We describe an extension of the pseudo maximum likelihood (PML) estimation method developed by Skinner (1989) to multistage strati ̄ed cluster sampling designs, including ̄nite population and unequal probability sampling. We conduct simulation studies to evaluate the performance of the proposed estimator. The estimator is also compared to the general estimating equation (GEE) method for linear r...

In this paper, we introduce the concepts of n-fold obstinate pseudo-hoop and n-fold obstinate filter in pseudo-hoops. Then we investigated these notions and proved some properties of them. Also, we discussed the relationship between n-fold obstinate pseudo-hoop and n-fold obstinate filter and other types of n-fold pseudo-hoops and n-fold filters such as n-fold (positive) implicative filter and ...

Gas diffusion layers are essential components of proton exchange membrane fuel cell since the reactants should pass through these layers. Mass transport in these layers is highly dependent on porosity. Many of simulations have assumed, for simplicity, the porosity of GDL is constant, but in practice, there is a considerable variation in porosity along gas diffusion layers. In the present study ...

In this paper we survey time series models allowing for conditional heteroscedas ticity and autoregression like AR GARCH type models These models reduce to a white noise model when some of the conditional heteroscedasticity parameters take their boundary value at zero and the autoregressive component is in fact not present We reproduce the asymptotic distribution of the pseudo log likelihood ra...

biosorption of two anionic dyes, eosin y and eosin b, from aqueous solution using saccharomyces cerevisiae was investigated in a batch mode. the influence process parameters such as contact time, initial dye concentration, sorbent dosage, ph and temperature of aqueous solution were studied. the maximum adsorption capacities were found to be at 200 and 100 mg g-1 for eosin y and 1 eosin b, respe...

Quantitative X-ray microanalysis models, such as ZAF or φ(ρz) methods, are normally based on solid, flat-polished specimens. This limits their use in various domains where porous materials are studied, such as powder metallurgy, catalysts, foams, etc. Previous experimental studies have shown that an increase in porosity leads to a deficit in X-ray emission for various materials, such as graphit...

Pseudo-likelihood and contrastive divergence are two well-known examples of contrastive methods. These algorithms trade off the probability of the correct label with the probabilities of other “nearby” instantiations. In this paper we explore more general types of contrastive objectives, which trade off the probability of the correct label against an arbitrary set of other instantiations. We pr...

We say that a k-uniform hypergraph C is a Hamilton cycle of type `, for some 1 ≤ ` ≤ k, if there exists a cyclic ordering of the vertices of C such that every edge consists of k consecutive vertices and for every pair of consecutive edges Ei−1, Ei in C (in the natural ordering of the edges) we have |Ei−1 \ Ei| = `. We prove that for k/2 < ` ≤ k, with high probability almost all edges of the ran...

We introduce pseudo-deterministic interactive proofs (psdAM): interactive proof systems for search problems where the verifier is guaranteed with high probability to output the same output on different executions. As in the case with classical interactive proofs, the verifier is a probabilistic polynomial time algorithm interacting with an untrusted powerful prover. We view pseudo-deterministic...

Let arithmetic pseudo-NCk denote the problems that can be solved by log space uniform arithmetic circuits over the finite prime field Fp of depth O(log(n + p)) and size (n + p)O(1). We show that the problem of constructing an irreducible polynomial of specified degree over Fp belongs to pseudo-NC2.5. We prove that the problem of constructing an irreducible polynomial of specified degree over Fp...