scholarly journals Generalized nonparametric smoothing with mixed discrete and continuous data

2016 ◽  
Vol 100 ◽  
pp. 424-444 ◽  
Author(s):  
Degui Li ◽  
Léopold Simar ◽  
Valentin Zelenyuk
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Data ◽  
Nonparametric Smoothing

Constructing and model-fitting receiver operator characteristics using continuous data.

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Josephine Ann Urquhart ◽  
Akira O'Connor
Keyword(s):  
Signal Detection ◽  
Least Squares Method ◽  
Model Fitting ◽  
Simulated Data ◽  
Continuous Variable ◽  
Continuous Data ◽  
Model Parameters ◽  
Operating Characteristics ◽  
Unequal Variance ◽  
Discrete Discrimination

Receiver operating characteristics (ROCs) are plots which provide a visual summary of a classifier’s decision response accuracy at varying discrimination thresholds. Typical practice, particularly within psychological studies, involves plotting an ROC from a limited number of discrete thresholds before fitting signal detection parameters to the plot. We propose that additional insight into decision-making could be gained through increasing ROC resolution, using trial-by-trial measurements derived from a continuous variable, in place of discrete discrimination thresholds. Such continuous ROCs are not yet routinely used in behavioural research, which we attribute to issues of practicality (i.e. the difficulty of applying standard ROC model-fitting methodologies to continuous data). Consequently, the purpose of the current article is to provide a documented method of fitting signal detection parameters to continuous ROCs. This method reliably produces model fits equivalent to the unequal variance least squares method of model-fitting (Yonelinas et al., 1998), irrespective of the number of data points used in ROC construction. We present the suggested method in three main stages: I) building continuous ROCs, II) model-fitting to continuous ROCs and III) extracting model parameters from continuous ROCs. Throughout the article, procedures are demonstrated in Microsoft Excel, using an example continuous variable: reaction time, taken from a single-item recognition memory. Supplementary MATLAB code used for automating our procedures is also presented in Appendix B, with a validation of the procedure using simulated data shown in Appendix C.

Snapshot Method for Continuous Data Protection Systems

2011 ◽  
Vol 22 (10) ◽  
pp. 2523-2537
Author(s):  
Xiao LI ◽  
Yu-An TAN ◽  
Yuan-Zhang LI
Keyword(s):  
Data Protection ◽  
Continuous Data ◽  
Protection Systems

TO DETERMINE SKEWNESS, MEAN AND DEVIATION WITH A NEW APPROACH ON CONTINUOUS DATA

2017 ◽  
Vol 73 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mehmet Guven Gunver ◽  
Mustafa Sukru Senocak ◽  
Suphi Vehid
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Data ◽  
New Approach

Design and Evaluation of a Continuous Data Level Auditing System

2014 ◽  
Vol 33 (4) ◽  
pp. 221-245 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alexander Kogan ◽  
Michael G. Alles ◽  
Miklos A. Vasarhelyi ◽  
Jia Wu
Keyword(s):  
Business Processes ◽  
Population Data ◽  
Daily Basis ◽  
Data Availability ◽  
Continuous Data ◽  
Continuous Auditing ◽  
Major Health ◽  
Analytical Monitoring ◽  
Data Level ◽  
Unique Capability

SUMMARY: This study develops a framework for a continuous data level auditing system and uses a large sample of procurement data from a major health care provider to simulate an implementation of this framework. In this framework, the first layer monitors compliance with deterministic business process rules and the second layer consists of analytical monitoring of business processes. A distinction is made between exceptions identified by the first layer and anomalies identified by the second one. The unique capability of continuous auditing to investigate (and possibly remediate) the identified anomalies in “pseudo-real time” (e.g., on a daily basis) is simulated and evaluated. Overall, evidence is provided that continuous auditing of complete population data can lead to superior results, but only when audit practices change to reflect the new reality of data availability. Data Availability: The data are proprietary. Please contact the authors for details.

TWO YEARS OF CONTINUOUS DATA FROM THE OMEGA CAVE SYSTEM: WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED SO FAR?

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Benjamin F. Schwartz ◽  
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Matthew D. Covington ◽  
Katarina Kosič Ficco ◽  
Joseph Myre ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Continuous Data ◽  
Cave System

scholarly journals No Infimum Gap and Normality in Optimal Impulsive Control Under State Constraints

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giovanni Fusco ◽  
Monica Motta
Keyword(s):  
Original Problem ◽  
State Constraints ◽  
Impulsive Control ◽  
Sufficient Conditions ◽  
Continuous Data ◽  
Lipschitz Continuous ◽  
Extended Sense ◽  
Unbounded Controls ◽  
Locally Lipschitz ◽  
Optimal Impulsive Control

AbstractIn this paper we consider an impulsive extension of an optimal control problem with unbounded controls, subject to endpoint and state constraints. We show that the existence of an extended-sense minimizer that is a normal extremal for a constrained Maximum Principle ensures that there is no gap between the infima of the original problem and of its extension. Furthermore, we translate such relation into verifiable sufficient conditions for normality in the form of constraint and endpoint qualifications. Links between existence of an infimum gap and normality in impulsive control have previously been explored for problems without state constraints. This paper establishes such links in the presence of state constraints and of an additional ordinary control, for locally Lipschitz continuous data.

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