The National Institution for Academic Degrees and University Evaluation (NIAD-UE) in Japan awards academic degrees based on the accumulation of credits. An applicant who wishes to be awarded a degree from NIAD-UEmust classify his credits according to pre-determined criteria for each disciplinary field. The criteria are constructed by several items. A sub-committee of experts in the relevant fie...

We present a system for image classification based on an adaptive committee of five classifiers, each specialized on classifying images based on a single MPEG-7 feature. We test four different ways to set up such a committee, and obtain important accuracy improvements with respect to a baseline in which a single classifier, working an all five features at the same time, is employed.

Aggregating outputs of multiple classifiers into a committee decision is one of the most important techniques for improving classification accuracy. The issue of selecting an optimal subset of relevant features plays also an important role in successful design of a pattern recognition system. In this paper, we present a neural network based approach for identifying salient features for classifi...

The effectiveness of ten different feature sets in classification of voice recordings of the sustained phonation of the vowel sound /a/ into a healthy and pathological classes is investigated as well as a new approach to building a sequential committee of support vector machines (SVM) for the classification is proposed. The optimal values of hyper-parameters of the committee and the feature set...

Introduction. For improving every educational system, clarification of aims and identification of priorities is essential. For this reason curriculum planning committee of EDC followed up faculty members to essential objective writing methods. Methods. This was a descriptive study for analyzing educational objectives of various courses in different departments of Kashan University of Medical S...

This paper proposed classification models that would be used as a proxy for hard disk drive (HDD) functional test equitant which required approximately more than two weeks to perform the HDD status classification in either “Pass” or “Fail”. These models were constructed by using committee network which consisted of a number of single neural networks. This paper also included the method to solve...

This article presents operational diagnostic criteria for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), formulated by the Committee for Classification of Vestibular Disorders of the Bárány Society. The classification reflects current knowledge of clinical aspects and pathomechanisms of BPPV and includes both established and emerging syndromes of BPPV. It is anticipated that growing understanding...

This article presents operational diagnostic criteria for benign paroxysmal positional vertigo (BPPV), formulated by the Committee for Classification of Vestibular Disorders of the Bárány Society. The classification reflects current knowledge of clinical aspects and pathomechanisms of BPPV and includes both established and emerging syndromes of BPPV. It is anticipated that growing understanding...

OBJECTIVE The study aimed to formulate an easy clinical approach that may be used by clinicians of all backgrounds to diagnose vulvar dermatological disorders. MATERIALS AND METHODS The International Society for the Study of Vulvovaginal Disease appointed a committee with multinational members from the fields of dermatology, gynecology, and pathology and charged the committee to formulate a c...

The study described in this article sought to develop AN-DRG Version 3 classification revisions for organ transplantation through statistical analyses of recommendations formulated by the Australian Casemix Clinical Committee. Two separate analyses of variance were undertaken for AN-DRG Version 2 and for the proposed Version 3 AN-DRGs, using average length of stay as the dependent variable. The...