Evaluation by computer simulation of stopping rules for audiological ascending test procedures

1986 ◽  
Vol 79 (S1) ◽  
pp. S47-S47
Author(s):  
Lynne Marshall ◽  
Thomas E. Hanna
Keyword(s):  
Computer Simulation ◽  
Stopping Rules ◽  
Test Procedures

Evaluation of Stopping Rules for Audiological Ascending Test Procedures Using Computer Simulations

1989 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 265-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lynne Marshall ◽  
Thomas E. Hanna
Keyword(s):  
Monte Carlo Simulation ◽  
Monte Carlo ◽  
Psychometric Function ◽  
Computer Simulations ◽  
Stopping Rules ◽  
Response Criterion ◽  
Small Decrease ◽  
Test Procedures ◽  
Minimum Number ◽  
Audiological Test

Stopping rules for ascending audiological test procedures were evaluated by Monte Carlo simulation. The stopping rules differed in the minimum number of responses required at a level, whether these responses occurred on half or a majority of the ascending series, and whether all or only the most recent ascending series were considered. For all procedures, shallow psychometric function slopes yielded estimated thresholds closer to the level giving 50% detection than did steeper slopes, which yielded estimated thresholds roughly 2.5 dB above the level corresponding to 50% on the psychometric function. Shallow slopes also resulted in decreased reliability across threshold measurements, an increased number of trials required for threshold estimates, and a higher proportion of measurements that had to be repeated. Stopping rules using a two-response criterion were faster than those using a three-response criterion, with only a small decrease in reliability. Among stopping rules using the same number of responses for criterion, differences were seen primarily in efficiency for shallow slopes, particularly for procedures using a three-response rather than a two-response criterion for stopping. Results from these simulations should be useful to standards groups.

Characterization of Modulated Structure Through Structure Images and their Computer Simulation

1990 ◽  
Vol 48 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-71
Author(s):  
Kiyomichi Nakai ◽  
Yusuke Isobe ◽  
Chiken Kinoshita ◽  
Kazutoshi Shinohara
Keyword(s):  
Computer Simulation ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Spherical Aberration ◽  
High Resolution Electron Microscopy ◽  
Basic Mechanism ◽  
Objective Lens ◽  
Specimen Thickness ◽  
Transmitted Beam ◽  
Modulated Structure ◽  
Resolution Electron

Induced spinodal decomposition under electron irradiation in a Ni-Au alloy has been investigated with respect to its basic mechanism and confirmed to be caused by the relaxation of coherent strain associated with modulated structure. Modulation of white-dots on structure images of modulated structure due to high-resolution electron microscopy is reduced with irradiation. In this paper the atom arrangement of the modulated structure is confirmed with computer simulation on the structure images, and the relaxation of the coherent strain is concluded to be due to the reduction of phase-modulation.Structure images of three-dimensional modulated structure along <100> were taken with the JEM-4000EX high-resolution electron microscope at the HVEM Laboratory, Kyushu University. The transmitted beam and four 200 reflections with their satellites from the modulated structure in an fee Ni-30.0at%Au alloy under illumination of 400keV electrons were used for the structure images under a condition of the spherical aberration constant of the objective lens, Cs = 1mm, the divergence of the beam, α = 3 × 10-4 rad, underfocus, Δf ≃ -50nm and specimen thickness, t ≃ 15nm. The CIHRTEM code was used for the simulation of the structure image.

Computer simulation of a dental practice using therapists

1972 ◽  
Vol 36 (6) ◽  
pp. 35-39
Author(s):  
JB Dilworth ◽  
WJ Pelton
Keyword(s):  
Computer Simulation ◽  
Dental Practice

Averting robo-bees: why free-flying robotic bees are a bad idea

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (6) ◽  
pp. 723-729
Author(s):  
Roslyn Gleadow ◽  
Jim Hanan ◽  
Alan Dorin
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Computer Simulation ◽  
Food Security ◽  
European Countries ◽  
Plant Interactions ◽  
Plant Insect Interactions ◽  
Native Habitat ◽  
Insect Pollinators ◽  
Insect Interactions

Food security and the sustainability of native ecosystems depends on plant-insect interactions in countless ways. Recently reported rapid and immense declines in insect numbers due to climate change, the use of pesticides and herbicides, the introduction of agricultural monocultures, and the destruction of insect native habitat, are all potential contributors to this grave situation. Some researchers are working towards a future where natural insect pollinators might be replaced with free-flying robotic bees, an ecologically problematic proposal. We argue instead that creating environments that are friendly to bees and exploring the use of other species for pollination and bio-control, particularly in non-European countries, are more ecologically sound approaches. The computer simulation of insect-plant interactions is a far more measured application of technology that may assist in managing, or averting, ‘Insect Armageddon' from both practical and ethical viewpoints.

Computer simulation of the far infrared collision induced absorption spectra of gaseous CO2

1998 ◽  
Vol 93 (6) ◽  
pp. 1007-1016 ◽  
Author(s):  
MARCIN GRUSZKA ◽  
ALEKSANDRA BORYSOW
Keyword(s):  
Computer Simulation ◽  
Absorption Spectra ◽  
Far Infrared ◽  
Induced Absorption

General considerations for skin test procedures in the diagnosis of drug hypersensitivity

Allergy ◽  
2002 ◽  
Vol 57 (1) ◽  
pp. 45-51 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Brockow ◽  
A. Romano ◽  
M. Blanca ◽  
J. Ring ◽  
W. Pichler ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Skin Test ◽  
Drug Hypersensitivity ◽  
Test Procedures

Review of Computer Simulation Techniques.

1967 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 175-175
Author(s):  
JOHN C. LOEHLIN
Keyword(s):  
Computer Simulation ◽  
Simulation Techniques ◽  
Computer Simulation Techniques
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