In this paper, we consider the problem of quickest change point detection and identification over a linear array of N sensors, where the change pattern could first reach any of these sensors, and then propagate to the other sensors. Our goal is not only to detect the presence of such a change as quickly as possible, but also to identify which sensor that the change pattern first reaches. We joi...

A transshipment problem with demands that exceed network capacity can be solved by sending ow in several waves. How can this be done in the minimum number of waves? This is the question tackled in the quickest transshipment problem. Hoppe and Tardos 10] describe the only known polynomial time algorithm to solve this problem. Their algorithm repeatedly minimizes submodular functions using the el...

This thesis discuss how balance between declarative and procedural knowledge can be reached in music education. The purpose is to shine light on how balance between different kinds of knowledge shows itself in South African music teachers descriptions of their ways of teaching. The main focus lies in how non verbal and verbal knowledge present itself in the teacher's philosophies. The categoris...

I.THERESEARCHINFORMATIONSYSTEM.REALISATIONS AND PROJECTSIN AUSTRIA 1. I The demand for information The evolution of society depends on the appropriate structure of society and on the available resources meaning not only food and energy, but also implying the quickest possible access to needed information. The human society can be seen as a learning one. By making use of guaranteed and fixed kno...

The volume of information of the most various types stored electronically in a company is increasing to an ever-greater extent. While in the field of operational systems everything is aimed at achieving the quickest possible throughput, in the dispositive field, questions regarding the total overview or detailed views are of interest. OLAP servers are multidimensionally structured. They are the...

Innovative ship design projects often require an extensive concept design phase to allow a wide range of potential solutions to be investigated, identifying which best suits the requirements. In these situations, the majority of ship design tools do not provide the best solution, limiting quick reconfiguration by focusing on detailed definition only. Parametric design, including generation of t...

This work describes a controlled experiment comparing maintenance processes derived from two different paradigms: Quick Fix (Q.F.) and Iterative Enhancement (I.E.). It has been repeated twice with undergraduate students and once with professional developers (I.E.). The first time served to improve the material for successive replications. The experiment aimed to ascertain the quality of the mai...

This paper describes efforts by the University of Pennsylvania's Linguistic Data Consortium to create and distribute shared linguistic resources – including data, annotations, tools and infrastructure – to support the Rich Transcription 2005 Spring Meeting Recognition Evaluation. In addition to distributing large volumes of training data, LDC produced reference transcripts for the RT-05S confer...

Symbolic regression aims to find a function that best explains the relationship between independent variables and objective value based on given set of sample data. Genetic programming (GP) is usually considered as an appropriate method for problem since it can optimize functional structure coefficients simultaneously. However, convergence speed GP might be too slow large scale problems involve...

A re®ned three-dimensional layer-integrated model to predict accurately salt and cohesive sediment transport in estuarine waters is described herein. A splitting algorithm has been used to split the three-dimensional transport equation into a horizontal twodimensional equation and a vertical one-dimensional equation due to the di€erent length scales. An additional source term associated with th...