We consider a divergence-free non-dissipative fourth-order explicit staggered nite di erence scheme for the hyperbolic Maxwell's equations. Special one-sided di erence operators are derived in order to implement the scheme near metal boundaries and dielectric interfaces. Numerical results show the scheme is long-time stable, and is fourth-order convergent over complex domains that include diele...

For binary matched-pairs data, this article discusses interval estimation of the di erence of probabilities 7 and an odds ratio for comparing ‘success’ probabilities. We present simple improvements of the commonly used Wald con dence intervals for these parameters. The improvement of the interval for the 9 di erence of probabilities is to add two observations to each sample before applying it. ...

We study the e↵ect of source and type of training data on detecting failures in industrial robots using Principal Component Analysis (PCA). Specifically, using field data across multiple robots performing di↵erent tasks, we compare two scenarios: first, where training data obtained from a single robot is used to evaluate multiple robots (one-to-many), and second, where each robot is evaluated o...

The e¤ect of the Maritime Continent (MC) on the propagation characteristics of the boreal summer intraseasonal oscillation (ISO) over the Indo-western Pacific region were investigated by performing high-resolution (T159) atmospheric general circulation model (AGCM) simulations that remove and retain the MC. The most significant di¤erence, as revealed by a finite domain wavenumber-frequency spec...

This paper considers the security of iterated block ciphers against the di erential cryptanalysis introduced by Biham and Shamir Di erential cryptanalysis is a chosen plaintext attack on secret key block ciphers that are based on iterating a cryptographically weak function r times e g the round Data Encryption Standard DES It is shown that the success of such attacks on an r round cipher depend...

We present the first measurements of charge-dependent directed flow in Cu+Au collisions at sNN= 200 GeV. The directed flow has been measured as functions of the transverse momentum and pseudorapidity with the STAR detector. The results show a small but finite di↵erence between positively and negatively charged part cles. The di↵erence is qualitatively explained by the patron-hadron-string-dynam...

ly u t is nothing more than an element in a Banach space B and this leaves room for applications to a wide variety of problems in di erential equations As in the examples above B might be L and A might be x or x and homogeneous boundary conditions could be included by restricting B appropriately More generally u t could be an vector valued function of multiple space variables The next step is t...

When one considers the e ect in the physical space, Daubechies-based wavelet methods are equivalent to nite di erence methods with grid re nement in regions of the domain where small scale structure exists. Adding a wavelet basis function at a given scale and location where one has a correspondingly large wavelet coe cient is, essentially, equivalent to adding a grid point, or two, at the same ...

Analyzing repeated di erence tests aims in signi cance testing for di erences as well as in estimating the mean discrimination ability of the consumers. In addition to the average success probability, the proportion of consumers that may detect the di erence between two products and therefore account for any increase of this probability is of interest. While some authors address the rst two goa...