alternative methods for estimating the benchmark regression

... time than the LSM or the MLE (Al-Fawzan 2000) Although the results from the LSM and the MLS estimated methods were inferior to the MOM based on the MSE criterion in this study, the LSM and the MLE ... al 2003) in forestry applications, but the LSM is used very little for estimating the parameters of Weibull distribution in forestry applications The LSM provides alternatives to the MLE and ... from the MOM based on the chi-square statistic for loblolly 569 pine plantations in the southern United States because the CDF regression aimed at fitting the CDF of diameter distribution Also, the...

Ngày tải lên: 07/08/2014, 10:22

... calculate MEBV, the accuracy of these methods when the number of QTL and the distribution of QTL variance varies is unknown Therefore, the objective of this study is to investigate the effect of ... of the QTL effects is unknown Two other methods that might be suitable for estimating MEBV are Least Angle Regression (LARS) and Partial Least Square Regression (PLSR) LARS is a penalized regression ... scenarios for ten replicates The time recorded included the time required to fit the model on the training population, the time required for cross validation when using LARS and PLSR, and the time...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 13:21

... range These are of the form Δσ m N = constant, where Δσ is the stress range, N is the fatigue life and m is the inverse slope of the log Δσ vs log N curve The benefits from the use of the improvement ... Reasonable efforts have been made to publish reliable data and information, but the authors and the publisher cannot assume responsibility for the validity of all materials Neither the authors nor the ... (arrowed) Fig 5.5 The diameter of the tool tip influences the resulting appearance of the hammer peened surface In general, the smaller the diameter, the greater the likelihood that the actual weld...

Ngày tải lên: 24/03/2014, 02:20

... of the folding out membraneand form of the impulse (2) By any form of the impulse yields the products of the folding out membraneand form of an impulse (3) By any form of the impulse yields the ... products of the folding out membraneand form of an impulse (4) Any form of the impulse is yielded by the interaction of the bending out of the membrane and the form of the impulse (5) The impulse ... impulse (5) The impulse in any form yields the products of the folding-out membrane and the form of an impulse (6) Any form of the impulse yields the products of the membrane-folding Published...

Ngày tải lên: 30/03/2014, 17:20

... model for the variation of the autocorrelation matrix eigenvalues The function g1 (k) can be therefore expressed as g1 (k) = completely white The more colored is the noise, the larger is the dynamic ... (a) the discriminant functions and (b) the associated cost function, for N = estimate, the eigenvalue variation can be still used, in a different form, for obtaining N The main idea behind the ... (a) the discriminant functions and (b) the associated cost function, for N = and S/N = dB Just like in the case of the GDE criterion, the solution N is obtained as the argument which yields the...

Ngày tải lên: 23/06/2014, 01:20

... within the whole root system was observed, which affected the precision of the root length and biomass estimates and the architecture generated by the model Further, the model had low aptitude for ... (order 1) was used as the starting point for the theoretical volume-filling estimate (Eq (7)) The estimated length of order was used for estimating length of order 3, and the procedure was repeated ... are reached Here, we applied the Dm of mm The scaling factor α is defined as the ratio of the square of root diameter before bifurcation ( D ) to the sum of squares of the diameters of bifurb cating...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 01:21

... the shadehouse during the period the light metre was exposed, and the mean among the five quantum sensors for the total integrated light energy (mol m–2) received for the period ending when the ... restrict the input gap fractions to some central zenithal annuli The calculations that they perform are based on the same hypotheses as the ones used by the LAI-2000 PCA 2.6 Diazo papers The diazo ... (the LAI2000 PCA was not used for seedlings) discriminated the recent treefall gap from the other sites The LAIL and diazo papers did not make any distinction within the other sites, whereas the...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 14:21

... included in the model The heritability was equal to 0.28 The limited size of the data set allowed the estimation of the true CD by inversion of the coefcient matrix of the mixed model equations (formula ... used on the French on-farm evaluation, IBOVAL, for the Parthenaise breed The trait analysed was the muscular development score at weaning, and the model used in this present study was the model ... that the empirical estimators of CD converged to the true values of CD as the number of replicates increased 3.2 Application of the method The large size of the data set prevented estimating the...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 18:21

... estimated using the parameter A = For the INSILICO1 data set, the Sparsity is ~10 For the INSILICO2 data set, the Sparsity is ~13 For the INSILICO3 data set, the Sparsity is ~35 The learned LP-SLGNs ... to the number of genes N The minimum LOO Error occurs at A = for ALPHA and A = 0.9 for CDC15; the Sparsity is ~15 for these A values The degree of most of the nodes in the LPSLGNs lies in the ... penalty for deviations from equality In contrast, the solution to the sparse linear regression problem proposed here avoids the need for SVD by formulating the problem directly within the framework...

Ngày tải lên: 12/08/2014, 17:20

... than half, thereby making the estimates of the costs averted by syphilis treatment more conservative The formula for estimating the value of the interruption of STI transmission in the population ... reinfection For gonorrhea, the formula includes the absolute reduction in the probability of sequelae associated with treatment (0.14 for women and 0.03 for men), the sequelae cost ($1,995 for women ... 4, top) For chlamydia, the formula includes the absolute reduction in the probability of sequelae associated with treatment (0.16 for women and 0.03 for men), the sequelae cost ($1,995 for women...

