In the paper a usual block design with treatment effects fixed and block effects random is considered. To compare experimental design the asymptotic covariance matrix of a robust estimator proposed by Bednarski and Zontek (1996) for simultaneous estimation of shift and scale parameters is used. Asymptotically Aand Doptimal block designs in the class of designs with bounded block sizes are chara...

An H-block is a sequence bx ...bn where bte Z2 for 1 ^ i ^ n, and an M-block map is a function from the set of n-blocks to the ring Z2 . The n-block maps form the ring GF (2)[xl5..., xn | xf = 1] (see [5, §19]). These block maps have applications to the generation of feedback shift register sequences [3]. Also each block map / generates an endomorphism fx of the shift dynamical system on the se...

In this note we propose an alternative definition for sliding block codes between shift spaces. This definition coincides with the usual definition in the case that the shift space is defined on a finite alphabet, but it encompass a larger class of maps when the alphabet is infinite. In any case, the proposed definition keeps the idea that a sliding block code is a map with a local rule. Using ...

We introduce a new type of invariant of block isomorphism for Markov shifts, defined by summing the weights of all spanning trees for a presentation of the Markov shift. We give two proofs of invariance. The first uses the Matrix-Tree Theorem to show that this invariant can be computed from a known invariant, the stochastic zeta function of the shift. The second uses directly the definition to ...

A cellular analog processor array for use in variable block-size motion estimation with a new simple method for shifting reference image data is presented. The new shift method leads to a greatly reduced number of neighborhood connections for each cell of the array, and allows for all shifts within the [8,8] search area to be performed in a single step, with simple digital controls. The new shi...

With applications in mind to the representations and cohomology of block algebras, we examine elements of the graded center of a triangulated category when the category has a Serre functor. These are natural transformations from the identity functor to powers of the shift functor that commute with the shift functor We show that such natural transformations which have support in a single shift o...

Time-related accident risk in shift work may be attributed to internal factors, such as fatigue, level of performance, sleep propensity, and to some external factors, like shift system, physical and social environment. Six hundred and sixty-eight events in the metallurgical industry have been analysed in terms of time of day, time on task, consecutive day of the shift block, day of the week, an...

Blocking effect is the major drawbacks in DCT-based codec at low bit-rate. An efficient anti-blocking effect algorithm is induced in the DCT domain. The proposed algorithm eases the false edges with low computational complexity. Two operations are suggested to different region according the region feature. One operation applies to the smooth region and the boundary edges become to linear distri...