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Accurate ensemble pruning with PL-bagging

Chung, Dongjun; Kim, Hyunjoong - In: Computational Statistics & Data Analysis 83 (2015) C, pp. 1-13

-bagging significantly outperforms state-of-the-art ensemble pruning methods such as Boosting-based pruning and Trimmed bagging. …Ensemble pruning deals with the selection of base learners prior to combination in order to improve prediction accuracy … and efficiency. In the ensemble literature, it has been pointed out that in order for an ensemble classifier to achieve …

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METHOD OF TECHNOLOGY ANALYSIS BASED ON PATENT EXAMINATION AND DESIGN METHODOLOGY USED TO DETERMINE THE TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS IN BLOOD PRESSURE MONITORS

BACIOIU, GHEORGHE M.; PASEK, ZBIGNIEW J. - In: International Journal of Innovation and Technology … 09 (2012) 04, pp. 1250027-1

Blood pressure measuring/monitoring devices (BPMs) are one of the most popular home health diagnostic tools. A contemporary line of these products available to consumers today has considerable range of variety and functionality.The BPMs evolved into their present form from the 18th century...

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Best practices, leadership strategies and a change model for implementing successful online programs at universities

Gopalakrishnan, Sangeetha - 2011

Taking the perspective that establishing large-scale online programs at universities is a matter of leading organizational change, this research examined the online efforts of institutions successful in online learning (OL). Best practices and leadership strategies for the move to OL were first...

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The Process of Innovation Assimilation by Firms in Different Countries: A Technology Diffusion Perspective on E-Business

Zhu, Kevin; Kraemer, Kenneth L.; Xu, Sean - In: Management Science 52 (2006) 10, pp. 1557-1576

This paper extends our previous studies on the assimilation of Internet-based e-business innovations by firms in an international setting. Drawing upon theories on the process and contexts of technology diffusion, we develop an integrative model to examine three assimilation stages: initiation -...

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Unmasking the interplay between technology evolution and R&D collaboration: Evidence from the global semiconductor manufacturing industry, 1990–2010

Kapoor, Rahul; McGrath, Patia J. - In: Research Policy 43 (2014) 3, pp. 555-569

Technological progress in an industry is enabled by the collective R&D efforts of suppliers, users and research organizations. In this study, we explore how the pattern of R&D collaboration within the industry community evolves over the technology life cycle. We propose that as the technology...

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Development of National Infrastructures open to Asia and the Role of Fukuoka

Yamasaki, Akira - eSocialSciences - 2005

The Asian Age is coming and these are some of the factors aiding it. The reduction of the domestic market (decrease in population, development of service economy and increase in imports); Dissolution of the concepts 'domestic' and 'International' (shift from 'geographically close but...

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ARE FORMAL TECHNOLOGY INTEGRATION PROCESSES NEEDED FOR SUCCESSFUL PRODUCT INNOVATIONS?

DAIM, TUGRUL U - In: International Journal of Innovation Management (ijim) 17 (2013) 04, pp. 1350016-1

It has been documented in the prior research that there is a gap between technology development and product development. We explore a set of propositions through review of previous research and a case study from the semiconductor industry. Although the literature suggests that for successful...

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Tablet Technologies and Education

Schnackenberg, Heidi L. - In: International Journal of Education and Practice 1 (2013) 4, pp. 44-50

Recently, tablet technologies have grown tremendously in popularity. They lend themselves to a myriad of learning modalities and therefore may be well suited to use in schools and universities. While teachers work to find useful applications for tablets, students have already begun using...

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The expansion of emerging economies' multinationals: the case of Embraer in Portugal

Goldstein, Andrea; Godinho, Manuel Mira - In: International Journal of Technological Learning, … 3 (2010) 3, pp. 226-244

Embraer, a Brazilian aircraft manufacturer, has transformed itself after privatisation in 1992 to become a world market leader in a high-tech industry traditionally dominated by OECD-based companies. In recent years Embraer has also become an aggressive foreign investor and took over Portugal's...

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Factors that affect rescue time in urban search and rescue (USAR) operations

Statheropoulos, M.; Agapiou, A.; Pallis, G.; Mikedi, K.; … - In: Natural Hazards 75 (2015) 1, pp. 57-69

Recent structural collapses were studied in order to identify gaps in technology and to propose priorities in enhancing urban search and rescue (USAR) tools. The timelines of the events were examined with the scope of extracting critical factors that affect rescue time and can be used to define...

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