Selecting the right cover crop gives multiple benefits

Selecting the Right Algorithm

Computer scientists always strive to find better and faster algorithms for any computational problem. It is usually true that programmers and/or users come across a plethora of different algorithms when looking to solve a particular problem efficiently. Each one of these algorithms might offer different guarantees and properties, but it is unlikely that a single one of them is the best (fastest...

Selecting the right medical student

Medical student selection is an important but difficult task. Three recent papers by McManus et al. in BMC Medicine have re-examined the role of tests of attainment of learning (A' levels, GCSEs, SQA) and of aptitude (AH5, UKCAT), but on a much larger scale than previously attempted. They conclude that A' levels are still the best predictor of future success at medical school and beyond. Howeve...

Making the Most of Cover Crop Mixtures

(Note: Interest in planting cover crops has increased dramatically the past few years, not only in NYS but in ag regions across the US. Attendance at the Cover Crop & Soil Health session at the Empire State Producers’ Expo has been 90 – 100 the past few years. As growers returned to this practice they began to experiment with a wider range of cover crops than ever before, including brassicas li...

Selecting the right medical adhesive tape

Selecting the Right Heuristic Algorithm : Runtime Performance

It is obvious that, given a problem instance, some heuris-tic algorithms can perform vastly better than others; however, in most cases the existing literature provides little guidance for choosing the best heuristic algorithm. This paper describes how runtime performance pre-dictors can be used to identify a good algorithm for a particular problem instance. The approach is demonstrated on two f...