Search Results - empirical ((algorithms OR (algorithmes OR algorithmic)) OR algorithms)

Modeling semi-arid water-soil-vegetation systems by Wang, Xixi

Table of Contents: “…3.6 Topsoil erosion -- 3.6.1 Aeolian erosion -- 3.6.2 Fluvial erosion -- 3.6.3 Effects of physical and biological crusts on erosion -- 3.7 Summary and discussion -- References -- Chapter 4 Mathematical models -- 4.1 Overview -- 4.2 Comparisons of existing models -- 4.2.1 HYDRUS-1D -- 4.2.2 SWAT -- 4.2.3 SWAP -- 4.2.4 Comparisons -- 4.3 Model selection -- 4.4 Development of new algorithms -- 4.4.1 Physical crusts -- 4.4.2 Biocrusts -- 4.4.3 Low-moisture soils -- 4.4.4 Dry soil layers -- 4.4.5 The SWAP-E model -- 4.5 Measures of model performance -- 4.5.1 Empirical judgement…”
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Qualitative Comparative Analysis : An Introduction To Research Design And Application. by Mello, Patrick A.

Table of Contents: “…Related Methods and Approaches -- Notes -- 9 QCA and Its Critics -- Analytical Robustness -- Comparisons with Other Methods -- Formalization and Algorithms -- Causal Analysis and Solution Terms -- Recognizing QCA's Strengths and Limitations -- Notes -- 10 Guiding Principles for QCA Research -- Good Research Practice -- Documenting and Communicating QCA Results -- QCA Resources -- Current Developments -- The Way Ahead -- Notes -- Appendix: Link to the Online R Manual -- Glossary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- I -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- X-Y -- References…”
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Robust Battery Management Systems. by Balasingam, Balakumar

Table of Contents: “…-- 1.4.1 Modularized Approach -- 1.4.2 Illustration of Algorithms Through Matlab Simulation…”
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Machine Learning in Chemical Safety and Health : Fundamentals with Applications. by Wang, Qingsheng

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 3 Flammability Characteristics Prediction Using QSPR Modeling -- 3.1 Introduction -- 3.1.1 Flammability Characteristics -- 3.1.2 QSPR Application -- 3.1.2.1 Concept of QSPR -- 3.1.2.2 Trends and Characteristics of QSPR -- 3.2 Flowchart for Flammability Characteristics Prediction -- 3.2.1 Dataset Preparation -- 3.2.2 Structure Input and Molecular Simulation -- 3.2.3 Calculation of Molecular Descriptors -- 3.2.4 Preliminary Screening of Molecular Descriptors -- 3.2.5 Descriptor Selection and Modeling -- 3.2.6 Model Validation -- 3.2.6.1 Model Fitting Ability Evaluation -- 3.2.6.2 Model Stability Analysis -- 3.2.6.3 Model Predictivity Evaluation -- 3.2.7 Model Mechanism Explanation -- 3.2.8 Summary of QSPR Process -- 3.3 QSPR Review for Flammability Characteristics -- 3.3.1 Flammability Limits -- 3.3.1.1 LFLT and LFL -- 3.3.1.2 UFLT and UFL -- 3.3.2 Flash Point -- 3.3.3 Auto-ignition Temperature -- 3.3.4 Heat of Combustion -- 3.3.5 Minimum Ignition Energy -- 3.3.6 Gas-liquid Critical Temperature -- 3.3.7 Other Properties -- 3.4 Limitations -- 3.5 Conclusions and Future Prospects -- References -- Chapter 4 Consequence Prediction Using Quantitative Property-Consequence Relationship Models -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Conventional Consequence Prediction Methods -- 4.2.1 Empirical Method -- 4.2.2 Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) Method -- 4.2.3 Integral Method -- 4.3 Machine Learning and Deep Learning-Based Consequence Prediction Models -- 4.4 Quantitative Property-Consequence Relationship Models -- 4.4.1 Consequence Database -- 4.4.2 Property Descriptors -- 4.4.3 Machine Learning and Deep Learning Algorithms -- 4.5 Challenges and Future Directions -- References -- Chapter 5 Machine Learning in Process Safety and Asset Integrity Management -- 5.1 Opportunities and Threats -- 5.2 State-of-the-Art Reviews -- 5.2.1 Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs).…”
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Pattern recognition : a quality of data perspective by Homenda, Władysław, Pedrycz, Witold, 1953-

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Big data and differential privacy : analysis strategies for railway track engineering by Attoh-Okine, Nii O.

