Abstract Algorithms play a major role in games. The algorithms pass a node in the board games, the heuristic function get involved. Thus we tried to understand the evaluation process where the domain is treated. We in this current work, provided an approach to find the best movement by deploying a game tree, with an implementation for the board game called Othello. To study... Algorithms play a major role in games. The algorithms pass a node in the board games, the heuristic function get involved. Thus we tried to understand the evaluation process where the domain is treated. We in this current work, provided an approach to find the best movement by deploying a game tree, with an implementation for the board game called Othello. To study the desired factors and the best movement is obtained through an in-depth search, according to the designed heuristic. We experimented with two algorithms. The former is Mini-Max and its evolution to Alpha-Beta. The latter is Scout, which presents better performance regarding time. In addition, we present the results, rules, and implementation features. Read More Read Less

Abstract In the world, currently pollution is on the rise which causes health issues. We in this paper studied the impact on human exposure and the air quality in the vicinity to hazardous waste and incineration treatment areas. It is evident that air pollution is dangerous and affect the health significantly. In the past many measures have been addressed to model... In the world, currently pollution is on the rise which causes health issues. We in this paper studied the impact on human exposure and the air quality in the vicinity to hazardous waste and incineration treatment areas. It is evident that air pollution is dangerous and affect the health significantly. In the past many measures have been addressed to model the relationship between the proximity to these industrial plants, cancer incidences, and the air quality. On the one hand, logistic regressions were carried out by having the distance as a categorical variable. On the other hand, variable where GAM models were performed. The air quality parameters PM10 and NO2 are higher in proximity to industrial areas according to both techniques, whereas O3 happens to be lower. Regarding the incidences of cancer, logistic regressions show that the incidences are higher in proximity to certain industrial plants. However, there is no clear conclusion according to the GAM models. Read More Read Less

Abstract The business process models change in the recent past to where the shift from concept drift into process mining occurs over a period of time. The studies conducted till now have not addressed the requirements and not yet addressed the challenges of drift categorization, drilling-down, and quantification. Throughout this work, we present a new software tool to analyze process drifts,... The business process models change in the recent past to where the shift from concept drift into process mining occurs over a period of time. The studies conducted till now have not addressed the requirements and not yet addressed the challenges of drift categorization, drilling-down, and quantification. Throughout this work, we present a new software tool to analyze process drifts, called Visual Drift Detection (VDD), which fulfills these requirements. The tool is of benefit to the researchers and practitioners in the business intelligence and process analytics area, and can constitute a valuable aid to those who are involved in business process redesign endeavors. Read More Read Less