Optimization of Fuzzy System Inference Model on Mini Batch Gradient Descent

Optimization is one of the factors in machine learning to help model training during backpropagation. This is conducted by adjusting the weights to minimize the loss function and to overcome dimensional problems. Also, the gradient descent method is a simple approach in the backpropagation model to solve minimum problems. The mini-batch gradient descent (MBGD) is one of the methods proven to be powerful for large-scale learning. The addition of several approaches to the MBGD such as AB, BN, and UR can accelerate the convergence process, hence, the algorithm becomes faster and more effective. This added method will perform an optimization process on the results of the data rule that has been processed as its objective function. The processing results showed the MBGD-ABBN-UR method has a more stable computational time in the three data sets than the other methods. For the model evaluation, this research used RMSE, MAE, and MAP

Embedding cultural competence in science curricula

Effectively incorporating cultural competence into tertiary institutions is paramount to the creation of cross-cultural settings where undergraduates and academics can develop understandings of how culture and belief systems influence professional decision making. Processes that incorporate cultural competence are viewed as particularly challenging in science disciplines, particularly non-vocational science disciplines where “western” or reductivist ways of teaching and “doing” science remain dominant

Self-Control Assessments and Implications for Predicting Adolescent Offending

Although low self-control is consistently related to adolescent offending, it is unknown whether self-report measures or laboratory behavior tasks yield better predictive utility, or if a combination yields incremental predictive power. This is particularly important because developmental theory indicates that self-control is related to adolescent offending and, consequently, risk assessments rely on self-control measures. The present study (a) examines relationships between self-reported self-control on the Weinberger Adjustment Inventory with Go/No-Go response inhibition, and (b) compares the predictive utility of both assessment strategies for short- and long-term adolescent reoffending. It uses longitudinal data from the Crossroads Study of male, first-time adolescent offenders ages 13–17 (N = 930; 46 % Hispanic/Latino, 37 % Black/African-American, 15 % non-Hispanic White, 2 % other race). The results of the study indicate that the measures are largely unrelated, and that the self-report measure is a better indicator of both short- and long-term reoffending. The laboratory task measure does not add value to what is already predicted by the self-report measure. Implications for assessing self-control during adolescence and consequences of assessment strategy are discussed