This paper studies the following online replacement problem. There is a real function f(t), called the ow rate, deened over a nite time horizon 0; T]. It is known that m f(t) M for some reals 0 m < M. At time 0 an online player starts to pay money at the rate f(0). At each time 0 < t T the player may changeover and continue paying money at the rate f(t). The complication is that each such chang...

We describe a multi-network, or modular, connectionist architecture that captures that fact that many tasks have structure at a level of granularity intermediate to that assumed by local and global function approximation schemes. The main innovation of the architecture is that it combines associative and competitive learning in order to learn task decompositions. A task decomposition is discove...

The ever-evolving business environment demands companies to adopt a customer-focused culture, continuously develop and sustain growth. Marketing is seen as fundamental aspect of corporate with market orientation its practical application. purpose this study identify product innovation influencing marketing performance in the woodcraft industry Central Java, Indonesia by adding competitive advan...

This paper shows that a detailed, although non-emotional, description of event or an action can be a reliable source for learning opinions. Empirical results show the practical utility of our approach and its competitiveness in comparison with previously used methods.