Klein model; Homogenous with

Saturday, May 3rd, 2008

In geometry, the Klein model, also called the projective model, the Beltrami-Klein model, the Klein-Beltrami model and the Cayley-Klein model, is a model of n-dimensional hyperbolic geometry in which the points of the geometry are in an n-dimensional disk, or ball, and the lines of the geometry are line segments contained in the disk; that is, with endpoints on the boundary of the disk. Along with the Poincaré half-plane model and the Poincaré disk model, it was first proposed by Eugenio Beltrami who used these models to show hyperbolic geometry was equiconsistent with Euclidean geometry. The distance function was originated first by Arthur Cayley and interpreted geometrically in hyperbolic geometry by Felix Klein.

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Relation to the hyperboloid model

The hyperboloid model is a model of hyperbolic geometry within Minkowski space. If <math>[x_0, x_1, \cdots, x_n]</math> is a vector in real <math>(n+1)</math>-space, we may define the Minkowski quadratic form to be

<math>Q([x_0, x_1, \cdots, x_n]) = x_0^2 - x_1^2 - \cdots - x_n^2.</math>

Corresponding to the Minkowski quadratic form <math>Q</math> there is a Minkowski bilinear form <math>B</math>, defined by

<math>B(u, v) = (Q(u+v)-Q(u)-Q(v))/2.</math>

If

<math>u = [x_0, x_1, \cdots, x_n], v = [y_0, y_1, \cdots, y_n]</math>

then we may write this as

<math>B(u, v) = x_0 y_0-x_1 y_1 - \cdots - x_n y_n =

x_0 y_0 - \mathbf{x} \cdot \mathbf{y}.</math>
We may use this to put a hyperbolic metric on certain of the points of Minkowski projective space, which is to say, of lines through the origin which are rays defined by a vector <math>u</math> such that <math>Q(u)>0</math>. If <math>u</math> and <math>v</math> are two such vectors, then we may define a distance between
them by

<math>d(u, v) = \operatorname{arccosh}(\frac{B(u,v)}{\sqrt{Q(u)Q(v)}}).</math>

This is a homogenous function, and so defines a distance between projective points. We can obtain either the hyperboloid model or the Klein model by normalizing these projective points. If we normalize <math>u</math> and <math>v</math> by changing sign if needed to make the first coordinate positive, and then dividing <math>u</math> and <math>v</math> to obtain
<math>u’ = \frac{u}{\sqrt{Q(u)}}, v’ = \frac{v}{\sqrt{Q(v)}}</math>
respectively, so that the points satisfy <math>Q(u’) = Q(v’) = 1</math>, we obtain
the hyperboloid model. If instead we normalize <math>u</math> and <math>v</math> by dividing through by the first coordinate, which since <math>Q(u)</math> and <math>Q(v)</math> are greater than zero cannot be zero, we obtain a subset of the projective plane, which are points in the interior of a unit disk. We may also view this as intersecting the lines through the origin with the hypersurface <math>t=1</math>.


Distance formula

From the projective hyperbolic distance function we may derive a distance function for the points in the unit disk. If <math>s</math> and <math>t</math> are two vectors with norm less than one, then we may define <math>u</math> as the vector in Minkowski space whose t coordinate is 1 followed by the coordinates for <math>s</math>, and <math>v</math> as the same for <math>t</math>. Then

<math>d(s, t) = \operatorname{arccosh}(\frac{B(u,v)}{\sqrt{Q(u)Q(v)}})</math>

defines a distance function on the unit disk; this is the distance function of
the Klein model. In terms of the original vectors <math>s</math> and <math>t</math>, we may now rewrite this as

<math>d(s, t) = \operatorname{arccosh}(\frac{1 - s \cdot t}{\sqrt{(1-s \cdot s)(1-t \cdot t)}}).</math>


Relation to the Poincaré disk model

Both the Poincaré disk model and the Klein model are models of hyperbolic space on the unit n-disk. If <math>u</math> is a vector of norm less than one representing a point of the Poincaré disk model, then the corresponding point of the Klein model is given by

<math>s = \frac{2u}{1+u \cdot u}.</math>

Conversely, from a vector <math>s</math> of norm less than one representing a point of the Klein model, the corresponding point of the Poincaré disk model is given by

<math>u = \frac{s}{1+\sqrt{1-s \cdot s}} =

\frac{(1-\sqrt{1-s \cdot s})s}{s \cdot s}.</math>

Given two points on the boundary of the unit disk, which are called ideal points, the Klein model line is the chord between them, and the corresponding Poincaré model line is a circular arc on the two dimensional subspace generated by the two boundary point vectors, orthogonal to the boundary of the disk. The relationship between the two is simply a projection from the center of the disk; a ray from the center passing through a point of one model line passes through the corresponding point of the other model line.


