1 Joint Cluster Analysis of Attribute Data and Relationship Data 11 Martin Ester, Rong Ge, Byron J. Gao, Zengjian Hu, and Boaz Ben-moshe 1.

We propose a formal treatment of scenarios in the context of a dialectical argumentation formalism for qualitative reasoning about uncertain propositions. Our formalism extends prior work in which arguments for and against uncertain propositions were presented and compared in interaction spaces called Agoras. We now define the notion of a scenario in this framework and use it to define a set of...

Interpretation of current and future data calls for a continuous improvement in the theoretical modeling of CMB spectrum. We describe the new version of a numerical code, KYPRIX, specifically written to solve the Kompaneets equation in a cosmological context under general assumptions. We report on the equation formalism, and structure and computational aspects of the code. New physical options ...

To study the effect of boundaries on diffusion of new products, we introduce two novel analytic tools: The indifference principle, which enables us to explicitly compute the aggregate diffusion on various networks, and the dominance principle, which enables us to rank the diffusion on different networks. Using these principles, we prove our main result that on a finite line, one-sided diffusion...

Stress intensities of a singular near-tip field around the vertex of a triple junction wedge in multilevel thin film packages are calculated using the two-state M-integral. For this calculation the existence of a simple auxiliary field in the sense of the M-integral associated with every eigenfunction for the triple junction vertex is first verified numerically. The auxiliary field is then empl...

An experimental analysis of on-wafer S-parameter uncertainties is presented. Recently, two different approaches, based either on differential numerical programming or on a fully analytical solution have been introduced. In order estabilish their suitability, a careful comparison is here given for on-wafer meaurements. Through this comparison, possible limitations and causes of errors are also h...

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to conserve the genetic resources and identify the strong and weak points in sistan watermelon accessions and compare these with improved cultivars of: sugarbaby and fairfax, an experiment was carried out, based on rectangular lattic design of two replications in 2007. the morphological traits studied, included plant length, plant weight, seed weight, fruit number, fruit length, fruit width, su...

this paper is concerned with global analysis of a delay sveir epidemiological model in a population of varying size. by using lyapunov stability method and lasalle’s invariance principle for delay systems, we prove that when there is no endemic equilibrium, the disease free equilibrium is globally asymptotically stable, otherwise the endemic equilibrium is globally stable.