The evaluation of satellite precipitation products (SPPs) at regional and local scales is essential in improving satellite-based algorithms and sensors, as well as in providing valuable guidance when choosing alternative precipitation data for the local community. The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) has made significant contributions to the development of various SPPs since its launc...

Business process flexibility, while very much desired, bears a rather vague meaning. The paper aims at discussing the meaning of flexibility in business processes. The discussion applies concepts taken from two theoretical frameworks: the Generic Process Model (GPM) and the theory of coordination. Two forms of flexibility are discussed: Short-term flexibility, which is the ability to deviate te...

A mathematical method for calculation of the minimum cross-sectional area of a thickener is presented by obtaining minimum laboratory batch settling test data, a function, which is called settling function, is derived. This function is found to be in the form of a polynomial of third order. The settling function and mass flux relation are used for the design of thickener. The method predict...

This paper deals with the Bayesian estimation of high dimensional Gaussian graphical models. We develop a quasi-Bayesian implementation of the neighborhood selection method of Meinshausen and Buhlmann (2006) for the estimation of Gaussian graphical models. The method produces a product-form quasiposterior distribution that can be efficiently explored by parallel computing. We derive a non-asymp...

A method for calculating some profile likelihood inferences in probabilistic graphical models is presented and applied to the problem of classification. It can also be interpreted as a method for obtaining inferences from hierarchical networks, a kind of imprecise probabilistic graphical models.