Angles in the Klein model

Given two intersecting lines in the Klein model, which are intersecting chords in the unit disk, we can find the angle between the lines by mapping the chords, expressed as parametric equations for a line, to parametric functions in the Poincaré disk model, finding unit tangent vectors, and using this to determine the angle.

We may also compute the angle between the chord whose ideal point endpoints are <math>u</math> and <math>v</math>, and the chord whose endpoints are <math>s</math> and <math>t</math>, by means of a formula. Since the ideal points are the same in the Klein model and the Poincaré disk model, the formulas are identical for each model.

If both chords are diameters, so that <math>v=-u</math> and <math>t=-s</math>, then we are merely finding the angle between two unit vectors, and the formula for the angle <math>\theta</math> is

<math>\cos(\theta) = u \cdot s.</math>

If <math>v=-u</math> but not <math>t=-s</math>, the formula becomes, in terms of the wedge product,

<math>\cos^2(\theta) = \frac{P^2}{QR},</math>

where

<math>P = u \cdot (s-t),</math>
<math>Q = u \cdot u,</math>
<math>R = (s-t) \cdot (s-t) - (s \wedge t) \cdot (s \wedge t)</math>

If both chords are not diameters, the general formula obtains

<math>\cos^2(\theta) = \frac{P^2}{QR},</math>

where

<math>P = (u-v) \cdot (s-t) - (u \wedge v) \cdot (s \wedge t),</math>
<math>Q = (u-v) \cdot (u-v) - (u \wedge v) \cdot (u \wedge v),</math>
<math>R = (s-t) \cdot (s-t) - (s \wedge t) \cdot (s \wedge t).</math>

Using the Binet-Cauchy identity and the fact that these are unit vectors we may rewrite the above expressions purely in terms of the dot product, as

<math>P = (u-v) \cdot (s-t) + (u \cdot t)(v \cdot s) - (u \cdot s)(v \cdot t),</math>
<math>Q = (1 - u \cdot v)^2,</math>
<math>R = (1 - s \cdot t)^2.</math>

Determining angles is greatly simplified when the question is to determine or construct right angles in the hyperbolic plane. A line in the Poincaré disk model corresponds to a circle orthogonal to the unit disk boundary, with the corresponding Klein model line being the chord between the two points where this intersects the boundary. The tangents to the intersection at the two endpoints intersect in a point called the pole of the chord. Any line drawn through the pole, which is the center of the Poincaré model circle, will intersect the Poincaré model circle orthogonally, and hence the line segments intersect the chord in the Klein model, which corresponds to the circle, as perpendicular lines.

Restating this, a chord <math>B</math> intersecting a given chord <math>A</math> of the Klein model, which when extended to a line passes through the pole of the chord <math>A</math>, is perpendicular to <math>A</math>. This fact can be used to give an easy proof of the ultraparallel theorem.


See also

  • Poincaré half-plane model
  • Poincaré metric
  • Inversive geometry


References

Koilodepas; Bentham to distinguish between

Wednesday, April 30th, 2008

Koilodepas is a genus of plant of the family Euphorbiaceae. It comprises 10 species, found from India to Malesia. Half of these species are found in Malesia.


Synonyms

  • Caelodepas Benth. orth. var.
  • Calpigyne Blume
  • Coelodepas Hassk. orth. var.
  • Nephrostylus Gagnep.

Multiple (mathematics); p w </math>

Sunday, April 27th, 2008

In mathematics, a multiple of an integer is the product of that integer with another integer. In other words, a is a multiple of b if <math>a=nb,</math> where <math>n</math> is an integer. If <math>b</math> is not zero, this is equivalent to saying that <math>a/b</math> is an integer.


