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Showing 1 to 20 of 43 for “"competition model"”.
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Cortical competition: a neurally plausible account of hemisphere-specific processing resources?
… coordination of attentional deployment, and as competition (interference) between representations in visual cortex. We report three experiments centered on hemifield independence that provide constraints on each of the three models. Experiments 1 and 2 show that, while fixing hemifield-level …
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An investigation, comparison, and development of individual tree competition models
A new individual tree competition model based on the zone of influence principle was developed and tested on data from two young loblolly pine plantation stands. Analyses indicated that, depending on stand, diameter distribution and spatial arrangement, the model acted either as a competition …
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"the Effects Of Competition Policy Changes On International Trade And Export Flows: Canada Case Estimates"
<p>ABSTRACT</p> <p>THE EFFECTS OF COMPETITION POLICY CHANGES ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE AND EXPORT FLOWS: CANADA CASE ESTIMATES</p> <p>by</p> <p>RUBIN LUNIKU</p> <p>May 2014</p> <p>Advisor: Assoc. Professor Kevin Cotter</p> <p>Major: Economics </p> <p>Degree: Doctor of Philosophy</p> <p>This …
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The Effects of Attentional Focus, Presentation Mode, and Language Experience on Second Language Learners' Sentence Processing
… of Object-Verb-Subject sentences in Spanish. The Competition Model and the first language sentence processing research that centers on it served as one source of insight into the development of processing strategies. The information processing view of second language acquisition and L2 sentence …
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Variety, price and quality in the South African automotive industry (2000-2009)
… predictions of the Krugman [1979] monopolistic competition model, the Melitz [2003] model and models of vertical product differentiation hold true for the developments in the South African automotive industry for the period 2000 to 2009. A new and highly disaggregated dataset of car prices and …
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Does a Neural Network Inflect Spanish Verbs in a Human-Like Way?
… whether the Tolerance Principle of the Rules & Competition model (Yang, 2018) can accurately determine the productivity of verb classes in Spanish, and whether any irregular verb classes are exhibit subregular productivity. The second experiment was conducted to determine how native Spanish …
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Essays in the Theory of Public Goods
Finally, a tax competition model is proposed to study the impact of Pigouvian pollution taxes on the location and output decisions of freely mobile firms. In the model, capital is characterized as either polluting or nonpolluting and then regional planners are permitted to independently select tax …
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Disruptive by design : the promise of the tech-enabled design competition
At their best, urban design competitions offer access to innovative design thinking for competition sponsors; high quality spaces for the benefit of the public; and career advancement for designers. However, many feel that competitions are falling short of these aims, frustrating organizers and …
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ENGLISH READING ABILITY IN YOUNG DEAF SIGNERS AN INVESTIGATION OF SENTENCE COMPREHENSION
… ways, consistent with MacWhinney’s unified competition model. Our findings provide evidence that increased ASL ability supports English sentence comprehension at the levels of individual words and syntax.
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A study of a stage-structured model of two competing species
… of this dissertation is to develop and study a competition model which, being capable of a wide range of population dynamics, will exhibit phenomena in multi-species interactions not seen in simpler models. We consider a structured, non-linear model of two competing species, each having three …
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An integrated methodology for quantitative assessment of proliferation resistance of advanced nuclear systems using probabilistic methods
Proliferation is the results of a competition between the proliferating country (proliferation) and the party to resist the proliferation efforts (safeguarder). An integrated evaluation methodology to evaluate proliferation resistance of nuclear energy systems is outlined and demonstrated focusing …
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Mathematical Modeling and Disease Related Applications: A New Method of Estimating Bacterial Mutation Rates, Dynamics of Killer Yeast in a Chemostat, and Other Problems
… mutation rate, mutants, mutators, and how competition acts as a driving force of adaptation.</p> <p>In chapter 1, the system used in reference for mutation is the devolopment of <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> antibacterial resistance in the Cystic Fibrosis patients. Current methods for …
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Mathematical Modeling and Disease Related Applications: A New Method of Estimating Bacterial Mutation Rates, Dynamics of Killer Yeast in a Chemostat, and Other Problems
… mutation rate, mutants, mutators, and how competition acts as a driving force of adaptation.</p> <p>In chapter 1, the system used in reference for mutation is the devolopment of <i>Pseudomonas aeruginosa</i> antibacterial resistance in the Cystic Fibrosis patients. Current methods for …
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Travelling waves in Lotka-Volterra competition models
… multi-stable reaction-diffusion systems used to model competing species. Systems in this class possess uniform stable steady states representing semi-trivial solutions. We start by considering a bistable, interaction, where the interactions are of classic “Lotka-Volterra” type and we consider a …
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Two sided markets and efficiency in the Internet
Competition between network providers is believed to be a necessary condition for an efficient functioning Internet industry. It spurs technology innovation as network providers compete to provide better quality and enhanced services; improving consumers' welfare in the process. Given the impact of …
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Learning through competition : resilience on the Jersey Shore after Rebuild By Design
… adopting the architecture field's design competition model as a tool for resilience planning. Competitions promise to yield creative design ideas that would not come to light through traditional planning processes, and to foster public interest and support for investment in climate …
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A dynamic model of competition
The Lotka-Volterra competition model has been extensively used in the study of technology interaction. It looks at the growth rate of a certain parameter of the interacting technologies through coupled nonlinear differential equations. The interaction is then modeled as a competition with a …
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Measuring minority language presence on Wikipedia: Towards the measurement of minority language presence on the World Wide Web
… regard. The goal is to put forward a potential model for estimating and quantifying minority language material on the web.<br/><br/>Outlined in this study is a definition of 'web presence that is a two-dimensional concept combining both breadth of coverage and depth of content; a formula to …
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Causes and consequences of sexual habitat segregation in grizzly bears
… sexual habitat segregation (no avoidance, food competition, and sex competition) and 3competing hypotheses on the effects of adult male mortality on female reproduction (additive, compensatory, depensatory). Twenty bears were radio-monitored from 1980 to 1984 in Kananaskis, Alberta and 28 bears …
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Trading natural gas in the Asia Pacific: Theory and evidence
… This thesis presents several novel numerical models to analyse how these issues affect the gas markets. The research begins by formulating a conjectural variation incorporating a mean-variance model to examine the effect of supply risk on the market’s outputs and prices under various …
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