Logistic Regression Analysis of Customer Satisfaction Data

Variation exists in all processes. Significant work has been done to identify and remove sources of variation in manufacturing processes resulting in large returns for companies. However, business process optimization is an area that has a large potential return for a company. Business processes can be difficult to optimize due to the nature of the output variables associated with them. Business processes tend to have output variables that are binary, nominal or ordinal. Examples of these types of output include whether a particular event occurred, a customer's color preference for a new product and survey questions that assess the extent of the survey respondent's agreement with a particular statement. Output variables that are binary, nominal or ordinal cannot be modeled using ordinary least‐squares regression. Logistic regression is a method used to model data where the output is binary, nominal or ordinal. This article provides a review of logistic regression and demonstrates its use in modeling data from a business process involving customer feedback. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Configurational and nonconfigurational interactions between odorants in binary mixtures.

Studies on odor mixture perception suggest that although odor components can often be identified in mixtures, mixtures can also give rise to novel perceptual qualities that are not present in the components. Using an olfactory habituation task, the authors evaluated how the perceptual similarity between components in a mixture affects the perceptual quality of the mixture itself. Rats perceived binary mixtures composed of similar components as different from their 2 components, whereas binary mixtures composed of dissimilar components were perceived as very similar to their components. Results show that for both types of mixtures, pretraining to Component A reduces subsequent learning about Component B in rats trained in the presence of A. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

凸轮机构基圆半径的确定方法及其分析

基圆半径的确定方法，除了用图解法和试算法外，还可用解析法和图解分析法求解。４种方法各有优缺点，设计时要根据具体情况选择。     

Simultaneous translation of lectures and speeches

With increasing globalization, communication across language and cultural boundaries is becoming an essential requirement of doing business, delivering education, and providing public services. Due to the considerable cost of human translation services, only a small fraction of text documents and an even smaller percentage of spoken encounters, such as international meetings and conferences, are translated, with most resorting to the use of a common language (e.g. English) or not taking place at all. Technology may provide a potentially revolutionary way out if real-time, domain-independent, simultaneous speech translation can be realized. In this paper, we present a simultaneous speech translation system based on statistical recognition and translation technology. We discuss the technology, various system improvements and propose mechanisms for user-friendly delivery of the result. Over extensive component and end-to-end system evaluations and comparisons with human translation performance, we conclude that machines can already deliver comprehensible simultaneous translation output. Moreover, while machine performance is affected by recognition errors (and thus can be improved), human performance is limited by the cognitive challenge of performing the task in real time.     

腐蚀算法在重建一类特殊管道中的应用

针对一类特殊而不能直接对其观察的管道（如动物的血管），为了准确了解其内部特征和形态，借助计算机给出了一种用腐蚀算法来重建管道原形的方法。这种方法简单易行，而且精确度高。     

CETRAN系统中的英语词汇结构与功能

本文介绍了汉英机器翻译系统中从中间媒介语言生成英语的生成系统的词汇结构和功能，描述了生成系统各个层次之间的转换原理。为了说明清楚，在叙述中注意了列举从中间媒介中间媒介语言到目标语句的生成实例。     

最新水冷式全固态数字调幅600kW中波发射机

数字调幅制式是当前国际上较先进的调制技术，ＤＸ系列全固态数字调幅中波发射机的电声指标和工业效率都是很先进的，过去的ＤＸ大功率机采用风冷方式，本文介绍了最新水冷ＤＸ－６００发射机的设备情况和技术特点。     

Estimation of Thermodynamic Properties from Binary Phase Diagram

The general relationship between binary phase diagrams and the thermodynamic properties was system-atically derived without any assumption.A procedure was presented to estimate the thermodynamic proper-ties from the binary phase diagrams.     

Diffusion Coefficient of a Binary Liquid System

A generalized diffusion coefficient correlation for a binary system of liquids has been developed to represent the data for a wide range of temperatures. Detailed analysis shows that the proposed correlation fits the experimental measurements of diffusivity with the corresponding calculated values with an acceptable percentage error.     

A Unified View on Clustering Binary Data

Clustering is the problem of identifying the distribution of patterns and intrinsic correlations in large data sets by partitioning the data points into similarity classes. This paper studies the problem of clustering binary data. Binary data have been occupying a special place in the domain of data analysis. A unified view of binary data clustering is presented by examining the connections among various clustering criteria. Experimental studies are conducted to empirically verify the relationships.