Quantitative models of whole body expressive movement can be developed by combining methods form biomechanics, psychology, and statistics. The purpose of this paper was to use motion capture data to assess emotion-related gait kinematics of hip and shoulder sagittal plane movement to evaluate the feasibility of using functional data analysis (FDA) for developing quantitative models. Overall, FD...

In this paper we present a method for the automatic term clustering. The method uses a hybrid similarity measure to cluster terms automatically extracted from a corpus by applying the C/NC value method. The measure comprises contextual, functional and lexical similarity, and it is used to instantiate the cell values in a similarity matrix. The clustering algorithm uses either the nearest neighb...

During the last half decade, various theories, concepts, and models have been established to make organizations more environmentally sustainable. The IS community had their share with the Green IS/IT domain. As it turned out most of these concepts took a very functional approach, not making a good fit for business process oriented organizations. To fill this gap the research stream of Green Bus...

The study proposes a framework based on functional analysis of transaction data to predict customer spending during promotional events. Retailers face the challenge of considering an extant number of variables and of accounting for methodological constraints while modeling customer response to promotions. Noise and uneven distribution of spending further introduces error into traditional models...

in this study, we modify an iterative non-optimal without memory method, in such a way that is becomes optimal. therefore, we obtain convergence order eight with the some functional evaluations. to justify our proposed method, some numerical examples are given.

where Ω ⊂ R2 is the image domain (a bounded open two-dimensional domain), g ∈ L∞(Ω) is the original image, that has to be segmented, K is a closed set of Hausdorff one-dimensional measure H1(K) and u ∈ C1(Ω \K). The set K is supposed to represent the edges of the segmented image u that is regular out of K and can be discontinuous across K (see Appendix A.2 for details). The actual minimization ...

We assess long-run patterns of global agricultural productivity growth between 1970 and 2005 and examine the relationship between investments in technology capital and productivity. To measure agricultural total factor productivity (TFP) we employ a Solow-type growth accounting method to decompose output growth into input and TFP growth. For technology capital we construct two indexes reflectin...

The perspectives and methods of functional data analysis and longitu dinal data analysis for smoothing are contrasted and compared Topics include kernel methods and random e ects models for smoothing basis function methods and examination of correlates of curve shapes Some directions in which method ology might advance are identi ed

Making a product conform to the functional requirements indicated by the customer suppose to be able to manage the manufacturing process chosen to realise the parts. A simulation step is generally performed to verify that the expected generated deviations fit with these requirements. It is then necessary to assess the actual deviations of the process in progress. This is usually done by the ver...

Cochlear implants are used to restore hearing in the profoundly deaf [Th.J. Balkany, Otolaryngol. Clin. North. Am. 19 (2) (1986) 215-449] by direct electrical stimulation of the auditory nerve. To study the working mechanism of cochlear implants and to provide a tool to develop better ones, a Boundary Element electrical volume conduction model of the cochlea (the auditory part of the inner ear)...