Examples

  • 14, 49, and -21 are multiples of 7 whereas -3, 15, and 20 are not multiples of 7.


Properties

  • Every number is a multiple of itself (<math>b=1\cdot b </math>).
  • 0 is a multiple of every number (<math>0=0\cdot b</math>).
  • If <math>a</math> and <math>b</math> are multiples of <math>x,</math> then <math>a+b</math>, <math>a-b</math> and <math>ab</math> are multiples of <math>x.</math>
  • For any integer <math> p > 1,</math> <math>(p-1)!+1</math> is a multiple of <math>p</math> if and only if <math>p</math> is a prime number (Wilson’s theorem).


See also

  • Ideal (ring theory)
  • Decimal and SI prefix

Maximum Overdrive (song); maximum

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Maximum Overdrive” was the fourth single taken from the 2 Unlimited album No Limits. The single reached #15 in the UK.


Remixes

  • X-Out Mix
  • Extended Mainstream Vibe
  • Speedaumatic Remix
  • X-Out In Trance
  • Extended
  • Radio
  • Spanish

Gary Hudson; for long-term projects

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Gary Hudson has been involved in private spaceflight development for over 25 years.

Hudson is best known as the founder of Rotary Rocket Company, which attempted to build a unique single stage to orbit launch vehicle known as the Roton.

He also helped found Transformational Space (T/Space) in 2004.

Previous projects included designs of the Phoenix SSTO and other single stage to orbit rockets, founder of Pacific American Launch Systems, and various consulting projects.


See also

  • Roton SSTO
  • T/space
  • Ansari X Prize


External links

  • T/Space
  • HMX Inc consulting company
  • Gary Hudson entry in Spacefuture Who’s Who

Paul Check; are future-regarding and thus

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

Paul Ramon Check is a New Zealand political candidate. He is the leader of Outdoor Recreation New Zealand, a party based around the hunting and fishing lobbies.

Check initially worked as a marine engineer in the Royal New Zealand Navy, and then served in the United States Merchant Marine in Brazil. He later worked as an engineer in other parts of Latin America and in New Zealand. He currently manages a company in Taupo.

In the 2002 election, Check was third on Outdoor Recreation New Zealand’s list, but the party did not win enough votes to enter Parliament. Later, the party affiliated itself with United Future, a larger party. In the 2005 election, Outdoor Recreation stood candidates under the United Future banner. Check, as the new leader of Outdoor Recreation, was been placed seventh, the highest position for an Outdoor Recreation candidate. He also contested the Taupo electorate.

Type; two different types

Saturday, April 19th, 2008

Type may refer to:

In computing:

  • Data type, collection of values used for computations
  • Type system, defines a programming language’s response to data types
  • Type theory, basis for the study of type systems

In mathematics:

  • Type (model theory)
  • Type or Arity, the number of operands a function takes
  • Type, any proposition or set in the Intuitionistic type theory

In sociology:

  • Ideal type
  • Normal type
  • Typification

Other:

  • Type (band), name of Portuguese DJ and musician Cyz (Cynthia Zamorano)
  • Type (metaphysics), in philosophy, a category of being
  • Typeface, used in typesetting
  • Typing, Pressing buttons (keys) on a keyboard to enter text
  • Architectural type, classification of architecture by functional types (houses, institutions), morphological types or historical types
  • Biological type, which fixes a scientific name to a taxon


See also

  • Typology, the study of types
  • Kind
  • Category

Market structure; market conditions.

Thursday, April 17th, 2008

In economics, market structure (also known as market form) describes the state of a market with respect to competition.

The major market forms are:

  • Perfect competition, in which the market consists of a very large number of firms producing a homogeneous product.
  • Monopolistic competition, also called competitive market, where there are a large number of independent firms which have a very small proportion of the market share.
  • Oligopoly, in which a market is dominated by a small number of firms which own more than 40% of the market share.
  • Oligopsony, a market dominated by many sellers and a few buyers.
  • Monopoly, where there is only one provider of a product or service.
  • Natural monopoly, a monopoly in which economies of scale cause efficiency to increase continuously with the size of the firm.
  • Monopsony, when there is only one buyer in a market.

