background: in the case of sensitive questions such as number of alcoholics known, majority of respondents might give an answer of zero. poisson regression model (p) is the standard tool to analyze count data. however, p provides poor fit in the case of zero inflated counts, when over-dispersion exists. therefore, the questions to be addressed are to compare performance of alternative count reg...

  In an increasing number of practical situations, the quality of a process or product can be effectively characterized and summarized by a profile. A profile is usually a functional relationship between a response variable and one or more explanatory variables which can be modeled frequently using linear or nonlinear regression models. In this paper, we study the effect of non-normality on pro...

The simultaneous fit of proton ratio μpGEp/GMp, qF2p/F1p to the recent experimental data and static properties of the nucleon is studied within a light-front model with different spin coupling schemes and wave functions. The position of the zero of proton electric form factor is sensitive to the presence of a hard constituent quark component in the nucleon wave function. The fitting of the new ...

Proof-labeling schemes are known mechanisms providing nodes of networks with certificates that can be verified locally by distributed algorithms. Given a boolean predicate on network states, such schemes enable to check whether the predicate is satisfied by the actual state of the network, by having nodes interacting with their neighbors only. Proof-labeling schemes are typically designed for e...