Maintainer Kimihiro Noguchi Depends R (>= 2.6.0), MASS License GPL (>= 2) Description The package ``nparLD'' is designed to perform nonparametric analysis of longitudinal data in factorial experiments. Longitudinal data are those which are collected from the same subjects over time, and they frequently arise in biological sciences. Non...

The output from simulation factorial experiments can be complex and may not be amenable to standard methods of estimation like ANOVA. We consider the situation where the simulation output may not satisfy normality assumptions, but more importantly, where there may be differences in output at different factor combinations, but these are not simply differences in means. We show that EDF statistic...

In recent years simulation has been the most used tool for performance analysis of communication networks, due to the ever increasing complexity of modern architectures and technologies. There are two correlated problems that are typically encountered when using simulation, especially by less experienced practitioners. Often, the number of factors that affect the response of such systems is hig...

BACKGROUND Pain is a multidimensional experience. Locus of control is an important factor related to chronic pain experience and treatment. There is a gap in the literature when discussing issues related to pain evaluation in elderly. OBJECTIVES To analyze the factorial structure, intra and inter-rater reliability of the Brazilian version of the Pain Locus of Control Scale - Form C for elderl...

An experimental study was performed on an adsorption refrigeration unit powered by a solar energy and equipped with three different types of activated carbon (1: Coconut, 2: Palm seeds, 3: Charcoal). In this Study design, factorial analysis and optimization of a prototype unit were described. The activated carbon coupled with methanol was used as an adsorbent-adsorbate pairs. Experimental tests...

Several permutation strategies are often possible for tests of individual terms in analysis-of-variance (ANOVA) designs. These include restricted permutations, permutation of whole groups of units, permutation of some form of residuals or some combination of these. It is unclear, especially for complex designs involving random factors, mixed models or nested hierarchies, just which permutation ...

Using hierarchical Bayesian estimation of RT distributions, we present a novel application of Systems Factorial Technology (Townsend & Nozawa, 1995) to the retrieval of item and associative information from episodic memory. We find that item and associative information are retrieved concurrently, with positive memory evidence arising from a holistic match between the test pair and the contents ...

Received (to be inserted Revised by Publisher) We investigate the consequences of maximizing information transfer in a simple neural network, with bounded and invertible transfer functions. In the case of a vanishing additive output noise, and an even smaller input noise, the main result is that maximization of information (over receptive elds and transfer functions) leads to a factorial code-h...

Background: Pain is a multidimensional experience. Locus of control is an important factor related to chronic pain experience and treatment. There is a gap in the literature when discussing issues related to pain evaluation in elderly. Objectives: To analyze the factorial structure, intra and inter-rater reliability of the Brazilian version of the Pain Locus of Control Scale Form C for elderly ...