, in turn, is largely dependent on the evolving theoretical approaches known as systems biology and convergence that lead … systems biology and multi-scale modeling, the evolving efforts to promote convergence and the implications for personalized …

functions and two performance metrics. The convergence and diversity of C-MOCS and C-MOPSO are analysed and compared to the well …

, the authors introduce a new quality measure called the convergence index. The convergence index is a linear combination of … is perhaps more intuitive to use than other quality measures. The convergence index in the context of clustering problems … demonstrated is that the convergence index captures the notion that a SOM has learned the multivariate distribution of a training …

This paper examines a convergence process of organizing ideas that are generated during collaborative idea generation … convergence activity into smaller, discrete tasks that can be completed individually, and in parallel, by the participants. The …

world of increasing economic integration convergence in health care financing (HCF) and, hence, decreasing differences in … convergence we take the public financing ratio in % of total HCF and in % of GDP. The major finding is that HCF in the OECD … convergence is decreasing over time. …

mortality rates as indicators for the health status and analyse the convergence/divergence of overall mortality for (i) the … whole population, for (ii) females, for (iii) males and for (iv) the gender gap in overall mortality. Convergence … Concordance) are used to test for absolute and conditional beta-convergence in mortality. We find mixed results for the inequality …

growth model of technology diffusion, indicates that some spatial variables affect the speed of convergence relative to the … the speed of convergence but generates congestion in some countries. These spatial variables also affect the aggregate … supply, and hence the price and output levels. Key words: transportation, regional growth, convergence, congestion. JEL Class …

This paper provides an empirical analysis of energy- and labour-productivity convergence at a detailed sectoral level … for 14 OECD countries, covering the period 1970-1997. A -convergence analysis shows that the development of cross …-country variation in productivity performance depends on the level of aggregation. Both patterns of convergence as well as divergence …

This paper studies the convergence in the European Union on Purchasing Power Parity. Firstly, we develop a method for … period January 1995 to July 2003. Secondly, convergence is studied using distribution dynamics from the continuous and … discrete approximations. Results show some slow convergence in the European Union. Keywords: Purchasing Power Parity …

, convergence, growth. …