Authors: Lasse Holmström
arXiv
Discussion of "A statistical analysis of multiple temperature proxies: Are reconstructions of surface temperatures over the last 1000 years reliable?" by B.B. McShane and A.J. Wyner [arXiv:1104.4002]
Authors: William Astle, Maria De Iorio, Sylvia Richardson, David Stephens, Timothy Ebbels
arXiv
Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) spectra are widely used in metabolomics to obtain profiles of metabolites dissolved in biofluids such as cell supernatants. Methods for estimating metabolite concentra...
Authors: Dalton Lunga, Sergey Kirshner
arXiv
We propose a novel model for generating graphs similar to a given example graph. Unlike standard approaches that compute features of graphs in Euclidean space, our approach obtains features on a surfa...
Authors: Georgi S. Medvedev, Svitlana Zhuravytska
arXiv
The mathematical theory of pattern formation in electrically coupled networks of excitable neurons forced by small noise is presented in this work. Using the Freidlin-Wentzell large deviation theory f...
Authors: Bradly Alicea
arXiv
The relationship between physiological systems and modern electromechanical technologies is fast becoming intimate with high degrees of complex interaction. It can be argued that muscular function, li...
Authors: Alain Guay, Emmanuel Guerre, Stepana Lazarova
arXiv
A new test is proposed for the weak white noise null hypothesis. The test is based on a new automatic choice of the order for a Box-Pierce or Hong test statistic. The test uses Lobato (2001) or Kuan a...
Authors: M. V. Simkin
arXiv
Hawley-Dolan and Winner had asked the art students to compare paintings by abstract artists with paintings made by a child or by an animal. In 67% of the cases, art students said that the painting by...
Authors: Anuj Srivastava, Wei Wu, Sebastian Kurtek, Eric Klassen, J. S. Marron
arXiv
We introduce a novel geometric framework for separating the phase and the amplitude variability in functional data of the type frequently studied in growth curve analysis. This framework uses the Fish...
Authors: I. Kanter, E. Kopelowitz, R. Vardi, M. Zigzag, W. Kinzel, M. Abeles, D. Cohen
arXiv
The interplay between the topology of cortical circuits and synchronized activity modes in distinct cortical areas is a key enigma in neuroscience. We present a new nonlocal mechanism governing the pe...
Authors: Yuan-chin Ivan Chang, Eunsik Park
arXiv
In clinical trials, a covariate-adjusted response-adaptive (CARA) design allows a subject newly entering a trial a better chance of being allocated to a superior treatment regimen based on cumulative...
Authors: Janos Gyarmati-Szabo, Leonid V. Bogachev, Haibo Chen
arXiv
A Bayesian multiple change-point model is proposed to analyse violations of air quality standards by pollutants such as nitrogen oxides (NO2 and NO) and carbon monoxide (CO). The model is built on the...
Authors: Rosemary Braun, Kenneth Buetow
arXiv
Genome-wide association studies have become increasingly common due to advances in technology and have permitted the identification of differences in single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) alleles that...
Authors: Andrew C. Thomas, Stephen E. Fienberg
arXiv
The deployment of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) along major roadways has been a favoured strategy of insurgents in recent war zones, both for the ability to cause damage to targets along roadway...
Authors: Luciano I. de Castro, Harry J. Paarsch
arXiv
Within the private-values paradigm, we construct a tractable empirical model of equilibrium behavior at first-price auctions when bidders' valuations are potentially dependent, but not necessarily aff...
Authors: Doug Speed, Simon Tavaré
arXiv
This paper presents Sparse Partitioning, a Bayesian method for identifying predictors that either individually or in combination with others affect a response variable. The method is designed for regr...