... sensitivity To make the adjustment ofthe net influence of each ofthe remaining parameters on the already selected parameters, all ofthe original columns of Z are being regressed on the column associated ... sensitivity to the system output and then which oftheparameters are linearly independent The method iterates over the columns ofthe sensitivity matrix Z to select the column with the highest sum of squared ... determine the estimability ofthemodelparameters from the available experimental data Parameter identifiability tests are carried out to find out the estimable parametersofthemodel using the available...
... Proof: The proof for this theorem is very similar to the proof of theorem for Viterbi training and therefore omitted The key differences are, first, that l here corresponds to the state at the ... hidden Markov models Having computationally efficient algorithms for training the free parametersof these models is key to optimizing the performance of these models and to adapting the models to ... number of iterations have been completed or when the change ofthe log-likelihood from one iteration to the next become sufficiently small Themodel with the final set ofparameters is then used...
... did most ofthe drafting ofthe first draft ofthe manuscript with assistance from NW All authors then contributed to further re-drafting ofthe manuscript and have given approval ofthe final ... undertook modelling of these data to understand better the transmission dynamics ofthe 1918 influenza pandemic in New Zealand Methods Data The population ofthe Featherston Military Camp was that of ... to days of illness [20] Other modelling work has used longer estimates, e.g a mean of 4.1 days used by Longini et al [18] The fast onset and subsequent decline ofthe outbreak in the Featherston...
... unsupervised algorithms The purpose of this paper is an analysis ofthe underlying probabilistic models and the types of errors committed by each one Furthermore, it is investigated how the decision threshold ... say that our models describe the process of word generation from the left to the right by alternately using two dice, the first for deciding whether to place a morpheme boundary in the current ... boundaries than in the opposite direction with a net increase of 0.0819 of correct boundaries which led to the increased recall Since the deduction of precision is less than the increase of recall, a...
... is the log ofthe “figure of merit” used to guide search in the noisy channel model when it is producing the 25-best list for the reranker The log figure of merit is the sum ofthe log language model ... paper we first identify the 25 most likely analyses of each sentence using the TAG channel model together with a bigram language model Further details ofthe noisy channel model can be found in ... here so the reranker has direct access to all ofthe features used by the noisy channel model NCTransOdd: We include as a feature parts ofthe noisy channel model itself, i.e the channel model...
... 1.6808 0.6612 Y= the first right brother ofthe current node 0.4730 1.1525 0.7502 Y= the first left brother ofthe current node 0.5832 2.1511 1.2186 Y= the second right brother ofthe current node ... 0.5044 0.2525 Y= the second left brother ofthe current node 0.0949 0.6171 0.2697 Y= the first right brother ofthe parent 0.1068 0.3717 0.2133 Y= the first left brother ofthe parent 0.2505 ... (Y= the parent) (Y= the first left brother) (Y= the first left brother ofthe parent) 0.4730 (Y= the first right brother) SD=2 0.6483 0.0949 0.1068 (Y= the grandpa) (Y= the second left brother)...
... study the properties ofthemodel for constant rates The numerical values oftheparameters are listed in table 2.2 We start the investigation ofthemodel with the following choice of parameters: ... m) The change ofthe locations ofthe individuals in the phase space is governed by the dynamics ofthe flow field and the individual motion, as well as the growth of 10 CHAPTER INTRODUCTION the ... through themodel food web One ofthe fundamental laws which the biogeochemical models have to obey is the conservation of mass The total mass, M, may be expressed by the mass of one ofthe chemical...
... or Nursing Mothers Councils They can also foster the creation of mother-to-mother support groups in community health centers and advertise these groups, particularly as part ofthe hospital discharge ... information about the food they purchase The percent ofthe U.S population that reports “often” reading a food label the first time they buy a product increased from 44% in 2002 to 54% in 2008 Of those ... Moreover, the FTC criticized the program for applying these standards only to certain forms of advertising It recommended, among other things, that the CFBAI improve the quality and consistency of the...
... language The third group had the Russian language capability but no expertise in the substance And the fourth group had neither knowledge ofthe Russian language nor ofthe discipline ofthe test ... appears to be in the immediate offing—and an ultimate input rate of 100 words per second TheParametersof Translation As mentioned above there are some who will argue the value ofthe special purpose ... permit the storage of only the stem form of words with the computer carrying out the necessary logical analysis to identify the morphology and the function of a word in a sentence For the time...
