In this paper we introduce a generalization of the Neyman-Scott process (Neyman and Scott, 1958) that allows for regularity in the parent process. In particular, we consider the special case where the parent process is a Strauss process with offspring points dispersed about the parent points. Such a generalization allows for point realizations that show a mix of regularity and clustering in the...

This study investigated the relative associations between parent and child anxiety and parents’ cognitions about their children. One hundred and four parents of children aged 3–5 years completed questionnaires regarding their own anxiety level, their child’s anxiety level and their cognitions about the child, specifically parents’ expectations about child distress and avoidance, and parents’ pe...

OBJECTIVE To develop and evaluate adjustment factors to convert parent-reported time in bed to an estimate of child sleep time consistent with objective measurement. METHODS A community sample of 217 children aged 4-9 years (mean age = 6.6 years) wore actigraph wristwatches to objectively measure sleep for 7 days while parents completed reports of child sleep each night. After examining the m...

The paper explains the principles of multi-result supercompilation. We introduce a formalism for representing supercompilation algorithms as rewriting rules for graphs of configurations. Some low-level technical details related to the implementation of multi-result supercompilation in MRSC are discussed. In particular, we consider the advantages of using spaghetti stacks for representing graphs...

The ability to use tools is one of the hallmarks of intelligence. Tool use is fundamental to human life and has been for at least the last two million years. We use tools to extend our reach, to amplify our physical strength, to transfer objects and liquids, and to achieve many other everyday tasks. A large number of animals have also been observed to use tools (Beck 1980). Some birds, for exam...

One can use the Leiden Rankings for grouping research universities by considering universities which are not significantly different as a homogeneous set. Such groupings reduce the complexity of the rankings without losing information. We pursue this classification using both statistical significance and effect sizes of differences among 902 universities in 54 countries; we focus on the UK, Ger...

The Academic Labor Market in France can be viewed as a constrained Stable Marriage problem, pairing universities and candidates according to their (elitist) preferences. A Multi-Agent based model, calibrated after the empirical evidence, is used to investigate how universities can recruit the best candidates with high confidence. Extensive simulations suggest that universities can be divided in...

This paper investigates differences across UK universities in 1993 life sciences students’ degree performance using individual-level data from the Universities’ Statistical Record (USR). Differences across universities are analysed by specifying and estimating a subject-specific educational production function. Even after including a wide range of controls for the quality of students, significa...

The purpose of this paper is to quantify the efficiency with which Australian universities utilise their teaching resources. The study estimates the cost efficiency of 36 universities over the period 1995-2002 using stochastic frontier analysis. The present study differs from previous cost and efficiency studies of Australian universities in two respects. First, it employs stochastic frontier a...

A timetable is a temporal arrangement of a set of meetings such that all given constraints are satis-ed. A timetabling problem can be suitably modelled in terms of a set of constraints. We use constraint logic programming and develop methods, techniques and concepts for a combined interactive and automatic timetabling of university courses and school curricula. An exemplary application of such ...