We present a comprehensive Arabic tagging system: from the raw text to tagging disambiguation. For each processing step in the tagging system, we analyze the existing solutions (if any) and use one of them or propose, implement and evaluate a new one. This work began with designing a new Arabic tagset suitable for Classical Arabic (CA) and Modern Standard Arabic (MSA). In addition to the classi...

The potential benefits of parallel computing for time-consuming statistical applications are well known, but have not been widely realized in practice, perhaps in part due to associated technical obstacles. This article develops a simple framework for programming statistical simulations using parallel processing, which does not require changing programming language or forgoing the use of standa...

Abstract This paper studies basic dynamics of a chaotic spiking oscillator and its master-slave type pulse-coupled system. The slaves can exhibit synchronous phenomena for the chaotic spike-trains of the masters not depending on the initial states. Using the mapping procedure, we analyze the synchronous phenomena. Constructing a simple test circuit, we verify typical phenomena in the laboratory.

It is hypothesized that labor availability and related low levels of demand for women in agricultural work explain the high incidence of nuclear family formation in some Caribbean slave societies, as well as occasional high birth rates. Three paired comparisons, reflecting differing levels of labor supply, are examine: The Leewards and the Bahamas; Martinique and Barbados; and Cuba and Jamaica....