In this paper the Markov analyzer MOSES (MOdelling, Speci cation and Evaluation System) and the model description language MOSLANG { both developed at the Institute for Operating Systems at the University of Erlangen{Nuernberg { are described using two examples. To evaluate the performance of a computer system the system has to be speci ed. In this paper the model description language MOSLANG i...

OBJECTIVE To compare meta-analyses of diagnostic test accuracy using the Moses-Littenberg summary receiver operating characteristic (SROC) approach with those of the hierarchical SROC (HSROC) model. STUDY DESIGN AND SETTING Twenty-six data sets from existing test accuracy systematic reviews were reanalyzed with the Moses-Littenberg model, using equal weighting ("E-ML") and weighting by the in...

Who was Robert Moses? In this article, we want to cast a bright light on Moses as visionary urban planner, which included the comprehensive planning of outdoor and indoor aquatic infrastructure for New York City. Second, highlight some his administration's significant accomplishments challenges in providing aquatics opportunities diverse populations, including people color. Finally, aspire illu...

This paper explores the question of whether there is an interesting form of specifically epistemic relativism available, a position which can lend support to claims of a broadly relativistic nature but which is not committed to relativism about truth. It is argued that the most plausible rendering of such a view turns out not to be the radical thesis that it is often represented as being. 0. On...