Validation from an editorial viewpoint

The Viewpoint of IJMS New Editorial Board

Learning From An Optimization Viewpoint

Optimization has always played a central role in machine learning and advances in the field of optimization and mathematical programming have greatly influenced machine learning models. However the connection between optimization and learning is much deeper : one can phrase statistical and online learning problems directly as corresponding optimization problems. In this dissertation I take this...

The Permissibility of Women’s Social Presence from an Islamic Viewpoint

This article tries to demonstrate that Islam recognizes women’s social presence and endorses their participation in political, economic, and cultural activities in society. The claim is supported by the Quranic reports of women’s social activities in the past nations and by a number of jurisprudential verses (āyāt al-aḥkām) pertaining to social matters. Further evidence for th...

Some Applications of Semidefinite Optimization from an Operations Research Viewpoint

Editorial: an author's checklist for measure development and validation manuscripts.

A recent special issue of the Journal of Pediatric Psychology included papers focused on evidence-based assessment across several broad domains of assessment in pediatric psychology (e.g., adherence, pediatric pain, and quality of life). In one of these papers, Holmbeck et al. (2008) reviewed strengths and limitations of existing measures of psychosocial adjustment and psychopathology, concludi...