Currently there exists a great variety of methods and algorithms attempting to optimize the process of classification. However, these methods do not take into account the internal structure of the classification datasets. ...

We are considering a number of existing normality tests and study their power against different alternative hypotheses. We also develop an extension to the normality plot by adding a fixed confidence band. This procedure ...

The time series analysis is oriented to the problem of prediction. Perform a univariate analysis is simpler than a multivariate analysis because the univariate analysis is concerned only with the structure of internal ...

Due to their outstanding and tunable electronic properties, platinum nanowires have the potential to be used in the development of advanced devices. The quantum confinement effect of the electrons and the increased surface ...

Several findings in this research could be relevant to decision making by government agencies of Puerto Rico. This decision making depends on knowledge of the social, educational and economic aspects of the municipalities. ...

Support Vector Machines (SVM) is a new technique of classification that has received much attention in recent years. In many applications, the SVM has shown better performance than machine learning methods, and it has been ...

In the current world of science and technology the data arrive continuously over time, this type of data is called data stream and is impractical to store all of the data. The data mining and traditional techniques of ...

This study is dedicated to examine how the distribution and expenditure of the funds of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 destined to infrastructure projects impacted the economic cycles of the 50 ...

Classifying a particular society in similar socioeconomic groups allows to adoption of strategic conditions in those groups that are poor and at the same time to strengthen those in other groups. In the present study we ...

We obtained data from 6,924 freshmen admitted to the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez since 2005 to 2007. For each one of these students we registered information about the following variables: Type of high school ...