Table of Contents: “…3.12.2.2 Deep Belief Nets (DBN)3.12.3 Convolutional Neural Networks (CNN); 3.12.4 Granular Computing (Rough Set Theory); 3.12.5 Clustering; 3.12.5.1 Measures of Similarity or Dissimilarity; 3.12.5.2 Hierarchical Methods; 3.12.5.3 Non-Hierarchical Clustering; 3.12.5.4 k-Means Algorithm; 3.12.5.5 Expectation-Maximization (EM) Algorithms; 3.13 Data Stream Processing; 3.13.1 Methods and Analysis; 3.13.2 LogLog Counting; 3.13.3 Count-Min Sketch; 3.13.3.1 Online Support Regression; 3.14 Remarks; References; Chapter 4 Basic Foundations of Big Data; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Query.…”
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Missing Data Methods : Cross-Sectional Methods and Applications. by Drukker, David M.

Table of Contents: “…NotesAcknowledgment; References; Orthogonality in the single index model; On the estimation of selection models when participation is endogenous and misclassified; Introduction; The model and estimator; Sampling algorithm; Simulated data example; Summary and conclusions; Notes; Acknowledgments; References; summary tables for additional simulations; Process for simulating non -- normal errors; Efficient probit estimation with partially missing covariates; Introduction; Model Specification; Efficient estimators and variances; Testing assumptions and possible modifications; Other models.…”
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Intelligent computational systems : a multi-disciplinary perspective

Table of Contents: “…3.2.1. Genetic Algorithm (GA) -- 3.2.2. Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm (PSO) -- 3.3. …”
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Computational phraseology

Table of Contents: “…Monocollocable words : a type of language combinatory periphery / František Čermák -- Translation asymmetries of multiword expressions in machine translation : an analysis of the TED-MWE corpus / Johanna Monti, Mihael Arcan and Federico Sangati -- German constructional phrasemes and their Russian counterparts : a corpus-based study / Dmitrij Dobrovol'skij -- Computational phraseology and translation studies : from theoretical hypotheses to practical tools / Jean-Pierre Colson -- Computational extraction of formulaic sequences from corpora : two case studies of a new extraction algorithm / Alexander Wahl and Stefan Th. Gries -- Computational phraseology discovery in corpora with the MWETOOLKIT / Carlos Ramisch -- Multiword expressions in comparable corpora / Peter Ďurčo -- Collecting collocations from general and specialised corpora : a comparative analysis / Marie-Claude L'Homme and Daphnée Azoulay -- What matters more : the size of the corpora or their quality? …”
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Handbook of modeling high-frequency data in finance

Table of Contents: “…Handbook of Modeling High-Frequency Data in Finance; Contents; Preface; Contributors; Part One Analysis of Empirical Data; 1 Estimation of NIG and VG Models for High Frequency Financial Data; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 The Statistical Models; 1.3 Parametric Estimation Methods; 1.4 Finite-Sample Performance via Simulations; 1.5 Empirical Results; 1.6 Conclusion; References; 2 A Study of Persistence of Price Movement using High Frequency Financial Data; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Methodology; 2.3 Results; 2.4 Rare Events Distribution; 2.5 Conclusions; References…”
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Applications of GRA and grey prediction models

Table of Contents: “…Combined forecasting of regional logistics demand optimized by genetic algorithmApplication of grey relational analysis to expose individual student's cognitive difficulties in English public speaking; Mobile communication service income prediction method based on grey buffer operator theory; Using grey relational analysis to evaluate resource configuration and service ability for hospital on public private partnership model in China; The status of traditional medicine and national medicine in different areas of the China in 2011 with grey clustering analysis.…”
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Social-behavioral modeling for complex systems

