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Applied Artificial Intelligence : Proceedings of the 7th International FLINS Conference. by Arena, Paolo, Fortuna, Luigi

Table of Contents: “…Using parametric functions to solve systems of linear fuzzy equations-an improved algorithm / A. Vroman, G. Deschrijver, and E.E. Kerre. …”
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Machine Learning for Asset Management New Developments and Financial Applications

Table of Contents: “…A review of machine learning algorithms for prediction of market direction -- 2.3.1. …”
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EEG Signal Processing and Machine Learning. by Sanei, Saeid

Table of Contents: “…3.6 Dynamic Modelling of Neuron Action Potential Threshold -- 3.7 Summary -- References -- Chapter 4 Fundamentals of EEG Signal Processing -- 4.1 Introduction -- 4.2 Nonlinearity of the Medium -- 4.3 Nonstationarity -- 4.4 Signal Segmentation -- 4.5 Signal Transforms and Joint Time-Frequency Analysis -- 4.5.1 Wavelet Transform -- 4.5.1.1 Continuous Wavelet Transform -- 4.5.1.2 Examples of Continuous Wavelets -- 4.5.1.3 Discrete-Time Wavelet Transform -- 4.5.1.4 Multiresolution Analysis -- 4.5.1.5 Wavelet Transform Using Fourier Transform -- 4.5.1.6 Reconstruction -- 4.5.2 Synchro-Squeezed Wavelet Transform -- 4.5.3 Ambiguity Function and the Wigner-Ville Distribution -- 4.6 Empirical Mode Decomposition -- 4.7 Coherency, Multivariate Autoregressive Modelling, and Directed Transfer Function -- 4.8 Filtering and Denoising -- 4.9 Principal Component Analysis -- 4.9.1 Singular Value Decomposition -- 4.10 Summary -- References -- Chapter 5 EEG Signal Decomposition -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 Singular Spectrum Analysis -- 5.2.1 Decomposition -- 5.2.2 Reconstruction -- 5.3 Multichannel EEG Decomposition -- 5.3.1 Independent Component Analysis -- 5.3.2 Instantaneous BSS -- 5.3.3 Convolutive BSS -- 5.3.3.1 General Applications -- 5.3.3.2 Application of Convolutive BSS to EEG -- 5.4 Sparse Component Analysis -- 5.4.1 Standard Algorithms for Sparse Source Recovery -- 5.4.1.1 Greedy-Based Solution -- 5.4.1.2 Relaxation-Based Solution -- 5.4.2 k-Sparse Mixtures -- 5.5 Nonlinear BSS -- 5.6 Constrained BSS -- 5.7 Application of Constrained BSS -- Example -- 5.8 Multiway EEG Decompositions -- 5.8.1 Tensor Factorization for BSS -- 5.8.2 Solving BSS of Nonstationary Sources Using Tensor Factorization -- 5.9 Tensor Factorization for Underdetermined Source Separation -- 5.10 Tensor Factorization for Separation of Convolutive Mixtures in the Time Domain.…”
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Discourse, of course : an overview of research in discourse studies

Table of Contents: “…/ Elisabeth Le -- Implicit and explicit coherence relations / Maite Taboada -- Style and culture in quantitative discourse analysis / Martin Kaltenbacher -- Devices of probability and obligation in text types / Xinzhang Yang -- Analysis and evaluation of argumentative discourse / Frans H. van Eemeren and Bart Garssen -- Embodied cognition, discourse, and dual coding theory : new directions / Mark Sadoski -- The cognition of discourse coherence / Ted Sanders and Wilbert Spooren -- A computational psycholinguistic algorithm to measure cohesion in discourse / Max M. …”
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Retail futures : the good, the bad and the ugly of the digital transformation

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Other geographies : the influences of Michael Watts

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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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Enhance Oil and Gas Exploration with Data-Driven Geophysical and Petrophysical Models. by Holdaway, Keith R.

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Inverse problems of vibrational spectroscopy by Yagola, A. G.

Table of Contents: “…Ill-posed problems and the regularization method. Regularizing algorithms for constructing force fields of polyatomic molecules on the base of experimental data -- 6.1. …”
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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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Computational materials discovery

Table of Contents: “…3.1.2 Empirical Interatomic Potentials3.1.3 Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials; 3.2 Simple Problem: Fitting of Potential Energy Surfaces; 3.2.1 Representation of Atomic Systems; 3.2.2 An Overview of Machine Learning Methods; 3.3 Machine Learning Interatomic Potentials; 3.3.1 Representation of Atomic Environments; 3.3.2 Existing MLIPs; 3.4 Fitting and Testing of Interatomic Potentials; 3.4.1 Optimization Algorithms; 3.4.2 Validation and Cross-validation; 3.4.3 Learning on the Fly; 3.5 Discussion; 3.5.1 Which Potential Is Better?…”
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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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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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Mathematics of evolution and phylogeny

