These days, ongoing research towards interactivity to break the persevering batch processing paradigm in grid computing can be seen. Batch processing means: submit a job to a queue, process it and, only when the job is finished, analyse the results. By extending grid middleware through an interactive jobmanager, a novel approach to support applications which require interactive connections is p...

Multilayer perceptrons are often trained using error backpropagation (BP). BP training can be done in either a batch or continuous manner. Claims have frequently been made that batch training is faster and/or more "correct" than continuous training because it uses a better approximation of the true gradient for its weight updates. These claims are often supported by empirical evidence on very s...

The results and conclusions of this analysis are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect concurrence by the World Bank. We thank Debabrata Das for superb research assistance. 1 For example, recent studies indicate that about half of the productivity growth in U.S. 1 manufacturing over the 1980s is accounted for by the reallocation of resources from less productive to more productive...

This paper discusses many of the important themes in design of the early operating systems and their libraries. Historically, the library preceded the development of the early batch system but many of its utility functions gradually migrated to the system proper. Important ideas concerning system structure which were further elaborated in the sixties are briefly discussed.

The aim of our project is to develop a system for detecting student copying in Biomedical Science laboratory practical reports. We compare contrasting approaches: “simple” methods Zipping, based on a standard file-compression tool, and Bigrams, a basic comparison of frequent bigrams; and “smart” methods using commercial-strength plagiarism-checking systems Turnitin, Copycatch, and Copyfind. Bot...

We study hybrid online-batch matching problems, where agents arrive continuously, but are only matched in periodic rounds, when many of them can be considered simultaneously. Agents not getting matched in a given round remain in the market for the next round. This setting models several scenarios of interest, including many job markets as well as kidney exchange mechanisms. We consider the soci...

Phase contrast microscopy (PCM) is routinely used for the inspection of adherent cell cultures in all fields of biology and biomedicine. Key decisions for experimental protocols are often taken by an operator based on typically qualitative observations. However, automated processing and analysis of PCM images remain challenging due to the low contrast between foreground objects (cells) and back...

In aspect-oriented programming, we can encapsulate cross-cutting concerns scattered over many modules in a system. There are many studies for detecting candidates of cross-cutting concerns called aspect mining, and automation of it. However, existing all aspect mining tools are batch processing system aiming for large systems. Compared with existing batch-type tools, this paper propose an onlin...

Batch processes, such as fermenters, generally require high levels of consistency in their operation to ensure minimal losses of raw materials and product. Recent application studies have indicated that multivariate statistical technology can provide some support when trying to maintain consistent operation in complex batch processes. This paper aims to compare four different approaches to batc...