This pa r er outlines a new theory of plan recognition that is significant y more powerful than previous approaches. Concurrent actions. shared steps between actions, and disjunctive information are all handled. The theory allows one to draw conclusions based on the class of possible plans being performed, rather than having to prematurely commit to a single interpretation. The theory employs c...

This paper presents a discussion of the Generalized Network System (GNS), a system that captures knowledge about generalized network flow problems, in order to help users formulate, solve and interpret generalized network flow problems. Although previous researchers have built intelligent systems that incorporate knowledge about linear programming, this system includes more specific knowledge a...

The National health and nutrition examination survey (NHANES) is a respected nation-wide program in charge of assessing the health and nutritional status of adults and children in United States. Recent cal research found that folic acid play an important role in preventing baby birth defects. In this paper, we use the generalized estimating equation (GEE) method to study the generalized linear ...

The transport of charged particles in partially turbulent magnetic systems is investigated from first principles. A generalized compound transport model is proposed, providing an explicit relation between the mean-square deviation of the particle parallel and perpendicular to a magnetic mean field, and the mean-square deviation which characterizes the stochastic field-line topology. The model i...

In this work we demonstrate how the extension of the Evans function method using the compound matrix approach can be implemented to undertake the stability analysis (normally done through numerical means) of nonlinear travelling waves. The main advantage of this approach is that it can easily overcome the stiffness which is normally associated with these kinds of problems. We present a general ...

The minimum bias method is a natural tool to use in parameterizing classification ratemaking plans. Such plans build rates for a large, heterogeneous group of insureds using arithmetic operations to combine a small set of parameters in many different ways. Since the arithmetic structure of a class plan is usually not wholly appropriate, rates for some individual classification cells may be bias...

in this paper, by modifying cheng-yau$'$s technique to complete hypersurfaces in $s^{n+1}(1)$, we prove a rigidity theorem under the hypothesis of the mean curvature and the normalized scalar curvature being linearly related which improve the result of [h. li, hypersurfaces with constant scalar curvature in space forms, {em math. ann.} {305} (1996), 665--672].

We present a simple and precise definition of generalized planning together with five natural dimensions of quality for measuring any generalized plan. We argue that no existing approach excels in all these dimensions. In the remainder of the paper we present a new approach to generalized planning that addresses all five of these dimensions. The Problem of Generalized Planning Over the years, m...

Let L be the generalized mixed product ideal induced by a monomial ideal I. In this paper we compute powers of the genearlized mixed product ideals and show that Lk  have a linear resolution if and only if Ik have a linear resolution for all k. We also introduce the generalized mixed polymatroidal ideals and prove that powers and monomial localizations of a generalized mixed polymatroidal ideal...