Negative data handling has gained a remarkable importance in the literature of Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) to address many real life problems. Various erstwhile applications, in this arena, referred relocation of the origin to a superior (RDM) or to an inferior (Translated Input Oriented BCC) neighboring point. In this paper, the conditions for Rotation Invariance of various Data Envelop...

This paper examines end-user performance with conceptual and logical data models in the context of the database development life cycle. Both entity-based and object-oriented modeling methods were examined in a within-subjects study using 19 graduate students as subjects. The first method employed the extended entityrelationship (EER) model and relational data model (RDM), while the second metho...

In two-alternative discrimination tasks, experimenters usually randomize the location of the rewarded stimulus so that systematic behavior with respect to irrelevant stimuli can only produce chance performance on the learning curves. One way to achieve this is to use random numbers derived from a discrete binomial distribution to create a 'full random training schedule' (FRS). When using FRS, h...

In a recent paper by Vencheh and Esmaeilzadeh, a super-efficiency model based on RDM model is formulated where some input and output data are negative. However, we show that the formulation in the paper is not always feasible or bounded for its purpose and cannot produce the numerical results claimed. Moreover, we demonstrate that the super-efficiency model based on RDM model is unable to provi...

This study was conducted to investigate the effect of meaning-focused versus form-focused input-oriented and output-oriented task-based instruction on elementary level Iranian EFL Learners’ vocabulary comprehension and recall. For this purpose, a sample of 120 male students from a private school in Tehran was selected through convenience sampling and based on availability. The participants were...

Scientific research activities generate a large amount of data, which varies in format, volume, structure and ownership. Although there are revision control systems and databases developed for data archiving, the traditional data management methods are not suitable for HighPerformance Computing (HPC) systems. The files in such systems do not have semantic annotations and cannot be archived and ...

We propose a method to improve the performance of the recently introduced rational dither modulation (RDM) watermarking scheme. The improvement is obtained by modifying the essentially scalar nature of RDM with the introduction of a vector quantiser. The vector quantiser is based on a properly modified version of classical trellis coded quantisation, thus leading to the new trellis-coded RDM sc...

A five-year experiment tested the response of aboveground net primary production (ANPP) and plant functional groups to manipulations in residual dry matter (RDM), reflecting typical grazing practices in Californian annual grasslands. The RDM treatments were 225, 560, 900 and 5000 kg ha with the latter treatment representing no grazing by livestock. ANPP in autumn, winter and spring showed a str...

Bandwidth Allocation Models (BAMs) configure and handle resource allocation (bandwidth, LSPs, fibre) in networks in general (IP/MPLS/DS-TE, optical domain, other). BAMs currently available for IP/MPLS/DS-TE networks (MAM, RDM, G-RDM and AllocTC-Sharing) basically define resource restrictions (bandwidth) by “class” (traffic class, application ś class, user ś class or other grouping criteria) and...