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Evaluating Hank, a cognitive modelling language for psychologists
Hank is a visual programming language devised specically for the use of cognitive psychologists rather than computer programmers. This paper introduces an eighteen month evaluation project on the use of Hank. This project began on November the 1st 1998, the initial findings and planned
evaluation programme will be presented at the workshop in January
Data Envelopment Analysis and Commercial Bank Performance: A Primer with Applications to Missouri Banks
This paper describes a particular methodology called Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), that has been used previously to analyze the relative efficiencies of industrial firms, universities, hospitals, military operations, baseball players and, more recently, commercial banks. The use of DEA is demonstrated by evaluating the management of 60 Missouri commercial banks for the period from 1984 to 1990.IC2 Institut
Trio-One: Layering Uncertainty and Lineage on a Conventional DBMS
Trio is a new kind of database system that supports data, uncertainty, and lineage in a fully integrated manner. The first Trio prototype, dubbed Trio-One, is built on top of a conventional DBMS using data and query translation techniques together with a small number of stored procedures. This paper describes Trio-One's translation scheme and system architecture, showing how it efficiently and easily supports the Trio data model and query language
Impartiality, Close Friendships and the Confucian Tradition
This article explores the relationship between friendship and morality. Two ideas have
been influential in the history of moral philosophy: the impartial standpoint and close
friendship. These two perspectives on thought and action can conflict, however, and
such a case is presented here.
In an attempt to resolve these tensions, and understand the assumption that gives
rise to it, I explore an alternative conception of moral conduct and friendship suggested
by early Confucian thought. Within this account, moral conduct is that which
aims at harmony, understood as the appropriate blending of different elements.
This suggests
a conception of friendship that realizes harmony through a focus on
shared activities, and the quality of interaction achieved between people as they participate
in shared social events. This account offers a novel way of conceptualizing
friendship, which also avoids the tension between the impartial standpoint and close
friendship
A Hierarchical Bayesian Model of Pitch Framing
Since the advent of high-resolution pitch tracking data (PITCHf/x), many in
the sabermetrics community have attempted to quantify a Major League Baseball
catcher's ability to "frame" a pitch (i.e. increase the chance that a pitch is
called as a strike). Especially in the last three years, there has been an
explosion of interest in the "art of pitch framing" in the popular press as
well as signs that teams are considering framing when making roster decisions.
We introduce a Bayesian hierarchical model to estimate each umpire's
probability of calling a strike, adjusting for pitch participants, pitch
location, and contextual information like the count. Using our model, we can
estimate each catcher's effect on an umpire's chance of calling a strike.We are
then able to translate these estimated effects into average runs saved across a
season. We also introduce a new metric, analogous to Jensen, Shirley, and
Wyner's Spatially Aggregate Fielding Evaluation metric, which provides a more
honest assessment of the impact of framing
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Professionalism, golf coaching and a master of science degree
A distinction can be made between 'professionalisation', which is concerned with occupational status and standing, and 'professionalism,' which refers to matters of quality and standards of practice (especially specialized knowledge, ethics and altruism). The purpose of this stimulus article is to present key features of contemporary medical professionalism as a basis for critically reflecting on discourse associated with Tiger Woods' current coach, Sean Foley. It is suggested that that provision of a Master of Science degree in golf teaching/coaching would facilitate the development of 'professionalism' in golf coaches
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