A new system to segment and label CT/MRI brain slices using feature extraction and unsupervised clustering is presented. Each volume element (voxel) is assigned a feature pattern consisting of a scaled family of diierential geometrical invariant features. The invariant feature pattern is then assigned to a speciic region using a two-stage neural network system. The rst stage is a self-organizin...

This paper examines the wide-spread practice where data envelopment analysis (DEA) efficiency estimates are regressed on some environmental variables in a secondstage analysis. In the literature, only two statistical models have been proposed in which second-stage regressions are well-defined and meaningful. In the model considered by Simar and Wilson (2007), truncated regression provides consi...

‎in this paper, we present a two-stage model for ranking of decision making units (dmus) using interval analytic hierarchy process (ahp). since the efficiency score of unity is assigned to the efficient units, we evaluate the efficiency of each dmu by basic dea models and calculate the weights of the criteria using proposed model. in the first stage, the proposed model evaluates decision making...

background: many different techniques have been described to treat undescended testes. we aimed to study a new technique of two-stage orchiopexy with total inguinal canal mobilization to prevent cord damage and testicular atrophy.   methods: between march 2002 and july 2005, we operated on 16 testes with short spermatic cord. in the first stage, the testes were anchored to the pubic tubercle an...

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flow in the first two-stage of v 94.2 gas turbine is simulated numerically. in this turbine, the second stator is clocked relative to the first stator to different positions. steady-state analysis was carried out by varying the circumferential relative position of the consecutive stator vanes to study the effects of the clocking on turbine performance. a density based compressible inviscid flow...

We propose two-dimensional representations for the efficient frontier two different Network DEA (NDEA) models. Both follow a previous study that developed generalization of representation method classic using new form linearization. The graphical allows managers and decision-makers unfamiliar with linear programming to understand results obtained simply clearly. In this study, we can obtain gra...