Bootstrap-basedmodel selection has been shown inmany practical instances to be superior to classical methods such the AIC and MDL. This is particularly noticeable when the distribution of modelling noise is unknown and/or when the available data samples are small. One of the main problems of...

Given the wealth of literature on the topic supported by solutions to practical problems, we would expect the bootstrap to be an off-the-shelf tool for signal processing problems as are maximum likelihood and least-squares methods. This is not the case, and we wonder why a signal processing...

Do large objects appear to approach more slowly than smaller objects traveling at the same speed? If so then this might help explain the inordinately high accident rates involving large vehicles such as buses and trains. To test this, this study constructed an experiment using a 3D visual...

Many visual symptoms originating from a spontaneous Pulfrich phenomenon can be alleviated by the provision of a tinted lens worn in front of the least affected eye. Here, we report on the long-term outcome of four patients who have been provided with a uniocular tinted spectacle or contact lens....

BACKGROUND: Logarithm of the minimum angle of resolution (logMAR) charts come in a variety of alternative forced-choice (AFC) formats and can be used with a variety of different rules to determine when to stop a subject reading down a chart (termination rules). METHODS: Exact calculation and...