In our previous work, we proposed a re-entry modeling of missing phonemes which are lost during search process. In the re-entry modeling, the recognition results are postprocessed and originally recognized phoneme sequences are converted to new phoneme sequences using HMM-state confusion characteristics spanning several phonemes. We con rmed that HMM-state confusions are e ective for the re-ent...

There is the need to re-configure current urban water systems to achieve the objective of sustainable water sensitive cities. Stormwater represents a valuable alternative urban water source to reduce pressure on fresh water resources, and to mitigate the environmental impact of urban stormwater runoff. The selection of suitable urban stormwater harvesting sites is generally based on the judgeme...

We propose exact solution approaches for a lateral transhipment problem which, given a pre-specified sequence of customers, seeks an optimal inventory redistribution plan considering travel costs and profits dependent on inventory levels. Trip-duration and vehicle-capacity constraints are also imposed. The same problem arises in some lot sizing applications, in the presence of setup costs and e...

This paper examines political attitudes and behavioural intentions of immigrants in the ® eld of voting behaviour. Based on a quantitative survey of the population of Turkish origin in Mannheim, Germany, and data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we show that the political attitudes of immigrants re ̄ ect their marginal legal status: immigrants show a lower interest in the political ...

Increasing demands concerning safety, economic impact, fuel consumption and comfort result in growing utilization of mechatronic components and networking of up to now widely independent systems in vehicles. The development of such a complex and networked system requires a coordinated, systematic development process. In this contribution a suitable process model will be presented. It supports t...

This manuscript proposes a guiding methodology to obtain a software system that supports the execution of the business processes existing within an organization. The methodology promotes the usage of business process reference models and intends to reduce the implementation time of the software systems. The methodology assumes four distinct phases and several abstraction levels and is applicabl...

This paper gives an overview of the Web Retrieval Task that was conducted from 2001 to 2002 at the Third NTCIR Workshop. In the Web Retrieval Task, we attempted to assess the retrieval effectiveness of Web search engine systems using a common data set, and built a re-usable test collection suitable for evaluating Web search engine systems. With these objectives, we constructed 100-gigabyte and ...