One of the hallmarks of statistical thinking is the importance of measuring and understanding variability. The Shewhart Control Chart, which separates special cause from common cause variation, is one of the most important tools for understanding the current state of a process. The analysis of variance (ANOVA) is another statistical tool for splitting variability into component sources. These c...

Variability models help detect errors when configuring variant-rich software. Unfortunately, fixing configuration errors is known to be timeconsuming. Although automated approaches to recommend fixes exist, they lack guidance to help users identify a desirable fix. This paper proposes an approach to provide such guidance using self-adaptive priorities. The basic idea is to first generate one fi...

Auditory feedback plays an important role in speech motor learning. Previous studies investigating auditory feedback in speech development suggest that crucial steps are made in the development of auditory-motor integration around the age of 4. The present study investigated compensatory and adaptive responses to auditory perturbation in 4 to 9 year-old children compared to young adults (aged 1...

This paper parallelizes the spatial pyramid match kernel (SPK) implementation. SPK is one of the most usable kernel methods, along with support vector machine classifier, with high accuracy in object recognition. MATLAB parallel computing toolbox has been used to parallelize SPK. In this implementation, MATLAB Message Passing Interface (MPI) functions and features included in the toolbox help u...