We adapt the popular LDA topic model (Blei et al., 2003) to the representation of stylistic lexical information, evaluating our model on the basis of human-interpretability at the word and text level. We show, in particular, that this model can be applied to the task of inducing stylistic lexicons, and that a multi-dimensional approach is warranted given the correlations among stylistic dimensi...

T his chapter argues for more informed target metrics for the statistical processing of stylistic variation in text collections. Much as operationalized relevance proved a useful goal to strive for in information retrieval, research in textual stylistics, whether application oriented or philologically inclined, needs goals formulated in terms of pertinence, relevance, and utility—notions that a...

This paper discusses the use of statistical models for the problem of musical style imitation. Statistical models are created from extant pieces in a stylistic corpus, and have an objective goal which is to accurately classify new pieces. The process of music generation is equated with the problem of sampling from a statistical model. In principle there is no need to make the classical distinct...

Often, texts that have been written collaboratively do not \speak with a single voice." Eliminating stylistic incongruity, a di cult undertaking for both collaborative and singular writers, is the desired function of a software tool. This thesis describes the rst cycle of an iterative software development process towards meeting this goal. The user requirements are analyzed with respect to a mo...

Multiple versions of a document may need to be produced for diierent purposes and so may require quite diierent stylistic structures. This paper describes how we are building stylistic control into both natural language parsers (Pundit) and generators (Pen-man) to handle variations in hospital patient educational materials. Stylistic knowledge is formally represented in terms of a multi-level s...

We are developing stylistic grammars to provide the basis for a French and English stylistic parser. Our stylistic grammar is a branching stratificational model, built upon a foundation dealing with lexical, syntactic, and semantic stylistic realizations. Its central level uses a vocabulary of constituent stylistic elements common to both English and French, while the top level correlates styli...

Great design often results from intelligently balancing tradeoffs and leveraging of synergies between multiple product goals. While the engineering design community has numerous tools for managing the interface between functional goals in products, there are currently no formalized methods to concurrently optimize stylistic form and functional requirements. This research develops a method to co...

Table 1: Existing self-consumption solar PV EGs in South Africa 0. Project Location Province Installed capacity (kWp) When completed Kriel Mine Kriel Mpumulanga 240 Aug 13 Med Woodmead Gauteng 31 Jul 13 BMS Woodmead Gauteng 36 Jul 13 BT Woodmead Gauteng 36 Jul 13 WTP Witbank Mpumulanga 3