This paper deals with network security assessment. We discuss currently available network security assessment tools and provide a categorization of their limitations. We revisit the methodology that the tools are based on, the flaw-hypothesis testing methodology. We then discuss the application of the methodology to network security assessment and discuss what is necessary to augment current ne...

One of the obstacles of applying data-driven models in industry is the lack of confidence in the accuracy of the model predictions. One way of overcoming this is by adding a confidence interval on the predictions. In this paper, we propose a new approach for the confidence interval assessment for model predictions based on a Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) framework. The advantages of the presente...

Validation of current intermodal image registration techniques is crucial in clinical practice. This paper presents a novel, automatic CT-MR image registration assessment algorithm that provides the user with an intuitive, colour-coded visualization of the extent and location of poor registration accuracy of dense structures. This is achieved by using a local confidence measure that compares th...

Gene-expression signature-based disease classification and clinical outcome prediction has not been widely introduced in clinical medicine as initially expected, mainly due to the lack of extensive validation needed for its clinical deployment. Obstacles include variable measurement in microarray assay, inconsistent assay platform, analytical requirement for comparable pair of training and test...

The objective of this study is to develop an accurate surrogate modeling method for construction of the surrogate model to represent the performance measures of the compute-intensive simulation model in reliability-based design optimization (RBDO). In addition, an assessment method for the confidence level of the surrogate model and a conservative surrogate model to account the uncertainty of t...

background: social confidence is considered an important element in entrepreneurship. objectives: given the importance of employment and entrepreneurship of veterans, the present research aimed to determine the status of social confidence in veteran entrepreneurs of zanjan province. methods: in this survey. the statistical sample included all veteran entrepreneurs of zanjan province with an ent...