We extend the dependency grammar induction model of Klein and Manning (2004) to incorporate further valence information. Our extensions achieve significant improvements in the task of unsupervised dependency grammar induction. We use an expanded grammar which tracks higher orders of valence and allows each valence slot to be filled by a separate distribution rather than using one distribution f...

INTRODUCTION: The calculation of Manning n values has been of interest since the Manning equation was presented in the late 1800s (Henderson, 1966). While estimation of n vahm for normal channels has been fairly well standardized, the estimation of n values in areas of dense vegetation continues to be subject to large variations depending on the experience of the engineer and the perceived dens...

In this paper, we present a reordering model based on Maximum Entropy. This model is extended from a hierarchical reordering model with PBSMT (Galley and Manning, 2008), which integrates syntactic information directly in decoder as features of MaxEnt model. The advantages of this model are (1) maintaining the strength of phrase based approach with a hierarchical reordering model, (2) many kinds...

T}tE taxonomic relationship of the Blue Goose (Chen caerulesceus cacrulescens) and the Lesser Snow' Goose (Chcn hyperborca hyperborea) has long created controversy among avian systematists, e.g., Blaauw (1908), Soper (1930), Sutton (1932), Manning (1942), and Manning et aI. (1956). I believe that the two forms are conspecific and that the species consists of two subspecies: a large form, Chcn c...

closed-end furrows are commonly used to irrigate crop in northern part of china. the irrigation performance of furrow in this area is often low. the objectives of this paper are to verify reliability of infiltration parameters and manning roughness estimated with sipar_id software and present an optimized method for design of closed-end furrow system. the study consisted of field experiments an...