When building a story-intensive game, there is always the question of how much freedom to give the player. Give the player too little, and he may feel constrained and disconnected from the character he is controlling. Give him too much freedom, and the progression of the story may lag or stop altogether. This paper focuses on our attempt to find a balance between offering the player a high degr...

In this article we investigate two-level split-plot designs where the sub-plots consist of only two mirror image trials. Assuming third and higher order interactions negligible, we show that these designs divide the estimated effects into two orthogonal sub-spaces, separating sub-plot main effects and sub-plot by whole-plot interactions from the rest. Further we show how to construct split-plot...

A G × E performance (interaction, profile) plot for showing genotype-by-environment data is discussed. Three versions of such a plot are compared: the regular performance plot; the performance plot based on coded data (environment-centered performance plot), in which the environment means of a trait are subtracted from data; and the performance plot based on data standardized in environments (e...

Distributors and channels of distribution have existed since time immemorial. Channels of distribution have existed to get products to consumers cheaper, faster, and more effectively. Distribution encompasses various types of activities, depending on the type of and point in the supply chain where value is added. A supply chain constitutes a set of activities ranging from production and manufac...

Authors: Randall L. Barbour (SUNY Downstate Medical Center, Brooklyn, NY); Arne Ewald (NIRx Medizintechnik GmbH, Berlin, [email protected]); Harry L. Graber (SUNY Downstate Medical Center); J. David Nichols (Source Signal Imaging, Inc., San Diego, CA); Mark E. Pflieger (Source Signal Imaging); Alex Ossadtchi (Source Signal Imaging); Christoph H. Schmitz (NIRx Medizintechnik GmbH); Yong Xu (SUN...

Measurements of the pp→ ppK+K− reaction, performed with the experiment COSY-11 at the Cooler Synchrotron COSY, reveal a significant discrepancy between obtained excitation function and theoretical expectations neglecting interactions of kaons. Thus, the observed enhancement of the data above the predictions may be plausibly assigned to the influence of K+K− or K p interaction. This may manifest...

A computer simulation model for estimation of the interaction fields in fine particle systems has been developed. The method uses the experimental Ma(H) plot, constructed from the Fourier description of the initial magnetization curve and the hysteresis loop, and the M(H) plot, obtained from the remanence curves. The dependencies of the interaction fields on the external magnetic field have bee...