In our research, we aim to predict attributes of human players based on observations of their gameplay. If such predictions can be made with sufficient accuracy, games can use them to automatically adapt to the player’s needs. In previous research, however, no conventional classification techniques have been able to achieve accuracies of sufficient height for this purpose. In the present paper,...

BACKGROUND To operationalize the post-MDG agenda, there is a need to evaluate the effects of health interventions on equity. The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect on equity in neonatal survival of the NeoKIP trial (ISRCTN44599712), a population-based, cluster-randomized intervention trial with facilitated local stakeholder groups for improved neonatal survival in Quang Ninh province i...

This study presents results of phonetic factors on the reduction of plosives in spontaneously spoken Danish. Using mixed-effect logistic regression with speaker as random effect factor, it is shown that reduction of /d/ is distinct from reduction of /b/ and /g/. Speaker tendency for reduction relative to the group average is shown to be consistent across place of articulation for /b/ and /g/ fo...

We model the dynamics of social assistance benefit receipt in Britain using data from the British Household Panel Survey, waves 1–15. First, we discuss definitions of social assistance benefit receipt, and present information about the trends between 1991 and 2005 in the receipt of social assistance benefits, and in annual rates of transition into and out of receipt. Second, we review potential...

abstract             (co) variance components of milk, fat and protein yield of 11368 first lactation iranian holstein dairy cow were estimated by single trait random regression test-day models and restricted maximum likelihood (reml) method. in this study the homogeneous residual variance was assumed throughout lactation. estimated heritability for 305-day production traits ranged from 0.25 to...

in this study a total of 171,360 monthly test day milk records obtained from first lactation of iranian holstein cattle (three times a day milking) distributed in 96 herds and calved from 1999 to 2008 were used to estimate genetic parameters and to predict breeding values of the animals. the data was analyzed using random regression test day model. the results showed that average of heritabilit...

we propose a wavelet based stochastic regression function estimator for the estimation of the regression function for a sequence of pairwise negative quadrant dependent random variables with a common one-dimensional probability density function. some asymptotic properties of the proposed estimator are investigated. it is found that the estimators have similar properties to their counterparts st...

The aim of the present study was the estimation of (co) variance components and genetic parameters for body weight of Moghani sheep, using random regression models based on B-Splines functions. The data set included 9165 body weight records from 60 to 360 days of age from 2811 Moghani sheep, collected between 1994 to 2013 from Jafar-Abad Animal Research and Breeding Institute, Ardabil province,...

We propose a wavelet based stochastic regression function estimator for the estimation of the regression function for a sequence of pairwise negative quadrant dependent random variables with a common one-dimensional probability density function. Some asymptotic properties of the proposed estimator are investigated. It is found that the estimators have similar properties to their counterparts st...