Gaussian process (GP) models provide non-parametric methods to fit continuous curves observed with noise. In this paper, we develop a GP based inverse method that allows for the estimation of the derivative of a curve, avoiding direct estimation from the data. In principle, a GP model may be fit to the data directly, then the derivatives obtained by means of differentiation of the correlation f...

3 P. Filannino, G. Cardinali, C. G. Rizzello, S. Buchin, M. De Angelis, M. Gobbetti and 4 R. Di Cagno 5 Department of Soil, Plant and Food Science, University of Bari Aldo Moro, I-70126 Bari Italy. 6 Sez. Microbiologia Applicata Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale e Biotecnologie 7 Agroambientali, University of Perugia, I06121 Perugia, Italy. 8 INRA, UR 342, Technologie et Analyses Laitières, F-3...

L. Bergès (Corresponding author) • C. Avon Irstea, UR EMAX, CS 40061, 13182 Aix-en-Provence Cedex 5, France e-mail: [email protected] phone: +33442669906/fax: +33442669923 V. Pellissier UMR 7204 CERSP, MNHM/CNRS/UPMC, 61 rue Buffon, 75005 Paris K. Verheyen Ghent University, Laboratory of Forestry, Geraardsbergsesteenweg 267, 9090 MelleGontrode, Belgium J.L. Dupouey INRA-Nancy University,...

S. D. Prestwich, B. Hnich, H. Simonis, R. Rossi, and S. A. Tarim Cork Constraint Computation Centre, University College Cork, Ireland Faculty of Computer Science, Izmir University of Economics, Turkey Logistics, Decision and Information Sciences Group, Wageningen UR, the Netherlands Operations Management Division, Nottingham University Business School, Nottingham, UK [email protected], brah...

A scheme for construction of uncertainty relations (UR) for n observables and m states is presented. Several lowest order UR are displayed and briefly discussed. For two states |ψ〉 and |φ〉 and canonical observables the (entangled) extension of Heisenberg UR reads [∆p(ψ)][∆q(φ)]+[∆p(φ)][∆q(ψ)] ≥ 1/2. Some possible applications of the new inequalities are noted.

Active learning is used in situations where the amount of unlabeled data is abundant but it is costly to manually label the data. So, depending on our available budget, from all unlabeled instances we are to select only a subset of them to ask the oracle for manual labeling. Thus, the query strategy, i.e., how relevant instances are selected to be sent to the oracle, plays an important role in ...

Various service management tasks depend on knowledge about objects they are applied to. Understanding dependencies between these objects is of special interest. Such dependency models are neither generally available nor easy to create. Creating them manually is expensive in regard to both time and money. In addition, they must be brought up to date, re ecting the frequent changes in the managed...

Starting with any R-matrix with spectral parameter, obeying the YangBaxter equation and a unitarity condition, we construct the corresponding infinite dimensional quantum group UR in term of a deformed oscillators algebra AR. The realization we present is an infinite series, very similar to a vertex operator. Then, considering the integrable hierarchy naturally associated to AR, we show that UR...

In this paper we explore Computer-Aided Humor (CAH), where a computer and a human collaborate to be humorous. CAH systems support people’s natural desire to be funny by helping them express their own idiosyncratic sense of humor. Artificial intelligence research has tried for years to create systems that are funny, but found the problem to be extremely hard. We show that by combining the streng...

This study uses the Autoregressive Distributed Lag (ARDL) model to study the dynamic determinant factors that influence both long and short-term international tourism demand in Cambodia from 12 countries. The annual time series data (1994–2013) are used in this study. The study finds that only the international tourism demand model of Australia, Canada, Thailand, the United Kingdom, and USA are...