Steganalysis consists in classifying documents as steganographied or genuine. This paper presents a methodology for steganalysis based on a set of 193 features with two main goals: determine a sufficient number of images for effective training of a classifier in the obtained high-dimensional space, and use feature selection to select most relevant features for the desired classification. Dimens...

The paper explores the notion of “To Program is To Model” in the realm of an introductory programming course. We present a number of intended learning outcomes and didactical design principles for the course, and we then describe the course content in terms of the system to be developed as well as the project to be undertaken. Based on this, we illustrate the many different ways software develo...

This paper contributes to an ongoing debate in International Political Economy about the appropriateness of globalization, regionalization and macroeconomic imbalance theory by identifying quantitative estimates for all three tendencies from world trade data. This is achieved with a series of gravity models enhanced stepwise by the mapping of the estimation errors of a given model on representa...

We offer a new perspective on games of irreversible investment under uncertainty in continuous time. The basis is a particular approach to solve the involved stochastic optimal control problems which allows to establish existence and uniqueness of an oligopolistic open loop equilibrium in a very general framework without reliance on any Markovian property. It simultaneously induces quite natura...

Assuming that higher dimensions existed in the early stages of the universe where the evolution was inflationary, we construct an open, singularity-free, spatially homogeneous and isotropic cosmological model to study the effects of dimensional reduction that may have taken place during the early stages of the universe. We consider dimensional reduction to take place in a stepwise manner and in...

The decomposition of methanol on Rh has been investigated by means of pulsed field desorption mass spectrometry (PFDMS). Intermediates of the decomposition. CH,O (X = 1 3). are identified. By varying the temperature and reaction time it is possible to elucidate the elementary steps in methanol decomposition. A model based on a stepwise H-abstraction of the methoxy is postulated. The reaction be...

The study attempted to analyse the effects of age, pruning, and fertilizer application on tea yield and to derive a relation between yield and tea leaf area index (LAI). The study was motivated by the fact that tea yield has stagnated in Northeast India. To study the effects of age, pruning, and fertilizer application on tea yield, statistical analysis was applied to the data set collected at t...

Data f’rom surveys should be weighted using expansion weights to avoid biased estimates for the inference population. Calculation of expansion weights is a stepwise procedure that can be thought of as allowing respondents to represent all eligibles from the population. Design will have an impact on the variance of the estimates. Furthermore, the impact may be to inflate or deflate the variance ...

In modern societies where fighting crime has a long history, establishing effective methods for crime prevention is of high significance. For this purpose, police departments worldwide undertake efforts to analyze past crime data. They aim to detect the most prolific crime areas and predict their development, in order to direct their prevention efforts. In parallel, scholars investigate possibi...

Ishaemic heart disease is one of the world’s most important causes of mortality, so improvements and rationalization of diagnostic procedures would be very useful. The four diagnostic levels consist of evaluation of signs and symptoms of the disease and ECG (electrocardiogram) at rest, sequential ECG testing during the controlled exercise, myocardial scintigraphy and finally coronary angiograph...