The imperfectly competitive structure is quite identical to the realistic market conditions where some monopolistic competitors, monopolists, oligopolists, and duopolists exist and dominate the market conditions.

These somewhat abstract concerns tend to determine some but not all details of a specific concrete market system where buyers and sellers actually meet and commit to trade.

Quick Reference to Basic Market Structures
Market Structure Seller Entry Barriers Seller Number Buyer Entry Barriers Buyer Number
Perfect Competition No Many No Many
Monopolistic competition No Many No Many
Oligopoly Yes Few No Many
Oligopsony No Many Yes Few
Monopoly Yes One No Many
Monopsony No Many Yes One

The correct sequence of the market structure from most to least competitive is perfect competition, imperfect competition,oligopoly, and pure monopoly.

The main criteria by which one can distinguish between different market structures are: the number and size of producers and consumers in the market, the type of goods and services being traded, and the degree to which information can flow freely.


See also

  • Economics
  • Microeconomics
  • Macroeconomics
  • Industrial organization
  • List of marketing topics
  • List of management topics
  • List of economics topics
  • List of accounting topics
  • List of finance topics
  • List of economists

The market form can equally be known to an extent by the barriers on entry and exit.
It is to be noted that in the Perfectly Competitive market, there exists free entry and exit; this applies to prospective/existing buyers and sellers. Though, this is not the case with the Imperfect market structure.


External links

  • Microeconomics by Elmer G. Wiens: Online Interactive Models of Oligopoly, Differentiated Oligopoly, and Monopolistic Competition

Analytical jurisprudence; be mistaken for

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Analytical jurisprudence is a legal theory that draws on the resources of modern analytical philosophy to try to understand the nature of law. Since the boundaries of analytical philosophy are somewhat vague, it is difficult to say how far it extends. H. L. A. Hart was probably the most influential writer in the modern school of analytical jurisprudence, though its history goes back at least to Jeremy Bentham.

Analytical jurisprudence is not to be mistaken for legal formalism (the idea that legal reasoning is or can be modelled as a mechanical, algorithmic process). Indeed, it was the analytical jurists who first pointed out that legal formalism is fundamentally mistaken as a theory of law.

Legal scholar L. Ali Khan supplies a powerful thesis that legal reasoning is more like engaging in artistic creativity rather than conducting a mechanical application of rules or precedents.

Vivian Smith; be mistaken for that

Wednesday, April 16th, 2008

Vivian Smith (born June, 1933) is an Australian poet who is sometimes mistaken for a female.

Smith’s first book of poetry, The Other Meaning, was published in 1956 and he has since published eight further collections, among which Tide Country won the New South Wales Premier’s Prize for Poetry and the Grace Leven Prize. The most recent collection is Along the Line (Salt, 2007). He is a highly respected critic, having produced key studies on Australian literature and contributed much to the growth and sophistication of criticism surrounding Australian poetry. With his fellow poet and great friend Noel Rowe he published the anthology Windchimes: Asia in Australian Poetry (Pandanus Books 2006).

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1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (OFC); A qualification introduced

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Listed below are the dates and results for the 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification rounds for the Oceanian zone (OFC). For an overview of the qualification rounds, see the article 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification.

A total of 3 OFC teams entered the competition. Moreover, and were also assigned to the Oceanian zone despite not being OFC members. The Oceanian zone was allocated 0.5 places (out of 24) in the final tournament.

There would be two rounds of play:

  • First Round: Israel received a bye and advanced to the Final Round directly. The remaining 4 teams were paired up to play knockout matches on a home-and-away basis. The winners would advance to the Final Round.
  • Final Round: The 3 teams would play against each other on a home-and-away basis. The group winner would advance to the CONMEBOL / OFC Intercontinental Play-off.


OFC First Round

November 26, 1988, Nadi, Fiji - 1 - 0

December 3, 1988, Newcastle, Australia - 5 - 1

Australia advanced to the Final Round by the aggregate score of 5-2.

December 11, 1988, Wellington, New Zealand - 0 - 4

This match was played in New Zealand instead of in Taiwan.

December 15, 1988, Wellington, New Zealand - 4 - 1

New Zealand advanced to the Final Round by the aggregate score of 8-1.


