Contributions to computational analysis

Computational Contributions to the Humanities

At the University of Groningen we have emphasized a simple view of humanities computing as computing in service of the humanities. This means that we seek to answer scholarly questions in linguistics, history, and art history by using the computer, exploiting especially its ability to process large amounts of data and the transparency of its processing. We have shied away from questions of digi...

Algorithmic Contributions to Computational Molecular Biology

Contributions of Proximate Determinants to Fertility Transition in Bangladesh: An Analysis of Bongaarts’ Fertility Model

Introduction: Fertility transition is outright by prime four proximate determinants (marriage, contraception, postpartum infecundability, and abortion). The present study examines the contributions of proximate determinants on fertility decline and quantifies inhibiting the effect of major proximate determinants according to the socioeconomic characteristics in Bangladesh.<br /...

Contributions to computational phylogenetics and algorithmic self-assembly

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix CHAPTER 1. General Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1 Computational Phylogenetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1.1.1 The Perfect Phylogeny Problem . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1.1.2 The Tree Compatibility Problem . . . . . . . . . . ....

Contributions to a computational theory of policy advice and avoidability

We present the starting elements of a mathematical theory of policy advice and avoidability. More specifically, we formalize a cluster of notions related to policy advice, such as policy, viability, reachability, and propose a novel approach for assisting decision making, based on the concept of avoidability. We formalize avoidability as a relation between current and future states, investigate...