Compared with the large body of literature on coping, coping flexibility has received relatively scant research attention, although more such studies have begun to emerge recently. Researchers have conceptualized coping flexibility in diverse ways: as a broad coping repertoire, a well-balanced coping profile, cross-situational variability in strategy deployment, a good strategy-situation fit, o...

In this paper, we show that training of the support vector machine (SVM) can be interpreted as performing the level 1 inference of MacKay's evidence framework. We further on show that levels 2 and 3 can also be applied to SVM. This allows automatic adjustment of the regularization parameter and the kernel parameter. More importantly, it opens up a wealth of Bayesian tools for use with SVM. Perf...

The Harmony Search is a relatively new meta-heuristic algorithm for continuous optimization, in which its concept imitates the process of music improvisation. This paper proposes an improved harmony search algorithm called Harmony Search with Adaptive Pitch Adjustment (HSAPA). The adaptive pitch adjustment scheme during a search period is inspired from the velocity clamping in particle swarm op...

Topological skeletons are shape descriptors that have been applied successfully in practical applications. However, many skeletonisation methods lack accessibility, mainly due to the need for manual parameter adjustment and the shortage of tools for comparative analysis. In this paper we address these problems. We propose two new homotopypreserving thinning algorithms: Flux-ordered adaptive thi...

Due to the limitation of most statistical forecasting models ignoring contextual information, judgmental adjustment is a widespread practice in business. However, judgmental adjustment still suffers with many kinds of biases and inconsistency inherent in subjective judgment. Our approach uses an adjustment mechanism concerning only with critical cue factors evaluated with genetic algorithm to a...

The detailed mathematical model of heat and mass transfer of steel ingot of curvilinear continuous casting machine is proposed. The process of heat and mass transfer is described by nonlinear partial differential equations of parabolic type. Position of phase boundary is determined by Stefan conditions. The temperature of cooling water in mould channel is described by a special balance equation...

The efficiency of a mass-consistent model for wind field adjustment depends on several parameters that arise in various stages of the process. On one hand, those involved in the construction of the initial wind field using horizontal interpolation and vertical extrapolation of the wind measures registered at meteorological stations. On the other hand, the stability parameter which allows from a...

In this paper, a new framework for rapid system design and implementation for fuzzy systems is proposed. The given system specification is separated into two components: a conceptual specification and a parameter specification. The conceptual specification defines the system core, which is rarely changed during the system adjustment and may be implemented in hardware at an early stage of the de...

Bundle adjustment is one of the main tools used for multiple view reconstruction. It seeks to refine the estimate of the 3D scene and the view parameter that minimize a certain cost function, e.g. the overall reprojection error. In this paper we propose a new algorithm to simplify the computation of the reprojection error for multiple views. With this algorithm, the bundle adjustment will be ac...

This paper investigates the effect of using an end-of-period accounting scheme for inventory related costs when costs actually accrue in continuous time. Using a simple model, we show that (i) the end-of-period scheme results in higher than optimal order-up-to levels and inventory cost if the cost and demand parameters are unchanged, and (ii) it is possible to replicate both the optimal base st...