... settings) These and other features ofthe speech ofthe New Yorkers sometimes struck the Californians present as imposing, hence failing to honor their need for independence The use of contrasting ... service of one or the other of these needs in various ways The paralinguistically gross listener responses mentioned above are features in an array of devices which I have hypothesized place the ... of language change NY: Academic Lakoff, R 1973 The logic of politeness, or minding your p's and q's Papers from the ninth regional meeting ofthe Chicago Linguistics Society Scollon, R 1980 The...
... This is a result ofthe delocalization ofthe negative charge ofthe anion onto the adjacent quinoid ring (see Fig 2) Analogously, delocalization ofthe unpaired electron ofthe corresponding ... modest modelofthe phenolic subunits of lignin Nevertheless, the new biogenic hypotheses that ascribe the reported ligninolytic activity of some fungi to the laccasecatalyzed formation of phenoxy ... the pK2 ofthe sulfonephthalein mediator It can be argued that at the reaction pH of 5.0, the lower the pK2 ofthe mediator, the easier it is for laccase to oxidize it, as the fraction of sulfonephthalein...
... the excess heat capacity ofthe peptides as a function of temperature Replacement of Pro by 3(S)Hyp decreases the transition enthalpy The first replacement of Pro by 3(S)Hyp in the middle ofthe ... lowered the Tm ofthe peptide by 3.3 °C When 3(S)fluoroproline was incorporated, a further decrease in the Tm was found [30] As the pKa ofthe carboxyl group of 3(S)Hyp is lower than that of Pro, these ... contributes most to the folding rate ofthemodel peptides, regardless ofthe Xaa position imino acid modification, i.e Pro, 3(S)Hyp or 4(R)Hyp The large difference in the rates ofthe H-(Pro-Pro-Gly)10-OH...
... evaluate the different configurations ofthe theory was that the best definition oftheparameters was the one that would lead to the fewest violations of Constraint and Rule We discuss the results ... chosen, and then to compute the CFs and the CB (if any) of each utterance on the basis ofthe anaphoric information and according to the notion of ranking specified This information was the used ... produced them; the texts in the pharmaceutical domain are leaflets providing the patients with the legally mandatory information about their medicine The total size ofthe corpus is of about 6,000...
... 1.1 The process is initiated at the top left ofthe Vee with the definition ofthe operational need ofthe stakeholders The focus ofthe decomposition and definition process (or design) is the ... with the identification ofthe need for the system and progressing through the retirement ofthe system Some ofthe phases ofthe life INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEMS ENGINEERING Identification of Need ... or qualification of both the elements ofthe system and the system itself to ensure that the system meets the ultimate needs ofthe stakeholders 1.2 OVERVIEW OFTHE ENGINEERING OF SYSTEMS This...
... depends on the expected return of all the asset returns in the portfolio) and the variance ofthe portfolio’s return (which depends on the variance ofthe return of all ofthe assets in the portfolio ... Testing The CAPM Deriving the Empirical Analogue ofthe CML Empricial Implications General Findings of Empirical Tests ofthe CAPM A Critique of Tests ofthe CAPM Merton and Black Modifications ofthe ... forces One is the variability ofthe price as measured, say, by some measure of dispersion ofthe relative price over time The greater the variability, the greater the probability ofthe market...
... Endocrine Psychiatry Solvingthe Riddle of Melancholia Edward Shorter, PhD Jason A Hannah Professor ofthe History of Medicine Professor of Psychiatry Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto Toronto, ... into the bloodstream from ‘ the organs of internal secretion.’’ Within the bloodstream, they have broad effects on all the cells ofthe body A second system is that ofthe neurohumors, or the ... abdomen.’’11 For psychiatrists of Chiarugi’s generation, the tides ofthe body were intimately linked to the passions ofthe spirit; once rid ofthe ‘‘bilious matter’’ in the stomach, the patient was restored...
... course The rapid expansion ofthe program was made possible, at least in part, by the availability ofthe trainers who were trained through the TOT-based trainer pathway The recent evaluation of ... contributed to the overall management ofthe training program and to writing the article MRW led the analysis ofthe trainer data, as well as contributed to the literature review and writing the article ... DB participated in the analysis ofthe trainer data, as well as contributed to the literature review and writing the article RMcL conducted the analysis ofthe TIMS data for the external evaluation...
... dimensions; 1) the use of pre-specified conceptual and measurement models; 2) the strength of empirical support for the reliability and validity ofthe scale(s); 3) the responsiveness of PRO to clinical ... aspects ofthe construct Application of a Multiple Cause Indicator (MCI) model is based on the premise that each observation uniquely contributes to the precision ofthe overall estimate ofthe latent ... provide the best estimate ofthe measurement construct Single Cause Indicator models Model B1 in Figure illustrates the Single Cause Indicator (SCI) model, a less common variant ofthe MCI model, ...