals designed to alter practice procedures. Altering procedures gives…

Informe de Proyecto de Graduación para optar por el grado de Maestría en Gerencia de Proyectos, Hoy en día la contrucción dejo de ser esa industria que se encargaba de desarrollar un royecto constructivo llámese, habirtacional, comercial o industrial, para…

The opening of communications in Costa rica is given by the commitmentes acquired by the country when the Free Trade Agreedment between The Dominican Republic, Central America and the United States was signsd. Because of that, transnacional corporations as Movistar…

The Junta Administrativa del Servicio Eléctrico Municipal de Cartago (JASEC), was constituted with the purpose of administering the electrical company of the Municipality of Cartago in 1964. It is authorized for the development and the joint work operation and services…

We study the effects of proximity in the interconnections between Internet providers participating at the three main Italian Internet Exchange Points. We find that geographical proximity plays a role in driving Internet Providers’ interconnection, positively affecting the likelihood of an…

Le but de ce mémoire est d’expliciter en détail et de voir la portée d'un passage bien précis du traité des Topiques, ouvrage où Aristote tente d'élaborer une méthode qui permettra de raisonner de manière dialectique. Dans le deuxième chapitre…

This paper contributes to our knowledge of the determinants of job satisfaction by analysing the effects of employment status (self-employed or salaried employee) and work characteristics (autonomy, variety, task identity, task significance and feedback) on job satisfaction in a sample…

Wikipedia es una enciclopedia editada en colaboración, por voluntarios de todo el mundo, que se ha ido construyendo en la Red desde el año 2003. Actualmente es el sexto sitio más visitado en Internet, lo que la convierte en el…

Ce travail se propose de démontrer la pertinence de l’utilisation du roman La Cité des Bêtes (Isabel Allende, 2002) comme recours pédagogique dans l’enseignement de l’espagnol langue étrangère (ELE) au niveau intermédiaire (B2) et dans un contexte scolaire multiculturel. Dans…