Increasing soft error rates in recent semiconductor technologies enforce the usage of fault tolerance. While fault tolerance enables correct operation in the presence of soft errors, it usually introduces a time overhead. The time overhead is particularly important for a group of computer systems referred to as real-time systems (RTSs) where correct operation is defined as producing the correct...

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES The Residency Review Committee for Family Medicine (RRC-FM) is responsible for the accreditation of the nation's 474 residencies in family medicine. This analysis of RRC-FM actions was done to help residency directors and faculty better understand its operations and to provide a context for interpretation of its decisions. METHODS All actions by the RRC-FM for the ca...

The concept of a classifier competence is fundamental to multiple classifier systems (MCSs). In this study, a method for calculating the classifier competence is developed using a probabilistic model. In the method, first a randomised reference classifier (RRC) whose class supports are realisations of the random variables with beta probability distributions is constructed. The parameters of the...

In order to test the prevailing paradigm of horizontal-branch (HB) stellar evolution, we use the large databases of measured RR Lyrae parameters for the globular cluster M3 (NGC 5272) recently provided by Bakos et al. and Corwin & Carney. We compare the observed distribution of fundamentalized periods against the predictions of synthetic HBs. The observed distribution shows a sharp peak at Pf ≈...

Given a set D of unit disks in the Euclidean plane, we consider (i) the discrete unit disk cover (DUDC) problem and (ii) the rectangular region cover (RRC) problem. In the DUDC problem, for a given set P of points the objective is to select minimum cardinality subset D∗ ⊆ D such that each point in P is covered by at least one disk in D∗. On the other hand, in the RRC problem the objective is to...

Estimating (co)variance parameters of a random regression model for test day yields of dairy cattle has been proven to be a challenging task due to the complexity of (co)variance structure of the test day yields. Two common approaches have been practised so far for the estimation of parameters: direct random regression model approach and indirect covariance functions (CF) approach. Animal genet...

Fourier decompositions are performed for the light curves of six RRab and 3 RRc field stars. These are added to previous work to form a sample of 61 RRab and 12 RRc pulsators. The RRab stars are divided into two groups-a short-period (SP) group with P < 0~575 and a long-period (LP) group with P > 0~575. The Fourier phase parameter CP21 is found to fall off very regularly with decreasing metalli...

Surface concentrations of particulate organic carbon (POC) in shallow inland lakes were estimated using MODIS Aqua data. A power regression model of the direct empirical relationship between POC and the atmospherically Rayleigh-corrected MODIS product (Rrc,645Rrc,1240)/(Rrc,859-Rrc,1240) was developed (R 2 = 0.72, RMSE= 35.86 μgL, p< 0.0001, N = 47) and validated (RMSE= 44.46 μgL, N= 16) with f...