Table of Contents: “…List of Contributors -- 1 The minimum evolution distance-based approach of phylogenetic inference -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Tree metrics -- 1.2.1 Notation and basics -- 1.2.2 Three-point and four-point conditions -- 1.2.3 Linear decomposition into split metrics -- 1.2.4 Topological matrices -- 1.2.5 Unweighted and balanced averages -- 1.2.6 Alternate balanced basis for tree metrics -- 1.2.7 Tree metric inference in phylogenetics -- 1.3 Edge and tree length estimation -- 1.3.1 The LS approach -- 1.3.2 Edge length formulae -- 1.3.3 Tree length formulae -- 1.3.4 The positivity constraint -- 1.3.5 The balanced scheme of Pauplin -- 1.3.6 Semple and Steel combinatorial interpretation -- 1.3.7 BME: a WLS interpretation -- 1.4 The agglomerative approach -- 1.4.1 UPGMA and WPGMA -- 1.4.2 NJ as a balanced minimum evolution algorithm -- 1.4.3 Other agglomerative algorithms -- 1.5 Iterative topology searching and tree building -- 1.5.1 Topology transformations.; 1.5.2 A fast algorithm for NNIs with OLS -- 1.5.3 A fast algorithm for NNIs with BME -- 1.5.4 Iterative tree building with OLS -- 1.5.5 From OLS to BME -- 1.6 Statistical consistency -- 1.6.1 Positive results -- 1.6.2 Negative results -- 1.6.3 Atteson's safety radius analysis -- 1.7 Discussion -- Acknowledgements -- 2 Likelihood calculation in molecular phylogenetics -- 2.1 Introduction -- 2.2 Markov models of sequence evolution -- 2.2.1 Independence of sites -- 2.2.2 Setting up the basic model -- 2.2.3 Stationary distribution -- 2.2.4 Time reversibility -- 2.2.5 Rate of mutation -- 2.2.6 Probability of sequence evolution on a tree -- 2.3 Likelihood calculation: the basic algorithm -- 2.4 Likelihood calculation: improved models -- 2.4.1 Choosing the rate matrix -- 2.4.2 Among site rate variation -- 2.4.3 Site-specific rate variation -- 2.4.4 Correlated evolution between sites -- 2.5 Optimizing parameters -- 2.5.1 Optimizing continuous parameters -- 2.5.2 Searching for the optimal tree.; 2.5.3 Alternative search strategies -- 2.6 Consistency of the likelihood approach -- 2.6.1 Statistical consistency -- 2.6.2 Identifiability of the phylogenetic models -- 2.6.3 Coping with errors in the model -- 2.7 Likelihood ratio tests -- 2.7.1 When to use the asymptotic x2 distribution -- 2.7.2 Testing a subset of real parameters -- 2.7.3 Testing parameters with boundary conditions -- 2.7.4 Testing trees -- 2.8 Concluding remarks -- Acknowledgements -- 3 Bayesian inference in molecular phylogenetics -- 3.1 The likelihood function and maximum likelihood estimates -- 3.2 The Bayesian paradigm -- 3.3 Prior -- 3.4 Markov chain Monte Carlo -- 3.4.1 Metropolis-Hastings algorithm -- 3.4.2 Single-component Metropolis-Hastings algorithm -- 3.4.3 Gibbs sampler -- 3.4.4 Metropolis-coupled MCMC -- 3.5 Simple moves and their proposal ratios -- 3.5.1 Sliding window using uniform proposal -- 3.5.2 Sliding window using normally distributed proposal.; 3.5.3 Sliding window using normal proposal in multidimensions -- 3.5.4 Proportional shrinking and expanding -- 3.6 Monitoring Markov chains and processing output -- 3.6.1 Diagnosing and validating MCMC algorithms -- 3.6.2 Gelman and Rubin's potential scale reduction statistic -- 3.6.3 Processing output -- 3.7 Applications to molecular phylogenetics -- 3.7.1 Estimation of phylogenies -- 3.7.2 Estimation of species divergence times -- 3.8 Conclusions and perspectives -- Acknowledgements -- 4 Statistical approach to tests involving phylogenies -- 4.1 The statistical approach to phylogenetic inference -- 4.2 Hypotheses testing -- 4.2.1 Null and alternative hypotheses -- 4.2.2 Test statistics -- 4.2.3 Significance and power -- 4.2.4 Bayesian hypothesis testing -- 4.2.5 Questions posed as function of the tree parameter -- 4.2.6 Topology of treespace -- 4.2.7 The data -- 4.2.8 Statistical paradigms -- 4.2.9 Distributions on treespace -- 4.3 Different types of tests involving phylogenies.; 4.3.1 Testing t1 versus t2 -- 4.3.2 Conditional tests -- 4.3.3 Modern Bayesian hypothesis testing -- 4.3.4 Bootstrap tests -- 4.4 Non-parametric multivariate hypothesis testing -- 4.4.1 Multivariate con.dence regions -- 4.5 Conclusions: there are many open problems -- Acknowledgements -- 5 Mixture models in phylogenetic inference -- 5.1 Introduction: models of gene-sequence evolution -- 5.2 Mixture models -- 5.3 Defining mixture models -- 5.3.1 Partitioning and mixture models -- 5.3.2 Discrete-gamma model as a mixture model -- 5.3.3 Combining rate and pattern-heterogeneity -- 5.4 Digression: Bayesian phylogenetic inference -- 5.4.1 Bayesian inference of trees via MCMC -- 5.5 A mixture model combining rate and pattern-heterogeneity -- 5.5.1 Selected simulation results -- 5.6 Application of the mixture model to inferring the phylogeny of the mammals -- 5.6.1 Model testing -- 5.7 Results -- 5.7.1 How many rate matrices to include in the mixture model?…”
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Pattern recognition in industry by Bhagat, Phiroz

