Automatic data generation scheme for finite-element method /FEDGE/ - Computer program

Algorithm provides for automatic input data preparation for the analysis of continuous domains in the fields of structural analysis, heat transfer, and fluid mechanics. The computer program utilizes the natural coordinate systems concept and the finite element method for data generation

Managing Financial Instability in Emerging Markets: A Keynesian Perspective

The Keynesian analysis of financial stability as developed by Hyman Minsky, provides considerable insights into understanding the nature and dynamics of boom-bust cycles driven by international capital flows in emerging markets. Its main policy conclusion that financial control rather than macroeconomic policy holds the key to financial stability is equally valid. There is however, need to develop a new approach to financial control and place greater emphasis on managing capital inflows than has hitherto been the caseFinancial instability, countercyclical policy, financial regulation

How to achieve high customer satisfaction in Sabancı University Information Center

The Sabancı University is a young private university, which started providing education in 1999 in Istanbul. A “Search Conference” had been organized in order to find out “what kind of a university the country needed” and of its structure had been established on this understanding. At the first stage, the vision, the mission and the design of the university were completed, and the foundation of administrative infrastructure and selection of technology systems were materialized. Starting from the days of its foundation, the planning of the information services and facilities had been one of the main issues of the project. The university, which aims to become a world university, was accepted to be a member of the “European Foundation of Quality Management (EFQM)” regarding its activities in the stage of its foundation. A “Student and Staff Tendency Survey” which was implemented in 2001 indicated that the Information Centre was the strong side of the university. At the same time the Center's the statistics covering period of 1999-2007 also indicated that the targets were achieved under the strategic planning of the Center. In 2007, an user satisfaction survey in order to evaluate the conformity of the services and facilities, to identify its strong and weak areas, opportunities and threats through comparison and SWOT analysis for the future, and set up 2007-2011 five-years strategic planning and operational activity plan. The survey indicated that 95% of the participants are satisfied in general with the Center. In addition to these, the results of usage statistics between the years 1998-2009 indicated that utilizing of the services and facilities of the Information Center has increased from year to year. On the other hand, the results of the survey after the orientation programs show that the customer satisfaction is very high. We believe that the followings are the reasons of high user satisfaction. The Centre has a user and process focused pro-active management, learning organization structure, the availability of the suggestion system, continues benchmarking with the competitors and observing management and technological developments in the world. This paper presents to share our applications and plans on high user satisfaction rate, customer relation management activities and future planning

FEDGE - A general-purpose computer program for Finite Element Data Generation. Volume 1 - User's manual

Users manual for /FEDGE/ Finite Element Data Generation computer program - Vol.

ELAS - A general purpose computer program for the equilibrium problems of linear structures

Digital computer program ELAS handles the equilibrium problems of linear structures of one, two, or three dimensional continuum. ELAS generates the governing equations for the unknown deflections of the mesh points that define the stationary point of the total potential energy function associated with the given loading and unknown deflections

An approximation method for the solution of nonlinear integral equations

A Chebyshev collocation method has been presented to solve nonlinear integral equations in terms of Chebyshev polynomials. This method transforms the integral equation to a matrix equation which corresponds to a system of nonlinear algebraic equations with unknown Chebyshev coefficients. Finally, some examples are presented to illustrate the method and results discussed. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved

VISCEL, a general-purpose computer program for analysis of linear viscoelastic structures. Volume 1 - User's manual

VISCEL computer program user manual for analysis of linear viscoelastic structure

ELAS - A general purpose computer program for the equilibrium problems of linear structures. Volume 1 - User's manual

ELAS general purpose digital computer program for equilibrium problems of linear structure