Authors: Abhimanyu Singh Yadav, Sudhansu S. Maiti, Mahendra Saha, Arvind Pandey
arXiv
This paper proposed a new probability distribution named as inverse xgamma distribution (IXGD). Different mathematical and statistical properties,viz., reliability characteristics, moments, inverse mo...
Authors: Juan C. Duque, Henry Laniado, Adriano Polo
arXiv
This work presents a nonparametric statistical test, $S$-maup, to measure the sensitivity of a spatially intensive variable to the effects of the Modifiable Areal Unit Problem (MAUP). $S$-maup is the...
Authors: Andrew T. Karl
arXiv
Existing approaches for estimating home-field advantage (HFA) include modeling the difference between home and away scores as a function of the difference between home and away team ratings that are t...
Authors: Lili Zhang, Herman Ray, Jennifer Priestley, Soon Tan
arXiv
Training classification models on imbalanced data tends to result in bias towards the majority class. In this paper, we demonstrate how variable discretization and cost-sensitive logistic regression h...
Authors: Yitong Li, Wenying Ji, Simaan M. AbouRizk
arXiv
Measurement of operator quality performance has been challenging in the construction fabrication industry. Among various causes, the learning effect is a significant factor, which needs to be incorpor...
Authors: Yao Wen-po, Yao wen-li, Dai Jia-fei, Wang Jun
arXiv
Time irreversibility (temporal asymmetry) is one of fundamental properties that characterize the nonlinearity of complex dynamical processes, and our brain is a typical complex dynamical system manife...
Authors: Ross Towe, Jonathan Tawn, Emma Eastoe, Rob Lamb
arXiv
Having reliable estimates of the occurrence rates of extreme events is highly important for insurance companies, government agencies and the general public. The rarity of an extreme event is typically...
Authors: George V. Moustakides
arXiv
We consider the problem of sequential detection of a change in the statistical behavior of a hidden Markov model. By adopting a worst-case analysis with respect to the time of change and by taking int...
Authors: Seyed MohammadReza Hosseini, Afshin Isazadeh, Ali Noroozi, Mohammad Ali Sebt
arXiv
Radar uncertainty principle indicates that there is an inherent invariance in the product of the time-delay and Doppler-shift measurement accuracy and resolution which can be tuned by the waveform at...
Authors: Antonio Vázquez Brust, Tomás Olego, Germán Rosati
arXiv
This document is intended to present in detail the processing criteria and the analysis techniques used for the production of the Vulnerability Map Sanitary based on the use of public and open data so...
Authors: Nikola Pocuca, Petar Jevtic, Paul D. McNicholas, Tatjana Miljkovic
arXiv
In this paper, we propose two important extensions to cluster-weighted models (CWMs). First, we extend CWMs to have generalized cluster-weighted models (GCWMs) by allowing modeling of non-Gaussian dis...
Authors: Leenoy Meshulam, Jeffrey L. Gauthier, Carlos D. Brody, David W. Tank, William Bialek
arXiv
In many systems we can describe emergent macroscopic behaviors, quantitatively, using models that are much simpler than the underlying microscopic interactions; we understand the success of this simpl...
Authors: Elham Azimi, Bud Griffis
arXiv
The objective of this study is to determine the types of existing buildings that are at risk of falling debris based on height, age, construction classification, construction methods and materials and...
Authors: Shuguan Yang, Sean Qian
arXiv
Travel time on a route varies substantially by time of day and from day to day. It is critical to understand to what extent this variation is correlated with various factors, such as weather, incident...
Authors: Valentin Schmutz, Wulfram Gerstner, Tilo Schwalger
arXiv
Coarse-graining microscopic models of biological neural networks to obtain mesoscopic models of neural activities is an essential step towards multi-scale models of the brain. Here, we extend a recent...