A strategy for constructing a global multivariate calibration model that includes calibration samples measured over time on different days is developed and applied in electroanalysis. Both synthetic and real samples (tap, extracted and river water) are analyzed by differential‐pulse anodic stripping voltammetry, showing the suitability of the global model constructed that provides successful results similar to those of the usual multivariate calibration. In addition the capability of discrimination of this model is evaluated in prediction for the mean of three replicates with estimation of probability of false noncompliance, α, and false compliance, β, being found 3.1, 11.2, 6.7 and 64.7 nM for nominal concentrations of zinc, cadmium, lead and copper of 96.0, 40.4, 37.3 and 328.0 nM respectively when α=β=0.05. It has been proven that the use of the global calibration does not imply a loss of multivariate analytical sensitivity, using this parameter as quality index of the analytical procedure. The viability of using calibration maintenance strategies with electroanalytical techniques is shown, providing a way to save time and experimental effort when these techniques are used in routine analysis. 相似文献
In this paper, we apply a three-stage-DEA model to the Spanish Professional Football League, which means separating the teams’
economic behaviour into three components: operating efficiency—of the offence and defence—athletic or operating effectiveness,
and social effectiveness. The results showed that the technical inefficiency of the defence is greater than that of the offence,
both being caused by aspects linked to the poor management of players’ abilities and by the football team’s size. Teams showed
a favourable evolution of their offensive and defensive efficiency during the 2004/2005 season and to a lesser extent in the
season before. The point system assigned by the professional football league regulations evaluates the teams’ athletic effectiveness,
but we detected that the teams with the most experience perform athletically in a more effective manner. Their social effectiveness
is strongly related to the level of play in itself and to factors linked to their PFL ranking: participation in international
competitions for important football teams; or the struggle of minor football teams to stay in the first division. 相似文献
Stochastic models with varying degrees of complexity are increasingly widespread in the oceanic and atmospheric sciences. One application is data assimilation, i.e., the combination of model output with observations to form the best picture of the system under study. For any given quantity to be estimated, the relative weights of the model and the data will be adjusted according to estimated model and data error statistics, so implementation of any data assimilation scheme will require some assumption about errors, which are considered to be random. For dynamical models, some assumption about the evolution of errors will be needed. Stochastic models are also applied in studies of predictability.
The formal theory of stochastic processes was well developed in the last half of the twentieth century. One consequence of this theory is that methods of simulation of deterministic processes cannot be applied to random processes without some modification. In some cases the rules of ordinary calculus must be modified.
The formal theory was developed in terms of mathematical formalism that may be unfamiliar to many oceanic and atmospheric scientists. The purpose of this article is to provide an informal introduction to the relevant theory, and to point out those situations in which that theory must be applied in order to model random processes correctly. 相似文献
The behavior of geometric phase elements illuminated with partially polarized monochromatic beams is investigated both theoretically and experimentally. The element discussed in this paper is composed of wave plates with π-retardation and a space-variant orientation angle. We found that a beam emerging from such an element comprises two polarization orders; right-and left-handed circularly polarized states with conjugate geometric phase modification. This phase equals twice the orientation angle of the space-variant wave plate comprising the element. Apart from the two polarization orders, the emerging beam coherence polarization matrix includes a “vectorial interference matrix” which contains information concerning the correlation between the two orthogonal, circularly polarized portions of the incident beam. In this paper we measure this correlation by a simple interference experiment. In addition, we found that the equivalent mutual intensity of the emerging beam is modulated according to the geometric phase induced by the element. Other interesting phenomena concerning propagation will be discussed theoretically and demonstrated experimentally. The experiment made use of a spherical geometric phase element that was realized by use of a space-variant subwavelength grating illuminated with CO2 laser radiation of 10.6 μm wavelength. 相似文献
This paper re-assesses three independently developed approaches that are aimed at solving the problem of zero-weights or non-zero
slacks in Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA). The methods are weights restricted, non-radial and extended facet DEA models. Weights
restricted DEA models are dual to envelopment DEA models with restrictions on the dual variables (DEA weights) aimed at avoiding
zero values for those weights; non-radial DEA models are envelopment models which avoid non-zero slacks in the input-output
constraints. Finally, extended facet DEA models recognize that only projections on facets of full dimension correspond to
well defined rates of substitution/transformation between all inputs/outputs which in turn correspond to non-zero weights
in the multiplier version of the DEA model. We demonstrate how these methods are equivalent, not only in their aim but also
in the solutions they yield. In addition, we show that the aforementioned methods modify the production frontier by extending
existing facets or creating unobserved facets. Further we propose a new approach that uses weight restrictions to extend existing
facets. This approach has some advantages in computational terms, because extended facet models normally make use of mixed
integer programming models, which are computationally demanding. 相似文献