How an agent (or a firm, an investor, a financial market) evaluates a contingent claim, say a European type of derivatives X, with maturity t? In this paper we study a dynamic evaluation of this problem. We denote by {Ft}t≥0, the information acquired by this agent. The value X is known at the maturity t means that X is an Ft–measurable random variable. We denote by Es,t[X] the evaluated value o...

The foundation of St Petersburg in 1703 involves a tension between Scandinavian and Slavic identity. By reviewing grid maps over a period of time, it is possible to create connections of authorial structures and show how they not only come into tension with mythologies being associated with the city but how they also continue to generate a mythos for the city. Drawing on space syntax analysis o...

pucker grade is one of the most important quality parameters in garments manufacturing industry. At present, seam pucker is usually evaluated by human inspectors, which is subjective, unreliable and time-consuming. Instead of subjective evaluation, this paper presents an objective method by using image analysis and pattern recognition. The evaluation system consists of image acquisition, image ...

This paper describes the development and evaluation of an educational Augmented Reality application for mobile phones that supports landscape architecture students who learn how to read and analyse contour maps. The results show that Augmented Reality can enhance appeal and clearness of a paper contour map but if too much information is presented, it could also confuse the map information.

Conversation is how people compare ideas, solve problems and identify disagreements as part of daily life. The internet contains several good information sources which can provide facts and general information, but it is less obvious where to find meaningful discussions and arguments that are grounded with evidence. User generated content can be found in social networking sites, add comments se...

Problem statement: Two methods for performance appraisal that are discussed in this study and they are Management By Objective (MBO) and Assessment Centre techniques. Employees are appraised for several reasons, the most important of which is to realize the best use of human resources and to plan for future needs; reward and punishment are secondary. Assessment Centre evaluation or appraisal is...

Concept maps have been widely put to educational uses. But concept maps in the past were limited in their assessment standards. Some only take concept nodes into consideration; other evaluation criteria use concept nodes as the basis, with relation links playing a minor role. To address this problem, this study proposes a new style of concept map, called weighted concept map, which assigns a we...

This paper proposes an open-ended and collaborative learning environment, called SharlokII. In this environment, the learners provide and share individual knowledge and other knowledge on the World Wide Web and discuss about them. This paper describes knowledge awareness map and its design, implementation and evaluation. The map visualizes the relationship between the shared knowledge and the c...