In 1948, W. Hoeffding introduced a large class of unbiased estimators called U -statistics, defined as the average value of a real-valued m-variate function h calculated at all possible sets of m points from a random sample. In the present paper, we investigate the corresponding robust analogue which we call U -quantile-statistics. We are concerned with the asymptotic behavior of the sample p-q...

in order to simulate the rotating disk contactor all hydrodynamic parameters, dispersed phase hold-up, characteristic velocity, mean drop size, drop size distribution, axial mixing and mass transfer have been taken into account. mechanisms of mass transfer (stagnant, circulating, oscillating drops) were used in this study. column height found from effect of mean drop size and drop size distribu...

Standard model top pair production produces a characteristic spin correlation which can be modified by new production mechanisms such as Z ′ bosons or Kaluza-Klein gluons. In the standard model, top quarks decay weakly before any hadronization processes take effect, enabling top spin information to be transmitted to the top quark decay products. We report on the observation and measurement of t...

The first ever human vs. computer no-limit Texas hold ’em competition took place from April 24– May 8, 2015 at River’s Casino in Pittsburgh, PA. In this article I present my thoughts on the competition design, agent architecture, and lessons learned.

We propose a deenition of \regular synthesis," more general than those suggested by other authors such as Boltyanskii and Brunovsk y, and an even more general notion of \regular presynthesis." We give a complete proof of the corresponding suuciency theorem, a slightly weaker version of which had been stated in an earlier article, with only a rough outline of the proof. We illustrate the strengt...

A current mode sample and hold circuit has been designed to examine if high-precision current processing is possible simultaneously with a circu it to which current mode and switched-current circuits are applied and which operates at high-speed and with low supply voltage. The results are 1 O-bit accuracy, a 20MHz clock, and a 2 V supply voltage. Clock feedthroug h which degrades the precision ...