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Null-model validation of MLP input contribution analysis in ecology
(IEEE Computer Society, 2006-12)
A method is presented for applying a null-model analysis to the verification of the significance of the input neurons of Multi-Layer Perceptrons (MLP). This method was applied to a problem from ecology, namely the establishment ...
Yield-relevant tourist decision making: technical background report
(Lincoln University. Faculty of Environment, Society and Design., 2009-08)
This report presents findings from Objective 2 of the FRST funded research programme titled: Enhancing the Spatial Dimensions of Tourism Yield. The overall aim of the
programme is to examine tourism yield from a demand ...
Nominal-scale evolving connectionist systems
(IEEE, 2006-07)
A method is presented for extending the evolving connectionist system (ECoS) algorithm that allows it to explicitly represent and learn nominal-scale data without the need for an orthogonal or binary encoding scheme. ...
New stochastic model for dispersion in heterogeneous porous media: 1. Application to unbounded domains
(Elsevier, 2008)
A new model of solute dispersion in porous media that avoids Fickian assumptions and that can be applied to variable drift velocities as in non-homogenous or geometrically constricted aquifers, is presented. A key feature ...
Analysis of kiwifruit orchard financial performance, including covariates
(Agriculture Research Group on Sustainability, 2009-12)
The ARGOS project has collected financial data from panels of kiwifruit orchards over several years. The Economics team of the project has conducted analysis of the data to investigate differences amongst the orchards ...
Shadow removal for object tracking in complex outdoor scenes
(Image and Vision Computing New Zealand, 2007-12)
Shadows occurring in outdoor scenes can have a significant impact on the content within captured images. In object tracking applications they can grossly extend the apparent shape of an object due to the reduction in ...
The use of Bragg gratings in the core and cladding of optical fibres for accurate strain sensing
(International Frequency Sensor Association, 2008-04)
Optical Fibre Sensors (OFS) have many advantages over others type of sensors for
measuring strain or micro-displacement. This paper introduces a new configuration of Bragg gratings
within an optical fibre to improve strain ...
Pseudo-static electromagnetic modelling of moisture sensors in lossy dielectrics
(International Society for Electromagnetic Aquametry (ISEMA), 2007-04)
Both integral equation and differential equation methods enable modelling moisture content sensors in heterogeneous materials, although integral equation methods provide better computational efficiency when inverting ...
Using DNA barcodes to investigate the taxonomy of the New Zealand sooty beech scale insect
(Science & Technical Publishing, Department of Conservation New Zealand, 2007-11)
It is currently proposed that there are two species of honeydew-producing sooty beech scale insects (Ultracoelostoma spp.) in New Zealand. It is thought that U. brittini lives exclusively on trunks of southern beech
(Nothofagus ...
Efficient nonlinear predictive error variance for highly parameterized models
(American Geophysical Union, 2007-07)
Predictive error variance analysis attempts to determine how wrong predictions made by a calibrated model may be. Predictive error variance analysis is usually undertaken following calibration using a small number of ...