The "Median Tectonic Line

Geochemical and mineralogical characteristics of fault gouge in the Median Tectonic Line, Japan: evidence for earthquake slip

We carried out geochemical and mineralogical analyses on fault-zone rocks from the Anko section of the Median Tectonic Line in Nagano Prefecture, Japan, to investigate coseismic physicochemical processes in the fault zone. The latest fault zone in the Anko section contains cataclasite, fault breccia, and fault gouge of granitic composition, and brecciated basic schist. Protoliths of the graniti...

The Ordered Median Euclidean Straight-line Location Problem

An optimal line is sought in the Euclidean plane in terms of the ordered median criterion, when the set of existing facilities are points with arbitrary positive associated weights. By way of geometric duality a dominating set for such a line is found. This allows the construction of an algorithm to solve the problem in O(n4).

Eecient Randomized Algorithms for the Repeated Median Line Estimator

The problem of tting a straight line to a nite collection of points in the plane is an important problem in statistical estimation. Recently there has been a great deal of interest is robust estimators, because of their lack of sensitivity to outlying data points. The basic measure of the robustness of an estimator is its breakdown point, that is, the fraction (up to 50%) of outlying data point...

The Politics of Consumption Taxes: Globalization and the Median Voter

The regressive nature of consumption taxes poses a challenge to partisan theory. Using data for up to 20 OECD countries in the period 1970-2003 this article aims to explore the question of whether the idea that social democratic governments typically have to compromise on policy goals and core constituency interests to make themselves more appealing to the median voter necessitates the use of r...

Comparison of the Tectonic Conditions on Venus with Tectonic Conditions of Early Archean Earth