In this paper, we present a Hidden Markov Model (HMM) based beat tracking system that simultaneously extracts downbeats, beat times, tempo, meter and rhythmic patterns. Our model builds upon the basic structure proposed by Whiteley et. al [9], which we further modified by introducing a new observation model: rhythmic patterns are learned directly from data, which makes the model adaptable to th...

Electronics industry is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. In India also, there are high turnovers and growing demand of electronics product especially after post liberalization in early nineties. These products generate e-waste which has become big environmental issue. Industries can handle these e-waste and product returns efficiently by developing reverse logistics (RL) syst...

The mam concern of this paper is with longer term differences among individual manufacturing industries in the growth of labour productivity and how such differences are associated with relative movements in output, labour earnings, unit costs and prices Certain relationships between the movements of these variables m Irish manufacturing industries will be examined and the results compared with...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY It is an intuitively appealing notion that enhanced firm performance is associated with agreement by top managers on a fundamental set of strategic goals and on methods to accomplish those goals. Nowhere should this relationship be more pronounced than in new ventures. New ventures tend to focus on narrow sets of products or markets; therefore the range of conceivable goals an...

Cement production is an energy-intensive process, so that the cement industry occupies a top position among other energy-consuming industries. Among the equipment used in cement industries, boilers are one of the energy-consuming equipment. Boilers are among the common heating equipment in industrial, commercial, and institutional facilities. In this paper, the performance of thermal oil bo...

Tourism is influenced by a wide range of factors and forces including exogenous ones that have no direct link to the tourism industry. Terrorism natural disasters are two examples such factors. Individuals, organizations culture, all affected them. This study analyzes impact terrorism on growth using panel data for period 1995-2019 collected from variety sources. dependent variable whereas disa...

The tourism sector makes a sizable contribution to country’s gross domestic product, increasing employment opportunities, foreign currency earnings, and economic diversification strategies. This paper uses the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) model analyze effects of on environment in world’s top 10 tourist countries from 1972 2021. Panel cointegration second-generation unit root tests are sug...