Several sparseness penalties have been suggested for delivery of good predictive performance in automatic variable selection within the framework of regularization. All assume that the true model is sparse. We propose a penalty, a convex combination of the L₁- and L_∞-norms, that adapts to a...

The impact of reforestation on water supplies is often considered in terms of impacts on water yields. In specific circumstances, reforestation will improve water quality, to the extent that previously unusable water can be utilised. Such is the case with salinisation, a process that threatens...

We study a variational inequality problem whose domain is defined by infinitely many linear inequalities. A discretization method and an analytic center based inexact cutting plane method are proposed. Under proper assumptions, the convergence results for both methods are given. We also provide...

This paper discusses a new approach in cooling the absorbent fluid in a vapour absorption refrigerator by directly passing the absorbent fluid through the ground loop. To cope with a possible fairly large flow rate due to using this method, a showerhead spread, an adiabatic vapour absorption...

Landslides are presented in various types; some of which are unique or completely different from those in other countries due to geological conditions in China. Baoji City in Shaanxi Province, as a study area, is intensely affected by loess slope movements, triggered by directly intensive...

The concept of knowledge and knowledge management is not new. Researchers identified the practice of knowledge management as early as 4000 years ago. However, knowledge management systems (KMS), which involve the application of IT systems and other organizational resources to manage knowledge...

Because weather has the potential to confound or modify the pollution–mortality relationship, researchers have developed several approaches for controlling it in estimating the independent effect of air pollution on mortality. This report considers the consequences of using alternative...