For statistical design of an optimal "lter, it is probabilistically advantageous to employ a large number of observation random variables; however, estimation error increases with the number of variables, so that variables not contributing to the determination of the target variable can have a detrimental e!ect. In linear "ltering, determination involves the correlation coe$cients among the inp...

Accurate quantification of physical activity (PA) and energy expenditure (EE) is a basic prerequisite to evaluate activity promoting measures. A novel approach for determining EE by a person-centered measurement system which operates with motion sensors is presented. The new EE prediction model combines information on the type and intensity of PA as well as personal characteristics. For model c...

This paper examines the determinants of the Government yields in India using weekly data from April 2001 through March 2009. The analysis covers Treasury Bills with residual maturity of 15-91 days and Government securities of residual maturity one, five and ten years respectively. The empirical estimates show that a long-run relationship exists between each of these interest rates and the polic...

In this study, the incomplete gamma function, an exponential function, a mixed-log function and a polynomial function were evaluated to describe the lactation curve in Moroccan Holstein-Friesian dairy cows. Data from 1990 to 1999, comprising 77130 monthly milk yields of 6029 dairy cows in 280 dairy herds, were used. Edits were carried out by considering the lactation length (5 d and

Airborne light detection and ranging (LiDAR) has been used for forest biomass estimation for the past three decades. The performance of estimation, in particular, has been of great interest. However, the difference in the performance of estimation between stem volume (SV) and total dry biomass (TDB) estimations has been a priority topic. We compared the performances between SV and TDB estimatio...

The coefficient of determination (R) is used for judging the goodness of fit in a linear regression model. It gives valid results only when the observations are correctly observed without any measurement error. The R provides invalid results in the presence of measurement errors in the data in the sense that sample R becomes an inconsistent estimator of population multiple correlation coefficie...

Using data from three deformation positions (680 nm, 730 nm, and 765 nm) of spectral reflectance and derivative spectra curves from red to near infrared spectral bands, red edge reflectance spect ra index was developed. Nitrogen contents of rice canopy leaves were found to be significantly correlated with the red edge reflectance spectra index values at 0.01 probability level for different rice...

The present study reports the field strength measurements of some GSM transmitters in the 900 MHz band located in the urban and suburban regions of Delhi in India. The measured signal levels converted into path loss values have been compared with the losses predicted from models like Hata, Lee and COST 231 Walfisch & Ikegami. The prediction errors and standard deviations of the predictions erro...

Based on surface energy balance and the assumption of fairly invariant evaporative fraction (EF) during daytime, this study proposes a new parameterization scheme of directly estimating daily EF. Daily EF is parameterized as a function of temporal variations in surface temperature, air temperature, and net radiation. The proposed EF parameterization scheme can well reproduce daily EF estimates ...