• Communications for Statistical Applications and Methods
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• v.31 no.4
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• pp.441-457
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• 2024

Semicontinuous data are characterized by a mixture of a point probability mass at zero and a continuous distribution of positive values. This type of data is often modeled using a two-part model where the first part models the probability of dichotomous outcomes -zero or positive- and the second part models the distribution of positive values. Despite the two-part model's popularity, variable selection in this model has not been fully addressed, especially, in high dimensional data. The objective of this study is to investigate variable selection and prediction performance of penalized regression methods in two-part models. The performance of the selected techniques in the two-part model is evaluated via simulation studies. Our findings show that LASSO and ENET tend to select more predictors in the model than SCAD and MCP. Consequently, MCP and SCAD outperform LASSO and ENET for β-specificity, and LASSO and ENET perform better than MCP and SCAD with respect to the mean squared error. We find similar results when applying the penalized regression methods to the prediction of crime incidents using community-based data.

• Korean Journal of Mathematics
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• v.10 no.1
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• pp.53-58
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• 2002

In this paper we consider the Cauchy problem $$dx(t)/dt=x(t)^n,\;x(0)=x_0$$. The domain of existence is lower semicontinuous for perturbations of the data. We present a simple formula for the time of existence which is exact when there exists no perturbations.

• Journal of the Korean Institute of Telematics and Electronics B
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• v.32B no.5
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• pp.765-776
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• 1995

This paper describes a speaker adaptation method to improve the recognition performance of MLP(multiLayer Perceptron) based HMM(Hidden Markov Model) speech recognizer. In this method, we use lst-order linear transformation network to fit data of a new speaker to the MLP. Transformation parameters are adjusted by back-propagating classification error to the transformation network while leaving the MLP classifier fixed. The recognition system is based on semicontinuous HMM's which use the MLP as a fuzzy vector quantizer. The experimental results show that rapid speaker adaptation resulting in high recognition performance can be accomplished by this method. Namely, for supervised adaptation, the error rate is signifecantly reduced from 9.2% for the baseline system to 5.6% after speaker adaptation. And for unsupervised adaptation, the error rate is reduced to 5.1%, without any information from new speakers.

• Journal of the Korean Applied Science and Technology
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• v.9 no.1
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• pp.31-40
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• 1992

This study is on the biodegradability of the activated sludge, which used to biodegrade Linear Alkylbenzene Sulfonate(LAS), synthetic detergents and sufactants. The activated sludge in waste water treatment plant is used to the test of biodegradation of anionic surfactants and nonionic surfactants, but it have the periodic change of the biological propety to the lapse of the time. For the puropse of controlling and adjusting of the activated sludge in biodegradation test, we collected microorganisms from the sewage plant and the soil, and then, made the activated sludge in semicontinuous aeration chamber. From determined biodegradation data, and the degree of biodegradability to the LAS, we confirmd the standardized synthetic activated sludge which have more stable biodegradability than the sewage activated sludge. In continuous biodegradation test, LAS(dodecene-1) was biodegraded more than 99%, In 7days by the standardized activated sludge.

• Steel and Composite Structures
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• v.1 no.1
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• pp.1-16
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• 2001

Due to aesthetic, economic, and structural performance, the use of structural hollow sections as columns in both continuous moment resisting and nominally pinned construction is attractive. Connecting the beams to these sections is somewhat problematic as there is no access to the interior of the section to allow for the tightening of a standard bolt. Therefore, bolts that may be tightened from one side, i.e., blind bolts, have been developed to facilitate the use of site bolting for this arrangement. This paper critically reviews available information concerning blind bolting technology, especially the performance of fasteners in shear, tension, and moment resisting connections. Also provided is an explanation of the way in which the results have been incorporated into design guidance covering the particular case of nominally pinned connections. For moment resisting connections, it is concluded that whilst the principle has been adequately demonstrated, sufficient data are currently not available to permit the provision of authoritative design guidance. In addition, inherent flexibilities in the connections mean that performance equivalent to full strength and rigid is unlikely to be achievable: a semicontinuous approach to frame design will therefore be necessary.