Ngày tải lên: 13/08/2014, 11:22

... compare these three methods using the MCC values as the comparative measure, because it is the most balanced measure of performance for classification Figure compares the MCC values on each of the ... in these organelles are more likely to be in common with n-grams in other organelles, and therefore the proteins in these organelles will be difficult to predict The remaining classes performed ... Regardless of the representation, the sequence of a protein contains virtually all of the information needed to determine the structure of the protein, which in turn determines its function Therefore,...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 07:21

... 2.1.1 Exact Methods for the TSP …………………………….………13 2.1.2 Heuristic Methods for the TSP………….………….… ….… 16 2.2 Approaches for Solving the VRP……………………….…….….……… 31 2.2.1 Exact Methods for the VRP ………………….…….… ... assumed that the delivery is performed before the pickup for each customer location, and therefore, the current load of the vehicle before arriving at a given location can be calculated by the initial ... one of the following criteria: • The node resulting in the least distance increment • The node nearest to the current tour • The node farthest from the current tour • The node forming the largest...

Ngày tải lên: 04/10/2015, 15:58

... positions) and reached the similar conclusion that for estimating the shape parameter, the performance of the LSE method with either the median rank plotting positions or the mean plotting positions, ... estimation methods including LSE for the Weibull distribution WPP is presented together with the linear regression estimation methods because they can be easily combined The proposed estimation methods ... distribution to the extreme value distribution which has a location-scale form After the transformation, the estimating equations for the location parameter (i.e., u  ln  ) and the scale parameter...

Ngày tải lên: 12/09/2015, 08:19

... released into the culture broth, and the flocculant is obtained from the filtrate of the culture broth; and second, a cell surface material associated with the cell wall or adsorbed to the cell surface ... control test was calculated every minute using the following formula: The relative A660 = A660 of flocculating test A660 of control test For the control, the polymer solution was replaced by distilled ... and washing extraction the lowest (13.3 mg/g, dry sludge) Protein was the main component of all the polymers, although the content varied significantly with the polymer The NaOH- and SDS-extracted...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 09:08

... temperature through the evaporation of sweat from the skin, the use of cooling towers or evaporative condensers, the cooling of pools by the evaporation of the water, etc Furthermore, it was the most widespread ... through the filters on the right side, and is driven by the fan through the horizontal paths of the plate heat-exchanger, where it is cooled The return air, sucked by the upper fan, passes through the ... uncertain, but also the reduction in the environmental impact or in the misused of natural resources implied [2] Despite the fact that the priority of the new dispositions introduced for energy management,...

Ngày tải lên: 05/09/2013, 16:10

... CONCLUSION There is no one “best method”, or for that matter, one “best research design” approach for customer satisfaction measurement In the end, the cost versus the value of the information ... and disadvantages The distinctions between methods usually impact the suitability of a particular survey method relative to the organization’s specific CSM information needs The following table ... how they can respond For example, t ey can be h sent a mail survey but a URL with the survey web address can be included in the cover letter Another application is to begin with unobtrusive methods...

Ngày tải lên: 18/10/2013, 12:15

... precision values above 50% for the rst 10% of the list, but is outperformed by the t-test afterwards Looking at the rst 40% of the data, there is a big gap between the good measures (t-test, ... misleading results For instance, if we just look at the rst of the SLs for the PNV data, we might conclude that the t-test and frequency measures are equally well suited for the extraction of ... the precision (or recall) values achieved For instance, the precision values for and for the AdjN data can be read from the -axis in Figure at positions where and (marked by vertical lines) The...

Ngày tải lên: 20/02/2014, 18:20

... action Other 920 QSARs are available for ADME properties although these require further refinement There 921 are no predictive models for the metabolic activity of the placenta and other relevant ... allowing the 62 detection of the most sensitive endpoints, the definition of a tool-box of alternative methods 63 as well as the eventual need to develop additional alternatives to cover the missing ... responsible for the safety of its cosmetic product, the producer performs a risk 118 assessment based on the data of all ingredients used Therefore, a pre-market approval is not 119 necessary for most...

Ngày tải lên: 05/03/2014, 16:20

... treatment plants The cases for The types of regression analysis regression models The case for primary treatment level LS FLR FGR The case for secondary treatment level LS The case for tertiary treatment ... remove the effect of heteroscedasticity in the least squares regression analysis, the scatter plots of average construction cost were therefore prepared for performing the least squares regression ... in theory As a consequence, no pretreatment for the normalized datasets is required before performing those fuzzy regression analyses Model formulation and regression analysis Table presents the...

Ngày tải lên: 15/03/2014, 23:17

... Printed in the United States of America 10 09 08 07 NOT FOR PRINTING OR INSTRUCTIONAL USE iii W Learning Objectives For: BUILDING & CLOSING THE SALE The objectives for Building & Closing the Sale ... presentations products and how to present them would be a broad band in the middle of the illustration, and techniques for closing the sale would be the large base of the triangle PR EV Using a marriage ... will address closing skills The logic is simple—if the “Ben Franklin” close does not work, the participant is then taught to rummage around in his or her head for the “puppy dog,” “secondary...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 11:20