data envelopment analysis (dea) measures the relative efficiency of decision making units (dmus) with multiple inputs and multiple outputs. dea-based malmquist productivity index measures the productivity change over time. we propose a dynamic dea model involving network structure in each period within the framework a dea. we have previously published the network dea (ndea) and the dynamic dea ...

A brief summary of the basic ideas of Topological Geometrodynamics (TGD), its recent state, its applications, and its theoretical challenges is given with a special emphasis on the most recent developments. Parton level formulation of quantum TGD as an almost topological quantum field theory using light-like 3-surfaces as fundamental objects allows a detailed understanding of generalized super-...

This document presents an architecture for QoS-aware middleware platforms. We present a general framework for control, and specialise this framework for QoS provisioning in the middleware context. We identify different alternatives for control, and we elaborate the technical issues related to controlling the internal characteristics of object middleware. We illustrate our QoS control approach b...

It is sometimes argued that implementation of an overall similarity classification is less effortful than implementation of a single-dimension classification. One piece of evidence taken to be in support of this argument is that highly impulsive individuals appear to be more likely to sort on the basis of overall similarity than individuals with low impulsivity (Ward, 1983); presumably, higher ...