Methods A decision analytical model, incorporating a short–term decision tree and long-term Markov model were constructed. The use of Monte Carlo simulation and Value of Information analysis enables both the cost-effectiveness of TAVI to be estimated, based on the existing information, and the value of, and requirements for, further evidence collection to be determined. The model allows for the...

With the rapid development of Internet, XML becomes the standard for data representation, integration and exchange on the web. In order to fully evolve XML into a universal data representation and sharing format, it is necessary to update XML documents efficiently while preserving constraints. We consider an important class of constraints, XML keys. In this paper, based on XML keys and the cons...

Ant colony optimization (ACO) has proved its success as a meta-heuristic optimization in several network applications such as routing and load balancing. In this paper, a proposed ACO algorithm for load balancing in distributed systems will be presented. This algorithm is fully distributed in which information is dynamically updated at each ant movement. Multiple colonies paradigm will be adopt...

In the Linked Data field, data publishers frequently materialize linksets between two different datasets using link discovery tools. To create a linkset, such tools typically execute linkage rules that retrieve data from the underlying datasets and apply matching predicates to create the links, in an often complex process. Also, such tools do not support linkset maintenance, when the datasets a...

On both paper copies, the 300 dpi tiff is fully readable and the pdf raster looses lines and is.J-8747. ArcGIS Spatial Analyst: Advanced GIS Spatial Analysis. Using Raster and Vector Data. Page.This paper will describe the Mixed Raster Content MRC method for. This paper will develop the rationale for the MRC approach by describing the multi.The rotation of a digitized raster by an arbitrary ang...