Nested sampling is a new Monte Carlo method by Skilling [1] intended for general Bayesian computation. Nested sampling provides a robust alternative to annealing-based methods for computing normalizing constants. It can also generate estimates of other quantities such as posterior expectations. The key technical requirement is an ability to draw samples uniformly from the prior subject to a con...

This study empirically examined whether there are any significant differences on demographic and customer satisfaction towards banking services in Benin City, Nigeria. The research design employed this is the cross-sectional survey methodology. Three hundred sixty seven (367); (91.75%) copies of questionnaire were returned, vividly filled found suitable imputed for final data analyses. Independ...

objective: a field experiment was conducted at dorud region, iran, during 2013. the aim of this research  was study on effect of different biofertilizers and irrigation closed time on some agronomic characteristics of sugar beet (beta vulgaris l.). methods: the experimental design was factorial based on rcbd with three replications. treatments were three irrigation closed time [oct-6 (a1), oct-...

Abstract. General theoretical principles that enable the derivation of prior probabilities are of interest both in practical data analysis and, more broadly, in the foundations of probability theory. In this paper, it is shown that the general rule for the assignment of priors proposed by Jeffreys can be obtained from, and is logically equivalent to, an intuitively reasonable information-theore...

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Europe are conscious that their competitive position depends on success to embrace digitalisation challenges. However, some decision-makers companies discard digital transformation because they do not understand how it can be incorporated into businesses. Therefore, academia, research centres, technological clusters responsible for building the infra...

We study the existence of closed characteristics on three-dimensional energy manifolds of second-order Lagrangian systems. These manifolds are always noncompact, connected, and not necessarily of contact type. Using the specific geometry of these manifolds, we prove that the number of closed characteristics on a prescribed energy manifold is bounded below by its second Betti number, which is ea...