Low module coupling is considered to be a desirable quality for modular programs to have. Previously, coupling has been de ned subjectively, and not quanti ed, making it di cult to use in practice. In this paper, we extend previous work to re ect newer programming languages, and quantify coupling by developing a general software metric system that allows us to automatically measure coupling. We...

This thesis argues that principles of economy play an important role in determining the form of linguistic structures at the interface with the semantic component. The argument comes in the form of a variety of proposals regarding specific mechanisms that are active at this interface. Specifically, I suggest that Economy plays a role in determining relative scope, variable binding, and the form...

The problem of separating speech signals out of monaural mixtures (with other non-speech or speech signals) has become increasingly popular in recent times. Among the various solutions proposed, the most popular methods are based on compositional models such as non-negative matrix factorization (NMF) and latent variable models. Although these techniques are highly effective they largely ignore ...