Table of Contents: “…Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; List of Contributors; About the Editors; About the Companion Website; Part I Introduction and Agenda; Chapter 1 Understanding and Improving the Human Condition: A Vision of the Future for Social-Behavioral Modeling; Challenges; Challenge One: The Complexity of Human Issues; Challenge Two: Fragmentation; Empirical Observation; Empirical Experiments; Generative Simulation; Unification; Challenge Three: Representations; Challenge Four: Applications of Social-Behavioral Modeling; About This Book; Roadmap for the Book; References…”
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Handbook of monte carlo methods by Kroese, Dirk P., Taimre, Thomas, Botev, Zdravko I.

Table of Contents: “…Cover13; -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Uniform Random Number Generation -- 1.1 Random Numbers -- 1.1.1 Properties of a Good Random Number Generator -- 1.1.2 Choosing a Good Random Number Generator -- 1.2 Generators Based on Linear Recurrences -- 1.2.1 Linear Congruential Generators -- 1.2.2 Multiple-Recursive Generators -- 1.2.3 Matrix Congruential Generators -- 1.2.4 Modulo 2 Linear Generators -- 1.3 Combined Generators -- 1.4 Other Generators -- 1.5 Tests for Random Number Generators -- 1.5.1 Spectral Test -- 1.5.2 Empirical Tests -- References -- 2 Quasirandom Number Generation -- 2.1 Multidimensional Integration -- 2.2 Van der Corput and Digital Sequences -- 2.3 Halton Sequences -- 2.4 Faure Sequences -- 2.5 Sobol' Sequences -- 2.6 Lattice Methods -- 2.7 Randomization and Scrambling -- References -- 3 Random Variable Generation -- 3.1 Generic Algorithms Based on Common Transformations -- 3.1.1 Inverse-Transform Method -- 3.1.2 Other Transformation Methods -- 3.1.3 Table Lookup Method -- 3.1.4 Alias Method -- 3.1.5 Acceptance-Rejection Method -- 3.1.6 Ratio of Uniforms Method -- 3.2 Generation Methods for Multivariate Random Variables -- 3.2.1 Copulas -- 3.3 Generation Methods for Various Random Objects -- 3.3.1 Generating Order Statistics -- 3.3.2 Generating Uniform Random Vectors in a Simplex -- 3.3.3 Generating Random Vectors Uniformly Distributed in a Unit Hyperball and Hypersphere -- 3.3.4 Generating Random Vectors Uniformly Distributed in a Hyperellipsoid -- 3.3.5 Uniform Sampling on a Curve -- 3.3.6 Uniform Sampling on a Surface -- 3.3.7 Generating Random Permutations -- 3.3.8 Exact Sampling From a Conditional Bernoulli Distribution -- References -- 4 Probability Distributions -- 4.1 Discrete Distributions -- 4.1.1 Bernoulli Distribution -- 4.1.2 Binomial Distribution -- 4.1.3 Geometric Distribution -- 4.1.4 Hypergeometric Distribution -- 4.1.5 Negative Binomial Distribution -- 4.1.6 Phase-Type Distribution (Discrete Case) -- 4.1.7 Poisson Distribution -- 4.1.8 Uniform Distribution (Discrete Case) -- 4.2 Continuous Distributions -- 4.2.1 Beta Distribution -- 4.2.2 Cauchy Distribution -- 4.2.3 Exponential Distribution -- 4.2.4 F Distribution -- 4.2.5 Fr233;chet Distribution -- 4.2.6 Gamma Distribution -- 4.2.7 Gumbel Distribution -- 4.2.8 Laplace Distribution -- 4.2.9 Logistic Distribution -- 4.2.10 Log-Normal Distribution -- 4.2.11 Normal Distribution -- 4.2.12 Pareto Distribution -- 4.2.13 Phase-Type Distribution (Continuous Case) -- 4.2.14 Stable Distribution -- 4.2.15 Student's t Distribution -- 4.2.16 Uniform Distribution (Continuous Case) -- 4.2.17 Wald Distribution -- 4.2.18 Weibull Distribution -- 4.3 Multivariate Distributions -- 4.3.1 Dirichlet Distribution -- 4.3.2 Multinomial Distribution -- 4.3.3 Multivariate Normal Distribution -- 4.3.4 Multivariate Student's t Distribution -- 4.3.5 Wishart Distribution -- References -- 5 Random Process Generation -- 5.1 Gaussian Processes -- 5.1.1 Markovian Gaussian Processes -- 5.1.2 Stationary Gaussian Processes and the FFT -- 5.2 Markov Chains -- 5.3 Markov Jump Processes -- 5.4 Poisson Processes -- 5.4.1 Compound Poisson Process -- 5.5 Wiener Process and Brownian Motion -- 5.6 Stochastic Differential Eq.…”
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Data Protection and Privacy : the Internet of Bodies. by Leenes, Ronald

