A semi-continuous hidden Markov model based on the multiple vector quantization codebooks is used here for large-vocabulary speaker-independent continuous speech recognition. In the techniques employed here, the semi-continuous output probability density function for each codebook is represented by a combination of the corresponding discrete output probabilities of the hidden Markov model and t...

A significant aspect in applying the Software Reflexion Model analysis is mapping of components found in the source code onto the conceptual components defined in the hypothesized architecture. To date, this mapping is done manually, which requires a lot of work for large software systems. This thesis evaluates if and how cluster analysis can leverage the manual mapping of source code artifacts...

The development and evaluation of time-resolved (minutes) measurement technologies to characterize the physical and chemical make up of ambient aerosols/particulate matter in the atmosphere are essential to our improved understanding of aerosol process science, source attribution, and population exposure. During the PMTACS-NY summer 2001 campaign in Queens/New York, a wide variety of on-line ae...

Let A be a C-algebra acting on a Hilbert space H, σ : A → B(H) be a linear mapping and d : A → B(H) be a σ-derivation. Generalizing the celebrated theorem of Sakai, we prove that if σ is a continuous ∗-mapping then d is automatically continuous. In addition, we show the converse is true in the sense that if d is a continuous ∗-σ-derivation then there exists a continuous linear mapping Σ : A → B...

Let A be a C-algebra acting on a Hilbert space H, σ : A → B(H) be a linear mapping and d : A → B(H) be a σ-derivation. Generalizing the celebrated theorem of Sakai, we prove that if σ is a continuous ∗-mapping then d is automatically continuous. In addition, we show the converse is true in the sense that if d is a continuous ∗-σ-derivation then there exists a continuous linear mapping Σ : A → B...

Motivated by the recent successful results of using GIS modeling in a variety of problems related to the geosciences, some knowledge-based methods were applied to a regional scale mapping of the mineral potential, special for Cu-Au mineralization in the Feyz-Abad area located in the NE of Iran. Mineral Prospectivity Mapping (MPM) is a multi-step process that ranks a promising target area for mo...

Let E be a Banach space. There are several natural ways in which any polynomial P ∈ P(E) can be extended to P̃ ∈ P(E), in such a way that the extension mapping is continuous and linear (see, for example, [6]). Taking the double transpose of the extension mapping P → P̃ yields a linear, continuous mapping from P(E) into P(E). Further, since P(E) is a dual space, it follows that there is a natural ...