Silva, Rajitha M.; Guan, Yuping; Swartz, Tlm B.(2019)
This paper extends the methods of [10] in an attempt to handle non-standard problems in test analysis. The approach is based on a Bayesian framework where test characteristics are treated as random parameters for which ...
Perera, A.A.U.; Weerasena, O.V.D.S.J.; Dasanayaka, P.N.; Wickramarachchi, D.C.(Perera, A.A.U., et al., Development of a rapid, sensitive and specific DNA-based method to detect Ralstonia solanacearum in potato for quarantine purposes, J.Natn.Sci.Foundation Sri Lanka 2018 46 (2): 153 - 158, 2018-06-30)
Silva, R. M.; Guan, Y.; Swartz, T. B.(Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, 2017-07)
This paper attempts to bridge the gap between classical test theory and item response theory. It is demonstrated that the familiar and popular statistics used in classical test theory can be translated into a Bayesian ...
Decision trees are a popular technique in statistical data classification. They recursively partition the feature space into disjoint sub-regions until each sub-region becomes homogeneous with respect to a particular class. ...
Detection of obstacles during navigation of a mobile robot is considered difficult due to varying
nature in terms of size, shape and location of the obstacle as well as ambient light that interferes
with infra-red (IR) ...
Cluster analysis is used to identify dissimilar
subgroups of objects out of a set of objects based on a
combination of rules. In the light of cluster analysis, it is possible
to treat dissimilar individuals in an ...
Pathberiya, H. A.; Tilakaratne, C. D.; Hansen, L. L.; Lokupitiya, R. S.(2015-09-25)
Currency trading at the foreign exchange (hereinafter referred as Forex) market is now
becoming more popular over the globe than trading at equity markets. Countries will have
the economic benefit when engaging in ...
Among the currencies traded in the foreign exchange (Forex) market, Euro against the US Dollar
(EUR/USD) remains as one of the dominant currency pairs. This study examines the disparities in the
behavior of EUR/USD return ...
Pathberiya, H. A.; Tilakaratne, C. D.; Hansen, L. L.; Lokupitiya, R. S.(2015-09-25)
The nature of long-run co-movements in exchange rates is informative, since it permits
participants at the foreign exchange market to gain excess profits from trades. This study
examined the possible cointegration ...
Talagala, T.S.; Talagala, P.D.(Institute of Applied Statistics, Sri Lanka, 2015-09-25)
Everyone learns differently. Learning styles affect on students’ level of performance in many
different ways. It is important to assess the learning styles of students in order to cater for their
different learning needs. ...
Talagala, T. S.; Kalukottege, C. J. P.(2015-09-25)
This study attempts to evaluate the consumers’ level of awareness and use of information provided on food labels. Three distinct consumer groups based on use of and level of importance assigned to various information printed ...
Banneheka, B.M.S.G.; Ekanayake, G.E.M.U.P.D.(University of Sri Jayewardenepura, Nugegoda., 2015-09-25)
In this paper, we consider the problem of estimating the median of a gamma distribution.
We introduce a new point estimator based on an approximation that we derive for the
median of a gamma distribution. We compare the ...