the sources of output growth of iranian agriculture over the years 1986-2001 has been examined, using a decomposition method within the input-output (io) framework. the three comparable io tables of 1986, 1991, and 2001 have been employed as the main data sources. output changes from a demand side perspective, and decomposition of the growth of output into components attributable to consumption...

Sensitive error correcting output codes are a reduction from cost sensitive classi cation to binary classi cation. They are a modi cation of error correcting output codes [3] which satisfy an additional property: regret for binary classi cation implies at most 2 l2 regret for cost-estimation. This has several implications: 1) Any 0/1 regret minimizing online algorithm is (via the reduction) a r...

In interval type-2 fuzzy logic controllers (IT2-FLCs), the output processing includes type reduction and defuzzification. Recently, researchers have proposed many efficient type reduction algorithms, but there are no effective schemes to improve the output of defuzzification. This paper presents a geneticalgorithm-based type reduction algorithm, which reduces the type of an interval type-2 fuzz...

At present, almost all model order reduction methods assume single-input single-output (SISO) systems or systems with a small number of inputs and outputs. Few methods can deal with systems with a large number of inputs and outputs. Multi-input multi-output (MIMO) systems appear for example in modeling of integrated circuits. The number of inputs and outputs sometimes is very large, even close ...

Text summarization endeavors to produce a summary version of a text, while maintaining the original ideas. The textual content on the web, in particular, is growing at an exponential rate. The ability to decipher through such massive amount of data, in order to extract the useful information, is a major undertaking and requires an automatic mechanism to aid with the extant repository of informa...

Digital imaging is a rapid growing area with the developments in computer technology. Digital color use has become a conventional tool in many disciplines, such as cartography remote sensing and photogrammetry. The need for better color quality enforces digital imaging industry to produce devices with less color distortions. Despite the today’s advanced level of technology, it is known that inp...

To make sense of the world our brains must analyze high-dimensional datasets streamed by our sensory organs. Because such analysis begins with dimensionality reduction, modelling early sensory processing requires biologically plausible online dimensionality reduction algorithms. Recently, we derived such an algorithm, termed similarity matching, from a Multidimensional Scaling (MDS) objective f...

• Chlorothiazide and congeners, such as hydrochlorothiazide, have been shown to decrease the blood pressure in hypertensive patients' and animals. Indeed, all potent diuretics have been suggested to possess some antihypei-tensive properties either alone or in combination with other agents.' B Two consequences of the diuretic action of chlorothiazide have been postulated to account for its hypot...

• Chlorothiazide and congeners, such as hydrochlorothiazide, have been shown to decrease the blood pressure in hypertensive patients' and animals. Indeed, all potent diuretics have been suggested to possess some antihypei-tensive properties either alone or in combination with other agents.' B Two consequences of the diuretic action of chlorothiazide have been postulated to account for its hypot...