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Showing 1 to 20 of 86 for “"Selection-based"”.
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Sensory discrimination testing methodology selection based on beverage complexity
… While many testing methods are available for selection, various methods have proven to differ in power. By utilizing a more powerful method, sensory professionals can limit the resources needed for testing and increase their ability to find significant differences between products. The …
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COMPUTERIZED BEHAVIORAL SKILLS TRAINING, SELECTION-BASED INSTRUCTION, LAG REINFORCEMENT SCHEDULES, AND THE EMERGENCE OF TOPOGRAPHY-BASED RESPONSES TO INTERVIEW QUESTIONS
… videos, video-modeling, rehearsal, feedback, and selection-based instruction. Experiment 1 replicated and extended recent research which has suggested that a selection-based protocol operating on a lag schedule of reinforcement is an effective and efficient method for teaching responses to …
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Development of Ground-Level Hyperspectral Image Datasets and Analysis Tools, and their use towards a Feature Selection based Sensor Design Method for Material Classification
… Dataset (LHID) of ground-level, outdoor objects based on typical scenes that a vehicle or pedestrian may encounter, an open-source hyperspectral interface software package (HSImage), and a feature selection based sensor design algorithm for object detection sensors (DLSD). These three …
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Emergence of Stimulus Equivalence and Topography-Based Responding Following Lecture Instruction
… the emergence of stimulus equivalence using both selection-based and topography-based tests following a lecture or control condition. This study also evaluated generalization to novel stimuli in both selection-based and topography-based response formats, and evaluated the social validity of the …
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Self-censorship by middle school librarians
… and their thought processes during book selection. Based on the results of the study it was concluded that middle school librarians' philosophies of book selection, students' right to read, and censorship vary and that middle school librarians struggle with self-censorship.</p>
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Optimizing Priority-Based Search for Lifelong Multi-Agent Path Finding
… Traditional solvers such as Priority-Based Search (PBS) use fixed branching heuristics, which can be inefficient in high-congestion scenarios. This work explores how learning-based methods can improve PBS decision-making. We develop supervised learning (SL) policies trained from …
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Computational Scientific Discovery Using Rate-Based Process Models
… proposed solution involves developing a new ratebased process modelling framework. It is based around the idea of using linear regression to estimate parameter values instead of gradient descent. The regression-based parameter estimation algorithm is implemented into a system called …
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Optimizing secondary tailgate support selection
… to facilitate secondary tailgate support selection based on analysis of a data base of over 100 case studies compiled from two different surveys of operating longwall coal mines in the United States. The ALPS (Analysis of Long wall Pillar Stability) program was used to determine adequacy …
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Emotional labor in intercultural service encounters: An experience sampling study
… multicultural personality). Implications for the selection (based on openness) and training (for deep acting and cultural competence) of service providers in an increasingly globalized service industry are discussed.
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Breaking the grant cycle: on the rational allocation of public resources to scientific research projects
… science funding by peer review. The criticism is based on epistemological scepticism, regarding the ability of scientific peers, or any other agent, to have access to sufficient information regarding the potential of proposed projects at the time of funding. The scepticism is based on the …
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Development of a design and evaluation framework for supplier cities
… includes a discussion regarding process selection based on an analysis of critical technical issues at each manufacturing step. This analysis considers the relationship of process capability to overall product performance and ultimately to product competitiveness.
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Outage performance of cooperative cognitive relay networks
… probability expressions for the repetition-based and selection-based protocols. Both decode-and-forward and amplify-and-forward relaying schemes have been employed for these protocols. When the probability of spectrum availability is unity, the cognitive relay behaves as a conventional …
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Automatic generation of an LC voltage controlled oscillator
… design flow for a VCO involves architecture selection based on specification, calculation of circuit parameters, simulation, and iterations of circuit parameters based on the simulation result. In such a design flow, changes in specification or process can lead to significant redesign. This …
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Detection of Latent Heteroscedasticity and Group-Based Regression Effects in Linear Models via Bayesian Model Selection
… data. Specifically, we offer Bayesian model selection-based approaches to reveal latent group-based heteroscedasticity, regression effects, and/or interactions. Failure to account for such structures can produce misleading conclusions. Since the presence of latent group structures is …
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Exploitation of nonadditive variance through nonrandom mating
… in progeny performance from nonrandom mating based on predicted combination effects among sires and mgs over random mating. Nonrandom mating strategies included mate allocation by linear programming, which is optimum, and two approximations, sequential selection based on progeny merit, and …
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Learning from noisy data through robust feature selection, ensembles and simulation-based optimization
… individual samples prevents the use of instance-based learning. In these contexts, parametric models can be learned through simulations to take into account the inherent stochastic nature of the processes involved. This dissertation includes contributions to different learning problems …
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Use of main channel and shallow-water habitat by larval fishes in the lower Missouri River
… molitrix/nobilus) exhibited no selection based on water depth or current velocity. Chub spp. selected depths between 20-50 cm and areas 2-3 m from the waters edge. The larval fish assemblage and several taxa exhibited a significant nocturnal increase in CPUE within the primary …
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Investing in REITs: A value-based approach
… purpose of this study is to test whether a value-based investment strategy will outperform a growth-based investment strategy when applied to SAREIT investment. The secondary purpose is to assess whether the SAREIT investor can discriminate between strong and weak value-REITs through sound …
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