In order to achieve human-like computer performances, the di erence features between real performances and musical scores must be investigated. It is also important to construct a performance system by taking account of performer's individuality. This paper addresses a method to derive a normative performance data from multiple performances and a strategy to extract performance rules by using e...

This paper describes a new perspective on a fundamental algorithm of three dimensional computer graphics namely z bu ering An imple mentation of the z bu er method in a lazy functional language behaves in a quite di erent manner to the traditional imperative counterpart The main result of this paper is to show that the lazy z bu er is a scan line method The e ective di erence between scan line ...

A new approach was developed for the analysis of problems of physics governed by laws of conservation. The methodology establishes an analogy between various aspects of evolution and genetics of life processes and inanimate physical systems. This analogy is then used to generate solutions to physical problems in a similar way to which organisms in nature solve problems imposed by environmental ...

Recent years have witnessed a growing proportion of female general practitioners (GPs) worldwide. Because female GPs tend to work fewer hours than male GPs, this continuing trend may accelerate the shortage of GPs. This paper investigates the gender di erence in the wage elasticity of Australian GPs by maximum likelihood estimation of labour supply and wage equations. Quantitative information r...

An important concern in the design of search engines is the construction of an inv erted index. An inv erted index, also called a concordance, contains a list of documents (or posting list) for every possible search term. These posting lists are usually compressed with di erence coding. Di erence coding yields the best compression when the lists to be coded hav e high locality. Coding methods h...

Order of magnitude reasoning | reasoning by rough comparisons of the sizes of quantities | is often called \back of the envelope calculation", with the implication that the calculations are quick though approximate. This paper exhibits an interesting class of constraint sets in which order of magnitude reasoning is demonstrably fast. Speci cally, we present a polynomial-time algorithm that can ...

Results: A total of 85 subjects (31 female and 54 male) with a mean age of 35.1 ± 11.4 years were enrolled. Th ere was no signifi cant diff erence between the groups in terms of mean age, height, or body weight (P > 0.05). Th e mean body mass index (BMI) of the participants was 26.55 kg/m2. While the BMR was found to be lower, resistance was higher in patients in the inactive group (P < 0.05 fo...

Using data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), this paper analyzes the relationship between training and job satisfaction focusing in particular on gender diff erences. Controlling for a variety of socio-demographic, job and fi rm characteristics, we fi nd a diff erence between males and females in the correlation of training with job satisfaction which is positive for males but insig...

Conventional numerical di erentiation formulas based on interpolating polynomials, operators and lozenge diagrams can be simpli ed to one of the nite di erence approximations based on Taylor series, and closed-form expressions of these nite di erence formulas have already been presented. In this paper, we present new nite di erence formulas, which are more accurate than the available ones, espe...

We analyze wireless communication systems employing multiple-transmit multiplereceive antennas in this thesis. Space-time codes have been proposed in the literature as an e cient means of coding over multiple transmit antennas. In particular, the rank and the determinant of code di erence matrices have been shown to be important in the design of space time codes in quasi-static fading channels....