This paper introduces Learn Structure and Exploit RMax (LSE-RMax), a novel model based structure learning algorithm for ergodic factored-state MDPs. Given a planning horizon that satisfies a condition, LSE-RMax provably guarantees a return very close to the optimal return, with a high certainty, without requiring any prior knowledge of the in-degree of the transition function as input. LSE-RMax...

A local Schrödinger equation (LSE) method is proposed for solving the Schrödinger equation (SE) of general atoms and molecules without doing analytic integrations over the complement functions of the free ICI (iterative-complement-interaction) wave functions. Since the free ICI wave function is potentially exact, we can assume a flatness of its local energy. The variational principle is not app...

* Corresponding author. L. F. Peres. Email: [email protected], Tel. +55 12 3186 9454, Fax. +55 12 3186 9291 Abstract – In the present work a split-window (SW) algorithm is developed in the framework of Brazilian National Institute for Space Research (INPE)/Center for Weather Forecast and Climatic Studies (CPTEC) in order to derive land-surface temperature from Meteosat Second Generation (MSG...

Antioxidant and antimicrobial potentials of extracts obtained from four wild mushrooms, Termitomyces clypeatus (TCE), Termitomyces robustus (TRE), Lentinus subnudus (LSE) and Lenzites species (LZE) collected in Nigeria were investigated. LSE and LZE displayed good scavenging activity against 2, 2-Diphenyl-1-Picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) and ferrous ion radicals at concentration of 2 mg/mL. However, TRE...

Climatic warming from the last glacial maximum to current interglacial period was punctuated by a ?1300 years long cold period, commonly referred as Younger Dryas (YD). Several hypotheses have been proposed for mechanism triggering abrupt inception of YD, including freshwater forcing, an extra-terrestrial impact, and aerosols volcanic eruptions. Here, we use synchronised sulphate sulphur record...

English language skills are considered of great value in the labor market and field research. As such, learning as a Foreign Language (EFL) becomes importance, especially for foreign students employees working international settings. The goal present study was to explore students’ self-efficacy (LSE), contrast with general (GSE) effort (EF) predictors reading comprehension performance English. ...

Zusammenfassung Schülerinnen und Schüler mit sonderpädagogischem Förderbedarf (SPF) werden in Deutschland an Förderschulen inklusiv allgemeinen Schulen unterrichtet. Ein Ziel dieser inklusiven Beschulung ist eine bessere soziale Integration der SPF Gesellschaft. Inwiefern diese im Schulalltag sozial integriert sind, wird bisher wenig thematisiert. Dieser Beitrag untersucht, ob wie sich die durc...

Tax Liability Side Equivalence (tax LSE) claims that the statutory incidence of a tax is irrelevant for its economic incidence. Tax LSE is predicted to hold in gift-exchange labor markets if workers’ effort choices exclusively depend on the net wage, but breaks down if they partially depend on the gross wage paid to workers. This is the case if the tax is perceived to be external to the gift-ex...