In [3] it has been demonstrated that decision trees built in a feature space yielded by some eigen transformation can be competitive with industry standards. Unfortunately, the selection of such a transformation and the dimension of the feature space that should be retained is not self-evident. These trees however have interesting properties that can be exploited. Since the order of the splits ...

the present study utilizes an analytical method to formulate the three lowest modal frequencies of axially-loaded notched beam through both crack location and load level in a specific format that can be used in existing frequency-based crack-identification methods. the proposed formula provides a basis to shift into two states, one with axial loading and the other without any loading whatsoever...

The study examined relationship between the Gross Domestic Product (GDP) of Nigeria with the inputs of labour, capital and the output of fisheries. This is to ascertain that the fisheries contribution to the economy is more than is recorded in the sense that taking its indirect and direct economic impact into account, its overall contribution to the GDP of Nigeria may be higher than that measur...

OBJECTIVE SASS is a new self-evaluation scale that assesses the level of social functioning in depressed patients for clinical research purposes. The aim of this study was to investigate the validity and reliability of the Turkish version of SASS. METHOD Data were obtained from 2 different sample groups that had no physical disturbances that could impair social functioning; healthy participan...

P. DALY, B.Sc, Ph.D.f Summary: A finite-element method based on a function minimization technique is developed for analysing homogeneous waveguide problems. The continuous eigen-value operator as in the Ritz finite-difference method is replaced by a matrix operator. The resulting equations are, however, matrix eigen-value equations. Relevant properties of the matrices are discussed. It is demon...

Following Futurism, we show how periodic motions can be represented by a small number of eigen-shapes that capture the whole dynamic mechanism of periodic motions. Spectral decomposition of a silhouette of an object in motion serves as a basis for behavior classification by principle component analysis. The boundary contour of the walking dog, for example, is first computed efficiently and accu...

The study of sound attenuation in an elliptical chamber involves the solution of the Helmholtz equation in elliptic coordinate systems. The Eigen solutions for such problems involve the Mathieu and the modified Mathieu functions. The computation of such functions poses considerable challenge. An alternative method to solve such problems had been proposed in this paper. The elliptical cross-sect...

However, it is generally difficult if not impossible to prepare a complete set of a priori noisy environment knowledge. Especially, the noisy environments which are not seen in the training phase (aka unseen noisy environment) may become potential sources of serious performance degradation for those non-blind methods. In other words, it is crucial how to well organize and efficiently utilize th...