Table of Contents: “…Preface -- -- Acknowledgments -- About the Author -- <CENTER>Part I Philosophy</CENTER> -- -- CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION -- CHAPTER 2: PATTERNS WITHIN DATA -- CHAPTER 3: ADAPTING BIOLOGICAL PRINCIPLES FOR DEPLOYMENT IN COMPUTATIONAL SCIENCE -- CHAPTER 4: ISSUES IN PREDICTIVE EMPIRICAL MODELING -- <CENTER>Part II Technology</CENTER> -- CHAPTER 5: SUPERVISED LEARNINGCORRELATIVE NEURAL NETS -- CHAPTER 6: UNSUPERVISED LEARNING: AUTO-CLUSTERING AND SELF-ORGANIZING DATA -- CHAPTER 7: CUSTOMIZING FOR INDUSTRIAL STRENGTH APPLICATIONS -- CHAPTER 8: CHARACTERIZING AND CLASSIFYING TEXTUAL MATERIAL -- CHAPTER 9: PATTERN RECOGNITION IN TIME SERIES ANALYSIS -- CHAPTER 10: GENETIC ALGORITHMS -- <CENTER>Part III Case Studies</CENTER> -- CHAPTER 11: HARNESSING THE TECHNOLOGY FOR PROFITABILITY -- CHAPTER 12: REACTOR MODELING THROUGH IN SITU ADAPTIVE LEARNING -- CHAPTER 13: PREDICTING PLANT STACK EMISSIONS TO MEET ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITS -- CHAPTER 14: PREDICTING FOULING/COKING IN FIRED HEATERS -- CHAPTER 15: PREDICTING OPERATIONAL CREDITS -- CHAPTER 16: PILOT PLANT SCALE-UP BY INTERPRETING TRACER DIAGNOSTICS -- CHAPTER 17: PREDICTING DISTILLATION TOWER TEMPERATURES: MINING DATA FOR CAPTURING DISTINCT OPERATIONAL VARIABILITY -- CHAPTER 18: ENABLING NEW PROCESS DESIGN BASED ON LABORATORY DATA -- CHAPTER 19: FORECASTING PRICE CHANGES OF A COMPOSITE BASKET OF COMMODITIES -- CHAPTER 20: CORPORATE DEMOGRAPHIC TREND ANALYSIS -- EPILOGUE -- <CENTER>Appendices</CENTER> -- APPENDIX A1: THERMODYNAMICS AND INFORMATION THEORY -- APPENDIX A2: MODELING.…”
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A Case for the Existence of God. by Overman, Dean L.

Table of Contents: “…Chapter 11: Recorded Experiences of Encounters with the Divine Bear Witness to a Way of Knowing that Includes Kierkegaard's KENDSKAB, BUBER'S I-Thou, OTTO'S Wholly Other, AND MARCEL'S MysteryChapter 12: THESE NINE WITNESSES TESTIFY TO ANOTHER WAY OF KNOWING THAT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE EMPIRICAL AND THE METAPHYSICAL RATIONAL WAYS OF KNOWING, BUT IS BEYOND THE DESCRIBABLE AND REQUIRES PERSO; Chapter 13: CONCLUDING REFLECTIONS AND SUMMARY; AFTERWORD; Appendix A: THE NEW MATHEMATICS OF ALGORITHMIC INFORMATION THEORY IS RELEVANT TO THEORIES CONCERNING THE FORMATION OF THE FIRST LIVING MATTER.…”
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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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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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The handbook of news analytics in finance

Table of Contents: “…Kalev and Huu Nhan Duong -- Equity portfolio risk estimation using market information and sentiment / Leela Mitra, Gautam Mitra and Dan diBartolomeo -- Incorporating news into algorithmic trading strategies : increasing the signal-to-noise ratio / Richard Brown -- Are you still trading without news? …”
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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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