Sciweavers

7228 search results - page 263 / 1446
» From Algorithmic to Subjective Randomness
Sort
View
ALMOB
2007
151views more  ALMOB 2007»
15 years 4 months ago
Local sequence alignments statistics: deviations from Gumbel statistics in the rare-event tail
Background: The optimal score for ungapped local alignments of infinitely long random sequences is known to follow a Gumbel extreme value distribution. Less is known about the imp...
Stefan Wolfsheimer, Bernd Burghardt, Alexander K. ...
SIGCSE
2010
ACM
158views Education» more  SIGCSE 2010»
15 years 4 months ago
The benefits of pairing by ability
An analysis of data from 259 CS1 students is performed to compare the performance of students who were paired by demonstrated ability to that of students who were paired randomly ...
Grant Braught, John MacCormick, Tim Wahls
ITA
2006
15 years 4 months ago
Probabilistic models for pattern statistics
In this work we study some probabilistic models for the random generation of words over a given alphabet used in the literature in connection with pattern statistics. Our goal is t...
Massimiliano Goldwurm, Roberto Radicioni
ICCV
2009
IEEE
15 years 2 months ago
Analysis of orientation and scale in smoothly varying textures
We present a novel representation for modeling textured regions subject to smooth variations in orientation and scale. Utilizing the steerable pyramid of Simoncelli and Freeman as...
Jason Chang, John W. Fisher III
HICSS
2007
IEEE
125views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2007»
15 years 10 months ago
Stochastic Model for Power Grid Dynamics
We introduce a stochastic model that describes the quasistatic dynamics of an electric transmission network under perturbations introduced by random load fluctuations, random rem...
Marian Anghel, Kenneth A. Werley, Adilson E. Motte...