Using a revealed preference approach, we conduct an experiment where subjects make choices from linear convex budgets in the domain of risk. We find that many individuals prefer mixtures lotteries ways systematically rule out expected utility behavior. explore extent to which individual's choose is related for randomization by comparing choice task decisions made repeated discrete task. mix pos...

In this work, we deal with blind source separation of a class of nonlinear mixtures. The proposed method can be regarded as an adaptation of the solutions developed in [1, 2] to the considered mixing system. Also, we provide a local stability analysis of the employed learning rule, which permits us to establish necessary conditions for an appropriate convergence. The validity of our approach is...

we investigated the distribution of asbestos containing materials(acms) in korea for 15 school buildings built before and after 1990, including elementary schools, middle schools and high schools. in order to perform risk assessments of samples gathered from the buildings, the study used four different rules as the criteria: results from the ahera rule, the hse rule and the astm rule on acms we...

This paper proposes a method of "blind separation" which extracts non-stationary signals (e.g., speech signals, music) from their convolutive mixtures. The function is acquired by modifying a network's parameters so that a cost function takes the minimum at any time. The cost function is the one introduced by Matsuoka et al. [15]. The learning rule is derived from the natural gradient [1] minim...

Cold-in-place recycling (CIR) is an environmentally sustainable alternative for preservation of asphalt pavements. A major disadvantage of this practice is the lower strength of the cold-in-place mixtures. Addition of cement into this type of mixture is a method for increasing its bearing capacity. The effect of cement content on the mechanical properties of the cold-in-place recycled asphalt m...

objective: ecosystems with mixed species compared to the ones with pure compositions provide a broader range of options in the fields of biodiversity, conservation, protection and restoration. nearly all forest plantations are established as monocultures, but research has shown that there are potential advantages to be gained by using carefully designed species mixtures in place of monocultures...

my paper has two parts. first, i talk about the golden rule. after introducing the rule and its global importance, i explain why many scholars dismiss it as a vague proverb that leads to absurdities when we try to formulate it clearly. i defend the golden rule against such objections. second, i talk about the golden rule in persia and islam; i consider persian sources (muslim and non-muslim) an...

Animals typically perceive natural odor cues in their olfactory environment as a complex mixture of chemically diverse components. In insects, the initial representation of an odor mixture occurs in the first olfactory center of the brain, the antennal lobe (AL). The contribution of single neurons to the processing of complex mixtures in insects, and in particular moths, is still largely unknow...