270 to develop and maintain networks of nontraditional service providers to compensate for this lack of access; however, many agencies are unaware of each others’ roles in maintaining the health of the community. A novel method of building and evaluating mental health service networks was trailed in rural New South Wales. Methods: Workshops providing education and support for agencies involved ...

Lars Asker Richard Maclin Jet Propulsion Laboratory Department of Computer Science M/S 525-3660 University of Minnesota Pasadena, California 91109-8099 Duluth, Minnesota 55812-2496 Abstract An ensemble is a classi er created by combining the predictions of multiple component classi ers. We present a new method for combining classi ers into an ensemble based on a simple estimation of each classi...

This paper analyzes the properties of a class of estimators, tests, and con…dence sets (CS’s) when the parameters are not identi…ed in parts of the parameter space. Speci…cally, we consider estimator criterion functions that are sample averages and are smooth functions of a parameter : This includes log likelihood, quasi-log likelihood, and least squares criterion functions. We determine the as...

We consider inference about tail properties of a distribution from an i.i.d. sample, based on extreme value theory. All of the numerous previous suggestions rely on asymptotics where eventually, an in…nite number of observations from the tail behave as predicted by extreme value theory, enabling the consistent estimation of the key tail index, and the construction of con…dence intervals using t...

The de Finetti Theorem is a cornerstone of the Bayesian approach. Bernardo [4, p. 5] writes that its “message is very clear: if a sequence of observations is judged to be exchangeable, then any subset of them must be regarded as a random sample from some model, and there exists a prior distribution on the parameter of such model, hence requiring a Bayesian approach.”We argue that while exchange...

This diploma thesis is about the Odderon which is the C P partner of the Pomeron Thus its couplings to a particle and its antiparticle are not equal which in principle should be measurable in pp and p p scattering A search for contributions of Odderon photon fusion to the exclusive production of the pseudoscalar in the process ep e N in the photoproduction regime is subject of this thesis The i...

This paper analyzes the properties of a class of estimators, tests, and con…dence sets (CS’s) when the parameters are not identi…ed in parts of the parameter space. Speci…cally, we consider estimator criterion functions that are sample averages and are smooth functions of a parameter : This includes log likelihood, quasi-log likelihood, and least squares criterion functions. We determine the as...

It is widely considered an ultimate connectionist objective to incorporate neural net works into intelligent systems These systems are intended to possess a varied re pertoire of functions enabling adaptable interaction with a non static environment The rst step in this direction is to develop various neural network algorithms and models the second step is to combine such networks into a modula...

VLSI circuit manufacturing may result in devices with di erent propagation delays. Hence, the estimation of such delays during the design procedure may not prove totally accurate due to the fabrication process. This paper presents a new optimization methodology, called probabilistic retiming, which transforms a circuit based on statistical data gathered from the production history. Such circuit...

This is an overview of tests for hypothesis testing that only rely on objective characteristics of the data generating process and do not rely on additional assumptions when making inference. In particular the methods are distribution-free, many apply to nonparametric settings. Only exact results are presented, results that can be proven for the given …nite sample. Asymptotic theory is not used...