One of the main problems facing accurate location in wireless communication systems is non-line-ofsight (NLOS) propagation. Though learning location methods perform well in NLOS environments, learning location methods may be improved further since these methods do not consider outliers in the training data set. In this paper, we extend weighted least squares support vector machine (WLS-SVM) alg...

[1] McIntyre and McKitrick [2005a] (hereinafter referred to as MM05) showed that the actual Mann et al. [1998] (hereinafter referred to as MBH98) PC method used an unreported short-centering method, which was biased towards producing a hockey stick shaped PC1 with an inflated eigenvalue. Huybers [2005] concurs with these particular findings, but argues that we ‘‘exaggerated’’ the MBH98 bias by ...

This study proposes fully-automated methods for as-built model generation of subway tunnels employing mobile Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) data. The employed dataset is acquired by a Velodyne HDL 32E and covers 155 m of a subway tunnel containing six million points. First, the tunnel's main axis and cross sections are extracted. Next, a preliminary model is created by fitting an ellipse t...

The use of near infrared (NIR) spectroscopy for predicting levels of degradation in southern pine (Pinus spp.) by Gloeophyllum trabeum for periods over 1-8 da was investigated. NIR spectra collected from the center of the radial face of each sample after laboratory soil block decay tests were used to develop calibrations. Calibrations were developed for mass loss, compression strength, and expo...

Laser scanning is a new technology for obtaining Digital Surface Models (DSM) of the earth surface. It is fast method for sampling the earth surface with a high density and high point accuracy. In this paper a procedure for building detection and roof extraction from the DSM is presented. The procedure starts by re-sampling elevation as obtained by laser scanning into regular grid. The core par...

two multivariate calibration methods are compared for the simultaneous chromatographic determination and separation of sulfamethoxazole (smx) and phthalazine (phz) by high performance liquid chromatography (hplc). multivariate calibration techniques such as classical least squares (cls) and inverse least squares (ils) were introduced into hplc to determine the quantification by using uv detecto...

A simple, accurate, precise and sensitive UV spectrophotometric method was developed for determination of total protein in seeds of Pisum sativum L. (Fabaceae). Phosphate buffer used as solvent and wavelength corresponding to maximum absorbance of the protein was found at 278.60nm. Beers law was observed in the concentration range of 2001000μg/ml with correlation coefficient 0.9996. The linear ...

From electromotive-force measurements of the cell without liquid junction: [Formula: see text]through the range 0° to 95° C, calculations have been made of (1) the standard potential of the silver-silver-chloride electrode, (2) the activity coefficient of hydrochloric acid in aqueous solutions from m (molality) =0 to m=0.1 and from 0° to 90° C, (3) the relative partial molal heat content of hyd...

In order to increase the predictive ability of the PLS (Partial Least Squares) model, we have developed a new algorithm, by which uninformative samples which cannot contribute to the model very much are eliminated from a calibration data set. In the proposed algorithm, uninformative wavelength (or independent) variables are eliminated at the first stage by using the modified UVE (Uninformative ...

There are large differences across countries in instructional time in schooling institutions. Can these differences explain some of the differences across countries in pupils‘ achievements in different subjects? While research in recent years provides convincing evidence about the effect of several inputs in the education production function, there is limited evidence on the effect of classroom...