Abstract. In this paper, we propose a probabilistic framework for predicting the root causes of errors in data processing pipelines made up of several components when we only have access to partial feedback; that is, we are aware when some error has occurred in one or more of the components, but we do not know which one. The proposed error model enables us to direct the user feedback to the cor...

Previous work on automated error recognition and correction of texts written by learners of English as a Second Language has demonstrated experimentally that training classifiers on error-annotated ESL text generally outperforms training on native text alone and that adaptation of error correction models to the native language (L1) of the writer improves performance. Nevertheless, most extant m...

This study aimed at investigating the effects of grammatical error correction on EFL learners’ accuracy. Twenty-two male and female senior students were chosen randomly to respond to a questionnaire investigating their beliefs about immediate grammatical error correction.  Actually, the study was conducted in order to answer this question: what is the effect of grammatical error feedback on stu...

Bootstrapping provides a novel approach to training a neural network to estimate the chromaticity of the illuminant in a scene given image data alone. For initial training, the network requires feedback about the accuracy of the network’s current results. In the case of a network for color constancy, this feedback is the chromaticity of the incident scene illumination. In the past, perfect feed...

Echo state networks offer a promising possibility for an effective use of recurrent structures as the presence of feedback is accompanied with a relatively simple training process. However, such simplicity, which is obtained through the use of an adaptive linear readout that minimizes the mean-squared error, limits the capability of exploring the statistical information of the involved signals....

This research chiefly focused on the application of mitigation strategies and traditional form of feedback in writing development of the fifth semester University students majoring in TEFL and English Translation fields based on Vygotsky’s sociocultural theory in general and the notion of “Zone of Proximal Development” in particular. To that end, this study relied on a pre-posttest experimental...

This study aimed at investigating the effects of grammatical error correction on EFL learners’ accuracy. Twenty-two male and female senior students were chosen randomly to respond to a questionnaire investigating their beliefs about immediate grammatical error correction.  Actually, the study was conducted in order to answer this question: what is the effect of grammatical error feedback on stu...

Discharge patterns from a population of motor units (MUs) were estimated with multi-channel surface electromyogram and signal processing techniques to investigate parametric differences in low-frequency force fluctuations, MU discharges, and force-discharge relation during static force-tracking with varying sizes of execution error presented via visual feedback. Fourteen healthy adults produced...