next to mechanisms, methods and instruments and classic public bodies to administer, there are new independent administrative and public authorities equipped with various skills and attribution, composed of soft law and hard law to regulate the public fields. the multiplicity of forms of regulation show the composite nature of regulation, which is between the private and public domain: laws, co...

Data envelopment analysis (DEA) calculates the relative efficiency of homogenous decision-making units (DMUs) with multiple inputs and outputs. Classic DEA models usually suffer from several issues such as: discrimination power, variable weights of inputs/outputs, inaccurate efficiency estimation for small number of DMUs, incapability in working with zero and negative data, and not having exter...

Edit distances between merge trees of scalar fields have many applications in scientific visualization, such as ensemble analysis, feature tracking or symmetry detection. In this paper, we propose branch mappings, a novel approach to the construction edit mappings for trees. Classic match nodes edges two onto each other, and therefore either rely on decompositions both use auxiliary node proper...

Abstract Multivariate regression models and ANOVA are probably the most frequently applied methods of all statistical analyses. We study case where predictors qualitative variables response variable is quantitative. In this case, we propose an alternative to classic approaches that does not assume homoscedasticity but assumes a Markov chain can describe covariates’ correlations. This approach t...

The well-founded model for any general deductive database computed using the paraconsistent relational model, based on four-valued logic, does not support inference rules such as disjunctive syllogism. In order to support disjunctive syllogism, we utilize the generalization of the relational model to quasi-classic (QC) logic, whose inference power is much closer to classical logic. As the parac...