Although it was proven by Vapnik that SVM is capable of finding optimal solutions, the full success can be achieved only if the adaptive process parameters (C and kernel functions parameters) are set to proper values. Manual parameters tuning is sometimes tricky. We propose a new way of automatic selection of the parameters. The criterion used to estimate C and kernel parameters aims in optimal...

In this paper, we study a forecast method for demand quantities in the high-technology industry. We formulate and test a parameter-driven scheme to generate forecasts. We forecast demand quantities for several future periods using the formula F = aX + (1a)Y where a is a real number from [0,1] to be estimated, X is a simple exponential smoothing forecast based on historical data, and Y are the f...

In this paper, a stereo camera-based video surveillance system using pan/tilt controller is suggested and implemented. Some experiments with video images for 3 moving persons show that a person could be identified with these extracted height and stride parameters. Some experiments with video images for 3 moving persons show that a person could be identified with these extracted height and strid...

Long distance reflexives (LDRs) constitute an interesting phenomenon for theoretical linguistics because they pose a challenge to the standard theory of anaphor binding as put forth in Chomsky (1981) and subsequent revisions of it within the Principles-and-Parameters framework. The standard theory takes a reflexive pronoun to be an anaphor subject to the condition in (1) (henceforth, BCA), with...

We discuss the tuning of the anisotropic clover action and Symanzik-improved gauge action in lattice perturbation theory. The fermion action is constructed from stout-smeared spatial links, which complicates the calculation considerably. In addition, the full quark-mass dependence of the action parameters is included in this study. We present results for the fermion and gauge aspect ratios for ...

This paper describes a computational model of human sentence processing based on the principles and parameters paradigm of current linguistic theory. The syntactic processing model posits four modules, recovering phrase structure, long-distance dependencies, coreference, and thematic structure. These four modules are implemented as recta-interpreters over their relevant components of the gramma...

Here we respond to some comments by Alday concerning headedness in linguistic theory and the validity of the assumptions of a mathematical model for word order. For brevity, we focus only on two assumptions: the unit of measurement of dependency length and the monotonicity of the cost of a dependency as a function of its length. We also revise the implicit psychological bias in Alday’s comments...

This study includes a global sensitivity analysis of the water productivity model AquaCrop. The study rationale consisted in a comprehensive evaluation of the model and the formulation of guidelines for model simplification and efficient calibration. The global analysis comprehended a Morris screening followed by a variance-based Extended Fourier Amplitude Sensitivity Test (EFAST) under diverse...

The goal of our research is to find ways of supporting and encouraging musical behavior by non-musicians in shared public performance environments. Previous studies indicated simultaneous music listening and performance is difficult for non-musicians, and that visual support for the task might be helpful. This paper presents results from a preliminary user study conducted to evaluate the effect...

Following the development of the selectionist theory of the immune system, there was an attempt to characterise many biological mechanisms as being ‘selectionist’ as juxtaposed with ‘instructionist’. However, this broad definition would group Darwinian evolution, the immune system, embryonic development, and Chomsky’s principlesand-parameters (P&P) language-acquisition mechanism together under ...