Table of Contents: “…Machine Learning: Social Reconstruction and the Self; 2. Algorithmic Inequalities; 3. The Data Protection Toolbox: The Search for the Collective; 4. …”
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Reviews in computational chemistry.

Table of Contents: “…Small Molecule Docking and Scoring; Introduction; Algorithms for Molecular Docking; The Docking Problem; Placing Fragments and Rigid Molecules; Flexible Ligand Docking; Handling Protein Flexibility; Docking of Combinatorial Libraries; Scoring; Shape and Chemical Complementary Scores; Force Field Scoring; Empirical Scoring Functions; Knowledge-Based Scoring Functions; Comparing Scoring Functions in Docking Experiments: Consensus Scoring.…”
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Computational materials engineering : achieving high accuracy and efficiency in metals processing simulations by Pietrzyk, Maciej, 1947-, Madej, Łukasz, Rauch, Lukasz, Szeliga, Danuta

Table of Contents: “…Toward Increase of the Efficiency of Modeling -- 2.1 Improvement of Numerical Algorithms -- 2.1.1 Metamodeling -- 2.1.2 Inverse analysis -- 2.1.2.1 General formulation of the inverse problem -- 2.1.2.2 Regularization -- 2.1.2.3 Methods of regularizations -- 2.1.2.4 Numerical computations and regularization in the finite-dimension setting -- 2.1.3 Sensitivity analysis -- 2.1.3.1 Local SA -- 2.1.3.2 Global SA -- 2.1.3.3 The implementation of SA algorithms -- 2.1.3.4 A strategy for the identification of the model parameters -- 2.2 Improvement of Hardware -- 2.2.1 General idea of high-performance computing -- 2.2.2 Development of clusters -- 2.2.3 Development of heterogeneous architectures -- 2.2.4 Development of grid environments -- 3. …”
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Data Mining and Statistics for Decision Making by Tufféry, Stéphane, Tufféry, Stéphane

Table of Contents: “…Learning algorithms -- 8.7. The main neural networks -- Automatic clustering methods -- 9.1. …”
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Cluster analysis

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Current development of mechanical engineering and energy : selected, peer reviewed papers from the 2013 International Symposium on Vehicle, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineering (...

Table of Contents: “…Simulation and Study on Ride Comfort of Articulated Dump Truck Based on Rigid-Flex CouplingThe Hall Automotive Wheel Speed Sensor and Simulation for its Signal Processing; Wind-Induced Vibration of the Rear-View Mirrors of Car at High Speed; Research on the Affection of Vehicle Lateral Stability Related to the Improved ABS; The Quantification Research of Engine Body Defect that Tested by Ultrasonic Phased Array; Analysis of Vehicle Interior Low-Frequency Noise Based on ATV; The Engine Oil Sump Radiated Noise Optimization Design; A Novel OFDM Radar Algorithm in Vehicular Environment…”
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Harry Markowitz : selected works by Markowitz, Harry M., 1927-2023

Table of Contents: “…Computation of mean-semivariance efficient sets by the critical line algorithm. Data mining corrections -- ch. 7. Harry Markowitz Company. …”
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