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A measure of statistical complexity based on predictive information
We introduce an information theoretic measure of statistical structure,
called 'binding information', for sets of random variables, and compare it with
several previously proposed measures including excess entropy, Bialek et al.'s
predictive information, and the multi-information. We derive some of the
properties of the binding information, particularly in relation to the
multi-information, and show that, for finite sets of binary random variables,
the processes which maximises binding information are the 'parity' processes.
Finally we discuss some of the implications this has for the use of the binding
information as a measure of complexity.Comment: 4 pages, 3 figure
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The 2008 R-ISEW (regional index of sustainable economic well-being) for all the English regions
This report presents new data calculated in 2008 for the years 1994–2006. The latest data, which also includes the updating of several sets of figures which previously had to be estimated for 2005, show that a 10-year increase in R-ISEW since 1994 has come to a halt, and that R-ISEW per capita actually began declining between 2004 and 2006 despite increasing GVA
On curves with one place at infinity
Let be a plane curve. We give a procedure based on Abhyankar's
approximate roots to detect if it has a single place at infinity, and if so
construct its associated -sequence, and consequently its value
semigroup. Also for fixed genus (equivalently Frobenius number) we construct
all -sequences generating numerical semigroups with this given genus.
For a -sequence we present a procedure to construct all curves having
this associated sequence.
We also study the embeddings of such curves in the plane. In particular, we
prove that polynomial curves might not have a unique embedding.Comment: 14 pages, 2 figure
Analysis of a diffusive effective mass model for nanowires
We propose in this paper to derive and analyze a self-consistent model
describing the diffusive transport in a nanowire. From a physical point of
view, it describes the electron transport in an ultra-scaled confined
structure, taking in account the interactions of charged particles with
phonons. The transport direction is assumed to be large compared to the wire
section and is described by a drift-diffusion equation including effective
quantities computed from a Bloch problem in the crystal lattice. The
electrostatic potential solves a Poisson equation where the particle density
couples on each energy band a two dimensional confinement density with the
monodimensional transport density given by the Boltzmann statistics. On the one
hand, we study the derivation of this Nanowire Drift-Diffusion Poisson model
from a kinetic level description. On the other hand, we present an existence
result for this model in a bounded domain
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The 2009 R-ISEW (regional index of sustainable economic well-being) for all the English regions
This latest report presents new data calculated in 2009 for the years 1994–2007. The data, which also includes the updating of several sets of figures that previously had to be estimated for 2006, show that a nine-year increase in the English R-ISEW since 1994, began to peter out in 2003, such that total per capita growth between 2003 and 2007 was only 2.4%. Indeed, between 2005 and 2006, per capita R-ISEW fell slightly
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Regional index of sustainable economic well-being development project: final report
This report presents results from a development project carried out by nef (the new economics foundation) on behalf of emda (the East Midlands Development Agency) and Natural England, to improve the methodologies used in the calculation of the R-ISEW (Regional Index of Sustainable Economic Well-Being)
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