Validating LES-based flow and dispersion models for the purpose of predicting transient flow and dispersion phenomena is more demanding than validating RANS-based codes. Since the model output is no longer related to stationary or quasi-stationary boundary conditions, and since the model results are not restricted to mean flow and average dispersion patterns, an evaluation of the model based on...

OntoClean is a methodology for validating the ontological adequacy of taxonomic relationships. It is based on highly general ontological notions drawn from philosophy, like essence, identity, and unity, which are used to characterize relevant aspects of the intended meaning of the properties, classes, and relations that make up an ontology. These aspects are represented by formal metaproperties...

Validating the accuracy of image-guided surgical systems is a challenging and important problem which has received little attention in the literature. Potential sources of inaccuracy include: CT imaging noise, model generation errors, errors introduced by fixturing, intra-operative data noise, registration errors, and inaccuracies in surgical tools and actions. In this paper, we discuss our exp...

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This paper focuses on several new diagnostic technologies, which are set to dominate the testing landscape in near future and have applications animal health diagnostics, namely: next-generation sequencing, assays detect biomarkers, point-of-care tests. An example of real-time loop-mediated isothermal amplification validation is also provided. Validating these technologies presents challenges, ...

PBE Type i: Neither default nor political crisis If V ≤ χL, the costs of default are always larger than the costs of servicing the debt even for the benevolent government. Then in equilibrium, the government proposes to service the debt, which is accepted by the representative agent. Hence the debt is repaid and political crisis is avoided. Neither the benevolent government nor the self interes...

In this paper, we demonstrate the impact of Multiword Expression (MWE) resources in the task of MWE recognition in text. We present results based on the Wiki50 corpus for MWE resources, generated using unsupervised methods from raw text and resources that are extracted using manual text markup and lexical resources. We show that resources acquired from manual annotation yield the best MWE taggi...