Abstract Methods based on Gaussian stochastic process (GSP) models and expected improvement (EI) functions have been promising for box-constrained expensive optimization problems. These include robust design problems with environmental variables having set-type constraints. However, the methods that combine GSP EI sub-optimizations suffer from following problem, which limits their computational...

We provide new evidence on the effect of deterrence on crime using the experience of a transition country (the Czech Republic) as a quasi-natural experiment. The arrival of democracy in 1989 was accompanied by sharp reductions in all measures of deterrence and sharp increases in crime rates. We test whether deterrence, rather than other factors, was responsible for the post-1989 growth in crime...

Le problème de l’ensemble minimal de paquets (minimal hitting set of bundles problem ou HSB) est défini comme suit. On dispose d’un ensemble E = {e1, e2, . . . , en} de n éléments. Chaque élément ei (i = 1, . . . , n) a un coût positif ou nul ci. Un paquet b est un sous ensemble de E . On dispose aussi d’une collection S = {S1, S2, . . . , Sm} de m ensembles de paquets. De manière plus précise,...

introduction: health care professionals especially clinicians, undergo lots of job stress (js). emotional intelligence (ei) is among the variables that appear to be associated with stress. it is also included among the ways adopted by the individuals in order to resist js in the workplace. thus, this study aims to investigate the relationship between ei and js in the faculty members of esfahan ...

The auditory system of the mustache bat (Pteronotus parnellii) contains a disproportionately large representation of a narrow frequency band, corresponding to the dominant, 60 kHz component of its echolocation signal. In the inferior colliculus (IC), the 60 kHz representation comprises an architectonically distinct region called the dorsoposterior division (DPD), which is accessible for detaile...

This paper presents two experiments concerning trait emotional intelligence (‘trait EI’). In study 1, ten high and ten low trait EI individuals were selected from a sample of 85 persons to participate in a computerized experiment involving the recognition of morphed emotional expressions. As hypothesized, high trait EI participants were faster at identifying the expressions than their low trait...

This study aimed at examining the relationship between Emotional Intelligence (EI) and learning English language vocabulary. The male (N= 119) and female (N= 98) participants who were randomly selected from high schools in Zanjan Province were asked to complete a Persian version of an emotional intelligence (EI) questionnaire and answer a vocabulary achievement test. The EI questionnaire consis...