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  • Public-private partnerships : the case study of the Colombo fort city 
    Thoradeniya, DL [Thesis-Full-text]
    Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) are defined as “…a cooperative venture between the public and private sectors, built on the expertise of each partner that best meets clearly defined public needs through the appropriate ...
  • Public-private partnerships for water supply to urban poor 
    Dharmapala, NHDP [Thesis-Abstract]
    Development of new infrastructure, providing social services efficiently and effectively, and better targeting of services to those in most need, are critical to alleviate poverty and provide economic opportunities for the ...
  • Pump and dump delection on crypto currencies using computer vision 
    Wickramasingha JAWP [Thesis-Abstract]
    Inspired by the immense success shown by artificial neural networks in computer vision on images classification, we propose a novel framework to detect one of the rife fraudulent financial manipulations in crypto currency ...
  • Purification of automobile wastewater using fly ash-clay composite 
    Anushan, RGS; Dasanayake, PMK; Karunarathna, CNW; Amarasinghe, BMWPK [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    The adsorbent fly ash-clay composite was tested for the treatment of automobile service station wastewater. Batch experiments were conducted to establish the adsorption column parameters which were optimum fly ash to ...
  • Purification of glycerin as a by-produet from biodiesel process 
    Rodrigo, N; Ismail, M; Gunawardena, S [Conference-Extended-Abstract]
    Glycerin produced from biodiesel was purified using a series of methods. Crude glycerin was separated from biodiesel by gravity settling and by centrifugaiton. Methanol and catalyst used in the production of biodiesel ...
  • The purpose of retentions: a review of the existing literature 
    Raina, P; Tookey, J [Conference-Full-text]
    Retention is a phenomenon practiced in the construction industry for well over a century. It is a contractual mechanism whereby a portion of money, due to the contractor/subcontractor is held back till the completion ...
  • Pursuing the living environment, the architectural expressions of impermenant living places 
    Opatha, ID [Thesis-Abstract]
    From the existence of man, the dwelling places have been evolved throughout evolutionary process. The form, spaces, materials have been changed, but the universal need of the dwelling places never changed. People dwell for ...
  • Pyrolysis of single biomass particle using three-dimensional Computational Fluid Dynamics modelling 
    Wickramaarachchi, EAMKP; Narayana, M [Article-Full-text]
    In the present work, the drying and pyrolysis process of a thermally thick single wood particle has been investigated. A novel approach has been made considering the two phases gas and solid inside the particle are not in ...
  • A python package for solving nonlinear additively separable nonconvex optimization problems 
    Udatiyawala IC [Thesis-Abstract]
    Nonlinear optimization problems are difficult to solve in many practical situations, and only a few approaches are developed in recent history. The main problem in the nonlinear optimization problem is it needs some convexity ...
  • Q-learning approach for load-balancing in software defined networks 
    Tennakoon, D; Karunarathna, S; Udugama, B [Conference-Full-text]
    In this paper, we propose a Q-Learning approach for load balancing in Software Defined Networks to reduce the number of Unsatisfied Users in a 5G network. This solution integrates Q-Learning techniques with a fairness ...
  • Qi compliant wireless charging and communication for implantable devices 
    De Silva, HHH; Lakmal, SOK; Chamikara, PBJ; Gunawardana, IMKR; Chandima, DP [Conference-Full-text]
    Wireless power transmission has proven to be extremely helpful in the field of medical implants given its potential to power an implant embedded in the body wirelessly. Current studies in wireless power transmission ...
  • Qt widget to manipulate plots for octave users 
    Ranasinghe, YRM [Conference-Full-text]
    Octave [1] is an open source mathematical analyzing & computing tool, similar to Matlab. This paper introduces a graphical interface to make plot manipulation in octave in more user-friendly way. Using the proposed ...
  • Quadcopter disturbance estimation using different learning methods 
    Atapattu, S; De Silva, O; Mann, G; Gosine, R [Conference-Full-text]
    Precise modeling of quadcopter dynamics is challenging due to the complex nature of its construction, aerodynamic effects, friction at rotors, and wind effects involved. In general analysis, these unmodeled dynamics are ...
  • Qualitative analysis on layout flexibility of machine layout configurations 
    Perera, G; Ratnayake, V [Article-Abstract]
    Manufacturing flexibility is one of the key parameters that determine the organizational success in today’s volatile market. Layout flexibility as a subcategory of manufacturing flexibility plays a major role in handling ...
  • Quality analysis for uPVC pipes 
    Perera, SCD [Thesis-Abstract]
    There is 110 doubt that quality has become a major feature in the survival plan of many companies today. Each company employee must be committed to the use of effective methods to achieve optimum efficiency, productivity, ...
  • Quality assurance in ready mixed concrete manufacturing in Sri Lanka 
    Weerasekera, ANP [Thesis-Abstract]
    In Sri Lanka , concrete has become the dominant construction material for all types of buildings and other structures. Due to the significant growth in high-rise buildings, particularly in the urban and in suburban areas, ...
  • Quality assurance of low cost building construction 
    Kanagaratnam, H; De Silva, ML; Hadiwattege, C [Conference-Abstract]
    Construction industry is complex in nature, therefore quality assurance is paramount important and it is absolutely interconnected with cost. Quality is essentially a state of mind; it varies from individual to individual. ...
  • Quality at a Glance: An Audit of Web-Crawled Multilingual Datasets 
    Kreutzer, J.; Caswell, I; Wang, L; Wahab, A.; van Esch, D; Ulzii-Orshikh, N; Tapo, A; Subramani, N; Sokolov, A; Sikasote, C; Setyawan, M; Sarin, S.; Samb, S.; Sagot, B; Rivera, C.; Rios, A; Papadimitriou, I.; Osei, S.; Suarez, P. O; Adeyemi, M [Article-Full-text]
    With the success of large-scale pre-training and multilingual modeling in Natural Language Processing (NLP), recent years have seen a proliferation of large, Web-mined text datasets covering hundreds of languages. We ...
  • Quality based energy contents and carbon coefficients for building materials: A systems approach 
    Dias, WPS; Pooliyadda, SP [Article-Full-text]
    This paper describes a computerised relational database management system to represent and calculate (i) the energy inputs to a building material or element up to the point of utilisation or construction and (ii) the carbon ...
  • Quality control and optimal usage of plant and machinery in asphalt paving 
    Malagala, PWI [Thesis-Abstract]
    A study was conducted to find out the causes for failure of Asphalt concrete and movements on road pavements which have been up graded or newly constructed very recently. This research study was mainly focussed in to the ...