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... correlations for analyzing longitudinal data and obtained some asymptotic results based on the assumption that max 1≤i≤n m i is bounded for all n Chi and Reinsel [27] considered linear models for longitudinal ... inference for such models If g(⋅) is unknown but there are no repeated measurements, that is m1 = ⋅ ⋅ ⋅ = mn = 1, the models (1.1) are reduced to non-longitudinal partially linear regression models, ... > ε) = o(1) for any  > 0; mi j=1 mi j=1 Wnij (tkl )xij || = O(1), Wnij (t)xij = O(1), (vi) max1≤i≤n,1≤j≤mi Wnij (s) − Wnij (t) ≤ C|s − t| uniformly for s, t Î [0, 1] Remark 2.1 For obtaining...

Ngày tải lên: 20/06/2014, 22:20

... generated by several models for the analysis of facial growth in 11 girls and 16 boys 138 J.-L Foulley et al 139 EM-REML for longitudinal data POW) However, since the value of −2Lm for model is slightly ... construct several models with the same number of parameters which cannot be compared There are two models with two parameters (models and 2) and also two with three parameters (models and 4) The ... (ML, REML, −2L) of several models for the analysis of facial growth in 11 girls and 16 boys (Pothoff and Roy [22]; Little and Rubbin [14]) EM-REML for longitudinal data 137 {1} {2} {3} {4} {5}...

Ngày tải lên: 09/08/2014, 18:21

... and segment the data, and the potential next steps for this research Detailed appendices are also presented for reference 16 The six business models for copyright infringement – A data driven study ... for data collection purposes We formed a sample list containing 153 websites for the ‘Training data We selected a further 104 websites to be used to validate the segmentation – ‘Validation data ... six business models for copyright infringement – A data driven study of websites considered to be infringing copyright 35 36 The six business models for copyright infringement – A data driven...

Ngày tải lên: 06/03/2014, 21:20

... data model to be used for data streams: for instance, the presence of time stamps is required for query completeness The paper is organized as follows In the next section, we survey several data ... situation is more complex for multiple data streams, since these need to be merged into a single stream before UDAs can be applied For instance, the operator used in SQL:1999 for computing the union, ... processed for union Conclusions Data streams require significant changes in traditional DB technology This paper is the first to propose a formal analysis of how query languages and also data models...

Ngày tải lên: 23/03/2014, 12:20

... natural language data First, we trained first-order HMM, MEMM, and CRF models as in the synthetic data experiments, introducing parameters µy,x for each tag-word pair and λy ,y for each tag-tag ... Freitag, D., & Pereira, F (2000) Maximum entropy Markov models for information extraction and segmentation Proc ICML 2000 (pp 591–598) Stanford, California Mohri, M (1997) Finite-state transducers in ... error rates for HMMs, CRFs, and MEMMs on randomly generated synthetic data sets, as described in Section 5.2 As the data becomes “more second order,” the error rates of the test models increase...

Ngày tải lên: 24/04/2014, 13:20

... impedance transformer (balun) was used to connect the measured pair with the measurement device The reference for the baluns is North Hills 0302BB (10 kHz–60 MHz), except for FEXT and IL for 300 and ... a straight line Figure 2: Deviation from Gaussian pdf for NEXT, 300 m Figure 12 For brevity, detailed plots are therefore only provided for 300 meter NEXT There are two plots per channel type ... relatively hard to detect this way For this reason, and for the sake of brevity, we are only showing normal probability plots for the FEXT channels NEXT plots for 300 meters are presented in Figures...

Ngày tải lên: 22/06/2014, 23:20

... that it theoretically allows comparing kinds of models (nested or not) for a given data set Unfortunately, their properties have been established for a number of observations that tend to infinity ... equations present the model we have finally obtained for the density Models for the other properties are not presented for overcrowding reasons The model for the density of cube j within the tree i is ... compare all these models, some information criteria such as Akaike’s Information Criteria and its derivatives [1, 2] could be used These criteria measure the adequacy of a model to the data (the log...

Ngày tải lên: 08/08/2014, 14:20

... the three models The conditional posterior distributions are in known form for all parameters, so Gibbs sampling is straightforward The needed conditional distributions are normal for systematic, ... as for M2 Longitudinal data allows developing new selection criteria other than a single predicted additive genetic value for a cow Potential selection criteria from these models include, for ... truncated normal for the 3341 latent variables, scaled inverted chi-square for the genetic variance in the first model (σu ) and for the permanent effect variance in the three models (σp ), and...

Ngày tải lên: 14/08/2014, 13:22

... constructed joint models between a random change point model for a longitudinal outcome and a lognormal model for time-to-event data In this paper, we consider bivariate change point models for two longitudinal ... Simulation results for comparing three bivariate models under scenarios 11 and 12 39 2.16 Simulation results for comparing three bivariate models with data generated ... ROC curves for different models at different time points 114 xvii Chapter Introduction In this thesis research, several topics related to joint models for longitudinal and survival data analysis...

Ngày tải lên: 24/08/2014, 11:40

... methodology for the system it exposes In database terms, this means that an API would expose public interfaces for retrieving data from, inserting data into, and updating data in the database A set of database ... the state that the data must end up in once any process is finished It’s important to remember that data is not “just data in most applications—rather, the data in the database models the actual ... render the data into the correct format for the reports, rather than implementing similar reports in each application 11 CHAPTER SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT METHODOLOGIES FOR THE DATABASE WORLD Performance...

