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Automation of the software development process is the software engineers' final goal, but with the current facilities and knowledge in software engineering, it is not possible to automatically generate the whole software. Usually all the software in a specific domain contain common behaviors, which by careful exploration of these common behaviors and automation of code generation in these sections, the cost and time of projects' execution can be reduced. According to Model Driven Development (MDD), the first step in software development is creating appropriate models. For creating models, metamodel is required; therefore, we need to create a specific motamodel for the chosen domain or use... 

With the growth of the urban population and the increase in private car ownership, negative implications of transportation, such as traffic congestion and environmental pollution has increased. A good solution to this problem is development of traffic infrastructures. However, it is not sufficient by itself and better management strategies for solving these problems are needed. One of the related approaches, is high occupancy toll lane. The main purpose of this study is modeling user’s mode choice behavior in the presence of high occupancy toll lane and pricing some highway lanes in Tehran. Another important purpose of this study is to find affective factors that have an influence on users... 

The cosmic ray astronomy was born in 1937 when Victor Hess flied with his balloon to the height of 17,500 feet. He found that the cosmic rays come from out of atmosphere. There are three fundamental questions from that time. The goal of all cosmic ray's experimental activities and related theories is finding out the answer of these questions. The first question is about the energy and composition spectrum of cosmic rays. The second one is finding the sources which can product the very high energy particles such as the protons with the energy of 1021eV found in some observatory such as AGASA and Haverah Park. The last question is the process of diffusion of cosmic rays in the galaxy. One of... 

This study focused on the investigation of bioleaching of heavy metals from incinerator ash using Thiobacillus thiooxidans. Eight factors were examined for their significance on bioleaching using a Placket-Burman factorial design. Four significant variables (pulp density, Initial pH, sulfur Concentration and inoculation amount) were selected for the optimization studies. The combined effect of these variables on metal bioleaching was studied using a central composite design. Second order polynomials were established to identify the relationship between the recovery percent of the metals and the four significant variables. The optimal values of the variables for maximum metals bioleaching... 

Underground water is one of major resources of drinking water in Iran and thus, its quality (in terms of absence of pollutants) is a matter of great importance. The main goal of this research was to investigate the pollution concentration in underground water and soil in two regions: Dasht-e-naz in Sari and the fields near Sarkhoun gas refinery. The second goal was to determine the source and measure the distribution of the pollutants (in case of presence) and determine potential risks caused by them. The first step was to perform experimental tests in the two regions. In Sari's Dasht-e-naz region, a number of wells were chosen for sampling according to the direction of underground water... 

Recently, the advent of online platforms as an intermediary tool has provided an opportunity for service providers and manufacturers to offer their services/products to consumers. Ride-hailing platforms are an example of these businesses where independent drivers and passengers are matched via an online platform. One of the most significant challenges faced by these companies is the emergence of strategic behaviors on both the demand and the supply side, which might affect the performance and profitability of the platform.In this thesis, we study the strategic behavior of drivers and its impact on their performance, using the data of one of the largest ride-hailing companies in Iran. We use... 

Over the past two decades, the interest in exploring consumers' behavior has risen to popularity. Nowadays, it is necessary for marketers to reach out to the right consumers at the right time and with the right message. Even though the positive impact of tracking consumers throughout their purchase journey and its managerial implications have been emphasized several times by academics, There is still a lack of practical research on how to discern the consumers' stage in the purchase journey from a holistic point of view. In this study, we develop several machine learning models, including RNNs (GRU and LSTM), Transformers, and XGBoost, by utilizing historical data of Yektanet (the leading... 

Residential satisfaction plays a pivotal role in shaping liveable cities, profoundly influencing individuals' health and well-being. In contrast, dissatisfaction in living environments often triggers relocation intentions, leading to significant vacancy costs for landlords and property managers. While previous studies predominantly relied on traditional methods like surveys and interviews, our research adopts a novel, bottom-up approach, analysing this phenomenon through the lens of residents themselves. Leveraging a custom-developed Python-based web scraper, we meticulously gathered 195,000 online reviews from apartments.com. This comprehensive dataset spans the most populous cities and... 

This study explores topics discussed in positive eWOM of robotic and conventional hotels through a comprehensive analysis of online reviews using Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA). LDA is an advanced topic modeling technique. To uncover topics discussed in eWOM of robotic hotels and conventional hotels, and then compare them to see if there are any meaningful statistical differences between them, three separate LDA models were implemented on reviews of robotic hotels, conventional hotels, and the overall rereviews of all hotels, respectively. The results reveal that “service quality and overall atmosphere” is the most common topic discussed considering both hotel types, with key themes... 

