In this work we propose a method to obtain the MOSFET transistor threshold voltage, which is known to be an essential magnitude from the modeling viewpoint. Generally, there are a large number N of experimental data, and the use of smoothing splines leads to resolution of linear systems of size...

Normalization of expression levels applied to microarray data can help in reducing measurement error. Different methods, including cyclic loess, quantile normalization and median or mean normalization, have been utilized to normalize microarray data. Although there is considerable literature...

Consider two tectonic plates diverging at a mid-ocean ridge. Geophysicists are able to estimate the rotation of one plate relative to the other at a discrete sequence of times in the earth's history; also they usually have information as to the likely errors in these rotation estimates. We...

A semiparametric method based on smoothing spline is proposed for the estimation of varying-coefficient partially linear models. A simple and efficient method is proposed, based on a partial spline technique with a lower-dimensional approximation to simultaneously estimate the...

Zusammenfassung Mobilität und Tourismus gehören untrennbar zusammen, denn ohne einen Ortswechsel gibt es keine Urlaubsreise. Der Tourismus aber verursacht anthropogene Kohlendioxidemissionen, von denen etwa 75 % auf den touristischen Verkehr entfallen. Angesichts dieses Beitrags zum...

Values lie at the heart of an individual’s belief system, serving as prototypes from which attitudes and behaviors are subsequently manufactured. Attitudes and behaviors may evolve over time, but values represent a set of more enduring beliefs. This study examines the influence of values on...