In agricultural experimentation, a large number of genotypes are normally tested over a wide range of environments (locations, years, growing seasons, etc.) and the underlying statistical and genetical theories used to model this system may be rather complicated. The occurrence of the genotype (G) X environment (E) interaction effect further complicates the selection of superior genotypes for a...

In this paper, an argumentation-based deliberative approach for fusing contextual information obtained from heterogeneous sources using a multi-agent system is introduced. The system is characterized by three different agents: an Environment Agent, an Activity Agent and a Coach Agent. These agents consider data from heterogenous sources of data. As a method for aggregating data and supporting d...

Train Dev (MERT) Test EJ: # parallel sentences (Helios) 2,963,963 2,000 2,000 # En words 86,048,310 63,825 E2J: 70,624 J2E: 69,521 # Ja words (% particles) 98,923,854 72,987 E2J: 78,587 J2E: 74,070 EJ: # parallel sentences (Akamon) 2,018,214 2,000 2,000 Enju parse success rate 98.5% 98.8% 98.3% # En words 49,474,332 63,825 70,624 # Ja words (% particles) 53,271,286 73,462 73,984 CE: # parallel ...

This paper describes the concept of improving operation of a distribution circuit of the future through installment of interoperable devices, including distributed energy resources (DER) that are controlled using a multi-agent system approach. This concept for improving distribution service is being considered by SCE’s DER Program, with additional assistance from West Virginia University in the...

This paper describes the NICT SMT system used in the International Workshop on Spoken Language Translation (IWSLT) 2009 evaluation campaign. We participated in the Challenge Task. Our system was based on a fairly common phrase-based machine translation system. We used two methods for stabilizing MERT.

In the last decade, there have been a countless number of researches in soft syntactic features many of which have led to the improved performance for Hiero. However, it seems that all the syntactic constituent features cannot efficiently work together in the Hiero optimized by MERT. In this paper, we propose a more general soft syntactic constraint model based on discriminative classifiers for...

Studies have shown that when two information providers or outside auditors exist, the value provided by the second one will be decreased by the actions of the first. Capitalizing on the highly similar functions performed by banks and rating agencies, this paper examines the informational value of the credit ratings of bank loans. Further, it provides evidence on whether rating agencies duplicat...