This research examines the attributes, themes, and topics discussed in electronic word-of-mouth (e-WOM) generated in TripAdvisor for robotic hotels in comparison to traditional ones. The first objective is to explore the themes and topics within TripAdvisor negative e-WOMs for both types of hotels and analyze how these topics differ between the two types of hotels, using the Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) method. The research shows that which topics are mostly discussed in TripAdvisor negative e-WOMs for both types of hotels. Additionally, the research explores whether different themes, topics, and attributes have varying effects on user ratings in traditional hotels versus robotic ones,... 

Seasonal Products are a group of products with a limited life time. If seasonal products are not sold during a specified time, they have to be sold at a salvage price which is close to zero. Although one can find many studies in the literature regarding pricing of this type of products in order to maximize the profit, none of them have considered the simultaneous effect of both advertising and pricing. The objective of this paper is to introduce an integrated model of dynamic pricing and advertising for seasonal products. The advertisement is classified into two main categories; to advertise a specific type of product and to advertise the brand of the company. To obtain the mentioned goal,... 

Steel shear wall systems have been introduced as a lateral load resisting system since 1970s. Based on the designer’s choice, this system can be used with or without stiffeners. Employing stiffeners prevents the elastic buckling of steel plates which can enhance the system to absorb more energy. The design code for using stiffners has not developed yet in Iran since this kind of systems is not common practice. In this study, the Response Modification Factor (R), as an important factor in the design procedures of structures, is investigated for 2 to 10-story building structures which have steel shear walls with 3 and 6 millimeters thickness with 3, 4 and 6 meters spans.To this end, the... 

There are always some unpredictable phenomena happen in the process of constructing of a downstream petrochemichal plant resulting to delays that increase the cost compared with the benefits or sometimes cancelation of the projects that abodones the investors from the returns at all. On of the reasons that these issues can dwibdles the benefits is that most of Iranian’s downstream companies do not prepare suitable and sufficient capabilitities to cope with such a risks. In this thesis, at first, influensive risks on the downstream oil and gas projects in Iran have been studied based on a comprehensive litreture review, secondly using a questionnaire, these extracted risks have been assessed... 

Laboratory experiments were carried out to investigate the effect of influent alkalinity and reactor pH on microbial species, morphology and performance efficiency of aerobic granules. The experiments were conducted in two L sequencing batch reactors (R1-R2) with different influent alkalinity and pH medium. pH in R1 ,with high influent alkalinity, was in the range of 7-7.5 and pH in R2 was adjusted in 4.5-5.5. The experimental results demonstrated that the dominated microbial species and structure of granules were different in two rectors. Acidic environment of R2 provide favorable condition for fungal growth and granules formed within first week of operation. On the other hand in R1,... 

In recent years, Internet advertising has become increasingly customized to individual users. As advertising carry on refining its capacities, it is more likely to be seen as insightful and useful by everyone. Consumers, particularly Gen Y and older members of Gen Z, are becoming more accepting of relevant advertising as digital acquaintance. Consumers now welcome active advertising that responds and reflects social activity, location, and brand and product preferences in real-time. This ability to be agile within the consumer’s connected experience is an emerging revenue driver and will continue to grow as ad platforms and ad presentations become smarter. But more personalization results in... 

Nowadays, one of the most popular methods of advertising is online advertising, which is commonly used by many businesses. In the meantime, targeting the right person at the right moment to show an advertisement is always a major concern of advertisers and other players in this field. One of the areas of study in the literature in this field is the investigation of factors affecting the effectiveness of targeted advertising. The purpose of the upcoming research is to investigate the impact of the advertised product involvement in targeted online advertising. This level of effectiveness is measured by considering click intention as a measure of effectiveness and examining the impact of... 

With the increasing population and expanding urbanization and changing consumption patterns and relative prosperity increases, the amount of waste generated has increased significantly. So the municipal waste management as one of the challenges that lie ahead for municipal and state has become. Therefore, different approaches have been proposed to solve this problem. In the past government used landfill or incineration program for waste management. Given the risks to the environment and human health are two ways to create and large amount of biodegradable solid waste, composting seems to be good approach for waste management. With using the process on an industrial scale by municipalities,...