Ngày tải lên: 05/10/2013, 08:48

... applications on RAC databases and monitor database performance Oracle Database Platform Guide for Windows: Contains information specific to managing a database on a Windows platform Oracle Database Administrator's ... Describes the tasks that a database administrator performs to manage a cluster database Oracle Real Application Clusters Deployment and Performance Guide: Provides guidelines for database administrators ... Specify Database Configuration Options page Complete the sections on the Specify Database Configuration Options page as follows: a In the Database Naming section, enter a value for the Global Database...

Ngày tải lên: 21/12/2013, 04:17

... known as binary data Several different formats are in common use for storage of numeric data in binary form 2.1.2 ASCII (American National Standard Code for Information Interchange) data symbols ... Information Handling Services - 13 - ELECTRICAL RELAYS Part 24: Common format for transient data exchange (COMTRADE) for power systems Scope and object This part of IEC 60255 defines a format for ... extension: HDR for the header file, CFG for the configuration file, DAT fordatafile(s), and INF fortheinformationfile.Thefile names shall follow the IBM Compatible DOS [15] conventions for legal characters...

Ngày tải lên: 25/12/2013, 10:51

... Oracle Database 10g Types of Database Failures Since database backups are made to protect against a database failure, let’s quickly review the types of database failures that can occur A database ... the actual datafiles The redo log is the ultimate source of truth for all changes to the data in an Oracle database, since an instance failure before the changes are written to the datafiles means ... data if you have a source, or you’re going to have a data loss situation If you are running a production database—or if you want to make sure that all the data changes made to any database, for...

Ngày tải lên: 19/01/2014, 22:20

... consultant for Oracle Corporation Sam is the author of two previous books for Apress about Oracle9i Database and Oracle 10g Database administration Sam also wrote two Oracle certification books for ... 326 11-5 Performing Database-Level Recovery 327 11-6 Performing Tablespace-Level Recovery 329 11-7 Performing Datafile-Level Recovery ... ■ CHAPTER 15 Duplicating Databases and Transporting Data 443 15-1 Renaming Files in a Duplicate Database 444 15-2 Creating a Duplicate Database on the Same Host...

Ngày tải lên: 19/01/2014, 22:20

... specification for the object model CHAPTER ■ SPATIAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT Oracle Spatial makes it possible to process geodata within the same information platform used for all other data types ... standards, for an overview of ongoing standardization initiatives for spatial information data and systems, and for an up-to-date list of compliant products See ISO/IEC 13249-3:2003, “Information ... provides an implementation for these standards8 and offers a simple and effective way of storing and analyzing spatial data from within the same database used for any other data type The combination...

Ngày tải lên: 19/01/2014, 22:20

... application and related dataset that are used for most examples in this book The data used includes mapping data (for example, state boundaries, rivers, built-up areas), geocoding data (for example, lists ... multitudes of spatial datasets and sources used in practice Some datasets, such as cadastral data, land-use data, road network data, administrative boundary data, rivers and lakes data, and so on, ... additional data type called raster, which is used for images and grid data We cover raster data and the raster data model in Appendix D CHAPTER ■ SPATIAL INFORMATION MANAGEMENT Figure 1-1 Spatial data...

Ngày tải lên: 19/01/2014, 22:20

... Model for suspended particulate matter transport and bottom bathymetry evolution The model for SPM and bottom bathymetry evolution includes sub -models: 3D SPM Model for water column and 2D model for ... need to build a system of models for each environment which is related to each other through the boundary conditions In this case, we can introduce the system of models for oil slick, oil-in-water ... wind Conclusion The preliminary results for the combined system of 2D, 3D hydrodynamicenvironmental models for SPM and bottom layer change show the ability to forecast the fate and transport of contaminants...

Ngày tải lên: 13/02/2014, 12:20

... advanced data types and cursors that can boost query performances if used correctly For instance, Oracle provides the LOB data types that perform faster than the standard LONG data types used for ... ODP.NET provider for the NET 2.0 framework Oracle Data Provider for NET 1.x This is the ODP.NET provider for the NET 1.x framework Oracle Database Extensions for NET 2.0 Oracle Database Extensions ... execute Finally, the OracleDataAdapter class allows ODP.NET to fill an ADO.NET dataset object with data Accessing Data using ODP.NET Accessing data in ODP.NET is straightforward process The code...

Ngày tải lên: 17/02/2014, 17:20

... Thermodynamics for biotechnology 19.1 Introduction 19.2 Models for Pharmaceuticals 19.2.1 General 19.2.2 The NRTL–SAC model 19.2.3 The NRHB model for pharmaceuticals 19.3 Models for amino acids ... Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 8SQ, United Kingdom For details of our global editorial offices, for customer services and for information about how to apply for permission to reuse the copyright material ... suitable models in process simulators, the existence of difficult separations or the many databases which may be at hand Data for multicomponent mixtures especially can be scarce and costly even for...

Ngày tải lên: 18/02/2014, 15:20

... unseen for a given domain s, we are already performing an implicit form of smoothing (when computing the expected counts), since each document has a distribution over all topics, and therefore ... Xing, 2006), which uses a bilingual topic model for learning alignment In our case, by building a topic distribution for the source side of the training data, we abstract the notion of domain to include ... data come from; and even if we do, “subcorpus” may not be the most useful notion of domain for better translations We take a finer-grained, flexible, unsupervised approach for lexical...

Ngày tải lên: 19/02/2014, 19:20