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A pragmatic approach for testing robustness on real-time component based systems

Tarhini, Abbas; Rollet, Antoine; Fouchal, Hacène (IEEE, 2005-06-13)

Summary form only given. In this paper, we suggest a realistic methodology for testing robustness of real-time component-based systems (RTCBS). A RTCBS system is described as a collection of components where each component ...
Robustness evaluation of real-Time Protocols

Tarhini, Abbas; Fouchal, Hacène (IEEE, 2006-04-03)

In this paper, we suggest a methodology for measuring the degree of robustness for Real-Time Component-Based Systems (RTCBS). Each component of the RTCBS system is modeled as a Timed Labeled Transition System (TLTS). For ...
The Interaction between accounting students' preference, teaching methodology and performance

Mattar, Dorine M.; El Khoury, Rim (2007-01)

This paper examined the influence of matching students- learning preferences with the teaching methodology adopted, on their academic performance in an accounting course in two types of learning environment in one university ...
PowerPoint in accounting classrooms: constructive or destructive?

El Khoury, Rim; Matter, Dorine M. (2012-01)

This research investigated the impact of two teaching methodologies, PowerPoint and traditional, on materials’ understandability, the teaching/learning process, the students’ attitude towards and preference for them, as ...
The Pathway to Academic Performance: The Role of Motivation, Competence and Socio-familial Risk Factors in Lebanese Medical Students

Chatila, Rajaa; Srour, Jordan; Dimassi, Hani; Faour, Wissam; El Khoury, Jamil; Bahous, Sola; Choukair, Mary; Nasser, Ali; Abdul Nabi, Sarah; Sanchez-Ruiz, Maria-Jose (2013)

While cognitive abilities are known to have a certain degree of predictive value for academic performance, it is now well-established that motivation and emotion-related variables, along with environmental variables such ...
Determinants of deposits in Lebanese commercial banks-evidence from non-resident depositors

El Khoury, Rim; Kanj, Olga (2013-01)

Motivated by the continuous increase of non-residents deposits in Lebanon, this paper will try to investigate the determinants of these inflows from the perspective of foreign depositors. Through the use of 65 questionnaires ...
Determinants of non-resident deposits in commercial banks: empirical evidence from Lebanon

Kanj, Olga; El Khoury, Rim (2013-11)

Given the fact that the government debt is financed by commercial banks in Lebanon, there is a need to uncover and study the determinants of commercial bank deposits. This paper investigates empirically the main determinants ...
Students' honesty in evaluating their teachers

Mattar, D.; El Khoury, R. (IATED Academy, 2014)

Anonymous students’ evaluations to measure teachers’ performance has become extremely popular in universities around the world and are used to make critical decision with respect to faculty personnel retention, promotion ...
Classifying manufacturing firms in Lebanon: an application of Altman’s Model

El Khoury, Rim; Al Beaïno, Roy (2014-01-22)

This study analyzes whether Altman Z-score can accurately classify manufacturing companies operating in Lebanon. The empirical analysis examines eleven manufacturing companies over a period of 3 years from 2009 till 2011. ...
Liquidity in Lebanese commercial banks and its determinants

El Khoury, Rim (2015)

The last global financial crisis reemphasized the importance of liquidity for the wellfunctioning of the banking sector and the financial markets. Given the importance of banks in the Lebanese financial markets, this paper ...
Do macroeconomic factors matter for stock returns? Evidence from the European automotive industry

El Khoury, Rim M. (2015-05-13)

This paper applies the multi-index model to explore the sensitivity of the stock return of European automotive companies to some macroeconomic variables. The analysis involves the monthly returns of nine European companies ...
Internal capital markets and CEO power

Boumosleh, Anwar (2015-09-15)

This paper examines the relationship between the organizational hierarchy at the highest management level and the allocation of internal financial resources within a firm. A measure of CEO influence is devised that reflects ...
GCD Matrices Defined on GCD-Closed Sets in Principal Ideal Domains

Habre, S. S.; El-Kassar, A. N.; Awad, Y. A. (2015-09-15)

Let S = {x1, x2, ..., xn} be a set of n distinct positive integers. The matrix [S] = (sij) having the greatest common divisor (xi, xj) of xi and xj as its i, j-entry is called the greatest common divisor (GCD) matrix on ...
Freight-specific data derived from intelligent transportation systems

Srour, F. Jordan; Newton, Diane (2015-10-20)

Freight planning is an increasingly visible topic in the arena of transportation planning. Freight planning metrics and benchmarks can help state agencies select and assess the impact of improvement projects with respect ...
Optimal or agile?: Tradeoffs between optimization and agent-based methods

Ketter, Wolfgang; Srour, F. Jordan (2015-10-20)
Are stacker crane problems easy?

Srour, F. Jordan; Van De Velde, Steef (2015-10-21)

Many full truckload pick-up and delivery problems in the intermodal freight container transport industry can be modeled as Asymmetric Traveling Salesman Problems (ATSPs). Several authors have noted that while ATSPs are ...
Improving Automotive Efficiency through Lean Management Tools

El-Khalil, Raed; Zeaiter, Hussein (2015-10-28)

Managing and improving efficiency in the current highly competitive global automotive industry demands that those companies adopt leaner and more flexible systems. During the past 20 years the domestic automotive industry ...
Health awareness and life-style practices of foodservice employees

Ladki, Said M.; Dah, Abdallah; Mikdashi, Tarik (2015-10-28)

Full-time foodservice employees (425) responded to a questionnaire on perceived life-style activities. The majority of respondents seldom missed work, made time for leisure activities, and felt secure in their jobs (p<0.05). ...
The impact of population growth on Human Development Index

Zgheib, Philip W.; Ahmed, Zafar U.; Beldona, Sri; Gebara, Veronique (2015-11-02)

This paper tests the growth of population on the determinants of Human Development Index (HDI). The HDI is a composite index constructed from measures of life expectancy, education and per capita income. This paper reviews ...
The history of overseas Lebanese entrepreneurs operating worldwide

Zgheib, Philip W.; Ahmed, Zafar U.; Kowatly, Abdulrahim K.; Rhetts, Peter (2015-11-02)

Purpose – The Lebanese began their present emigration in the middle of the nineteenth century, heading towards North America, Central and South America, Europe, Africa, and Australia. Today’s Lebanese diaspora is made of ...

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