Statistical Machine Translation (SMT) is a well-known and well established datadriven approach used for language translation. The focus of this work is to develop a statistical machine translation system for Sri Lankan languages, Sinhala and Tamil language pair. This paper presents a systematic investigation of how SinhalaTamil SMT performance varies with the amount of parallel training data us...

Experimental results from a frame size 180 brushless doubly fed (induction) machine (BDFM) fitted with four rotor designs are presented. The machine is intended for use as a variable speed generator, or drive. A per phase equivalent circuit for the machine has been developed and a method of obtaining parameters for the circuit is described. Expressions for the torque as a function of speed have...

The issue of machine sharing arises quite frequently in the design and operation of automated manufacturing systems. It is often championed as a mechanism for enhancing the flexibility and versatility of these systems. However despite its importance, our understanding of machine sharing and of its effect on system performance has remained inadequate, relying mainly on anecdotal data or limited ...

Background: Migraine headache without aura is the most common type of migraine especially among pediatric patients. It has always been a great challenge of migraine diagnosis using quantitative electroencephalography measurements through feature classification. It has been proven that different feature extraction and classification methods vary in terms of performance regarding detection and di...

We have previously described how imaging systems and image reconstruction algorithms can be evaluated on the basis of how well binary-discrimination tasks can be performed by a machine algorithm that “views” the reconstructions [l, 21. The present work examines the performance of a family of algorithmic observers viewing tomographic images reconstructed using the Cambridge Maximum Entropy softw...

We show that reputational effects may explain differences in economic performances of dictatorial or authoritarian governments. A good reputation convinces citizens that the dictator will exert high effort in economic performance. With replacement, a dictator exerts high effort only if its foregone rent is not too large. Without replacement, the dictator succeeds in convincing the citizens of i...

The statistics of professional sports, including players and teams, provide numerous opportunities for research. Cricket is one of the most popular team sports, with billions of fans all over the world. In this thesis, we address two problems related to the One Day International (ODI) format of the game. First, we propose a novel method to predict the winner of ODI cricket matches using a team-...