A vital extension to partial least squares (PLS) path modeling is introduced: consistency. While maintaining all the strengths of PLS, the consistent version provides two key improvements. Path coefficients, parameters of simultaneous equations, construct correlations, and indicator loadings are estimated consistently. The global goodness-of-fit of the structural model can also now be assessed,...

Monte Carlo simulations of an atomistic solid-on-solid model are used to study the effect of lattice misfit on the distribution of two-dimensional islands sizes as a function of coverage Θ in the submonolayer aggregation regime of epitaxial growth. Misfit promotes the detachment of atoms from the perimeter of large pseudomorphic islands and thus favors their dissolution into smaller islands tha...

This pap er presents a stochastic model that identifies network effect and customer orientation empowerment as strong antecedents of trustworthiness and trust in social media network environment. As Trust is emerging as a critical influencer of consumer behavior in organizations, social media has become the facilitator or the enabler of this influence. This paper aims to explore and examine the...

A model of the neutral transport in tokamaks has been developed suitable for a one-dimensional transport code, TASK/TX. The model consists of the one-dimensional diffusion equations for slow, thermal and halo neutrals, which are simultaneously solved together with two-fluid equations and Maxwell’s equation. The behavior of the slow neutrals is easily modelled by a one-dimensional diffusion equa...

The Taylor series approach for uncertainty analyses is advanced as an efficient method of producing a probabilistic output from air dispersion models. A probabilistic estimate helps in making better-informed decisions when compared to results of deterministic models. In this work, the Industrial Source Complex Short Term (ISCST) model is used as an analytical model to predict pollutant transpor...

Kinetic Monte Carlo simulation was applied to investigation of kinetics and mechanism of oxalic acid degradation by direct and heterogeneous catalytic ozonation. La-containing perovskites including LaFeO3, LaNiO3, LaCoO3 and LaMnO3 was studied as catalyst for oxalic acid ozonation. The reaction kinetic mechanisms of each abovementioned catalytic systems has been achieved. The rate constants val...

Structural equation modeling [1] has been used in a variety of research applications in the social and behavioral sciences. A broad-spectrum aim of SEM can be expressed as testing the hypothesis that the population-level covariance matrix for a set of measured indicator variables is equal to the model-implied covariance matrix based on the hypothesized factor model. And, this relationship can b...

We proposed a simplified quasi-three-dimensional model for nonequilibrium electron transport in quantum dot infrared photodetectors (QDIPs) based on an ensemble Monte Carlo particle method. Invoking the developed model, we calculated the electric-field and spacecharge distributions, in InAs/GaAs and InGaAs/GaAs QDIPs. q 2003 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.

We propose a novel dependent hierarchical Pitman-Yor process model for discrete data. An incremental Monte Carlo inference procedure for this model is developed. We show that inference in this model can be performed in constant space and linear time. The model is demonstrated in a discrete sequence prediction task where it is shown to achieve state of the art sequence prediction performance whi...

We discuss the final results of the MACRO experiment on atmospheric neutrino oscillations. The data concern event topologies with average neutrino energies of ∼ 3 and ∼ 50 GeV. Multiple Coulomb Scattering of the high energy muons was used to estimate the neutrino energy event by event. The angular distributions, the L/Eν distribution, the particle ratios and the absolute fluxes all favor νμ → ν...