Current Failure Prediction for Final Examination via Nearest Neighbor Method using Past Trends of Weekly Online Testing

Case-based reasoning (CBR) is a problem-solving paradigm that uses past experiences to solve new problems. Nearest neighbor is a common CBR algorithm for retrieving similar cases, whose similarity function is sensitive to irrelevant attributes. Taking the relevancy of the attributes into account can reduce this sensitivity, leading to a more effective retrieval of similar cases. In this paper, statistical evaluation is used for assigning relative importance of the attributes. This approach is applied to predict business failures in Australia using financial data. The results in this study indicate it is an effective and competitive alternative to predict business failures in a comprehensible manner. This study also investigates the usefulness of non-financial data derived from auditor's and directors' reports for business failure prediction. The results suggest that the particular non-financial attributes identified are not as effective as the financial attributes in explaining business failures.

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Observation of Superlattice Dislocations on Cube Planes in Ni3Al

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100071314 ◽

1973 ◽

Vol 31 ◽

pp. 174-175 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

J. M. Oblak ◽

W. H. Rand

Keyword(s):

Nearest Neighbor ◽

Antiphase Boundary ◽

Nearest Neighbors ◽

High Energy ◽

Cross Slip ◽

Octahedral Plane ◽

Trapping Mechanism ◽

Slip Traces

The energy of an a/2 <110> shear antiphase. boundary in the Ll2 expected to be at a minimum on {100} cube planes because here strue ture is there is no violation of nearest-neighbor order. The latter however does involve the disruption of second nearest neighbors. It has been suggested that cross slip of paired a/2 <110> dislocations from octahedral onto cube planes is an important dislocation trapping mechanism in Ni3Al; furthermore, slip traces consistent with cube slip are observed above 920°K.Due to the high energy of the {111} antiphase boundary (> 200 mJ/m2), paired a/2 <110> dislocations are tightly constricted on the octahedral plane and cannot be individually resolved.

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Application of Lattice Imaging Techniques to Amorphous Films

Proceedings, annual meeting, Electron Microscopy Society of America ◽

10.1017/s0424820100113664 ◽

1975 ◽

Vol 33 ◽

pp. 8-9

Author(s):

S. R. Herd ◽

P. Chaudhari

Keyword(s):

Nearest Neighbor ◽

Random Network ◽

Imaging Techniques ◽

Network Models ◽

Accurate Method ◽

Direct Transmission ◽

Lattice Imaging ◽

Transmission Electron ◽

Lattice Planes ◽

Nearest Neighbor Distances

Electron diffraction and direct transmission have been used extensively to study the local atomic arrangement in amorphous solids and in particular Ge. Nearest neighbor distances had been calculated from E.D. profiles and the results have been interpreted in terms of the microcrystalline or the random network models. Direct transmission electron microscopy appears the most direct and accurate method to resolve this issue since the spacial resolution of the better instruments are of the order of 3Å. In particular the tilted beam interference method is used regularly to show fringes corresponding to 1.5 to 3Å lattice planes in crystals as resolution tests.

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