OFC Final Round

March 5, 1989, Ramat Gan, Israel - 1 - 0

March 12, 1989, Sydney, Australia - 4 - 1

March 19, 1989, Ramat Gan, Israel - 1 - 1

April 2, 1989, Auckland, New Zealand - 2 - 0

April 9, 1989, Auckland, New Zealand - 2 - 2

April 16, 1989, Sydney, Australia - 1 - 1

Rank Team Pts Pld W D L GF GA GD
1 5 4 1 3 0 5 4 1
2 4 4 1 2 1 6 5 1
3 3 4 1 1 2 5 7 -2

Israel advanced to the CONMEBOL / OFC Intercontinental Play-off.


See also

  • 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (UEFA)
  • 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONMEBOL)
  • 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CONCACAF)
  • 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (CAF)
  • 1990 FIFA World Cup qualification (AFC)

Malecot’s method of coancestry; a consumer’s indirect

Monday, April 14th, 2008

Malecot’s coancestry coefficient, <math>f</math> , refers to an indirect measure of genetic similarity of two individuals which was initially devised by the French mathematician Gustave Malécot.

<math>f</math> is defined as the probability that any two alleles, sampled at random (one from each individual), are identical copies of an ancestral allele. In species with well-known lineages (such as domesticated crops), <math>f</math> can be calculated by examining detailed pedigree records. Modernly, <math>f</math> can be estimated using genetic marker data.


References

  • Malécot G. Les mathématiques de l’hérédité. Paris: Masson & Cie, 1948.

ECA; consumers is

Monday, April 14th, 2008

ECA can stand for:

in government and government agencies:

  • Bureau of Educational and Cultural Affairs, a part of the United States Department of State
  • Economic Cooperation Administration, a former United States government agency
  • European Chemicals Agency, an agency of the European Union
  • European Court of Auditors, an institution of the European Union
  • United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, a commission to encourage economic cooperation among African countries

in education:

  • ACES Educational Center for the Arts, an arts school in New Haven, Connecticut, USA
  • Edinburgh College of Art, an art school in Edinburgh, Scotland
  • Escola de Comunicações e Artes (School of Communication And Arts), of the University of São Paulo, Brazil
  • Evangelical Christian Academy, a school for missionary children in Madrid, Spain

in medicine and anatomy:

  • ECA stack, a drug combination of ephedrine, caffeine, and aspirin
  • External carotid artery, a major artery

in technology:

  • Embodied Conversational Agent, a type of Embodied agent in artificial intelligence
  • Event Condition Action, a principle to define triggers in a database

in miscellaneous:

  • Easington Catchment Area, a group of natural gas fields in the North Sea
  • Entertainment Consumers Association, an entity representing game consumers
  • Export Credit Agencies, a type of financial institution

Patronage concentration; firms.

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

Patronage concentration is a term used in marketing. It is the share of an individual consumer’s expenditures in an industry that is spent at one company. It is the amount that a person spends at one company divided by the amount that person spends at all companies in the industry.

amount spent at one company
___________________________________
amount spent at all companies in the industry

The amount a person spends at one company is sometimes called the “relationship revenue”.

For example, I may spend $1000 per year at fast food restaurants. If I spend $100 at Wendy’s Restaurants, then Wendy’s has (100/1000=10%) ten percent of my patronage. As long as the amount spent at one firm is less than the total amount spent at all firms in the industry, the customer will be patronizing more than one firm, and patronage concentration will be less than 100%.

The goal of many firms is to increase the patronage concentration ratio of its customers to 100% (that is make it an exclusive relationship). Some firms set different patronage concentration targets for various classes of customers. This reflects the fact that some types of customers are more profitable than others.

This is very similar to market share. Whereas market share describes the percentage of all customers that patronize a company relative to the industry total, the patronage concentration ratio describes the percentage of one customer’s patronage going to a company, relative to that persons spend in the industry. That is, market share is the aggregate or macro version of the patronage concentration ratio. Or alternatively, patronage concentration is the micro equivalent of market share.


See also

  • loyalty business model
  • personalized marketing
  • relationship marketing

Polyamorphism; analogous

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

In materials science polyamorphism is the ability of a substance to exist in several different amorphous modifications. It is analogous to the polymorphism of crystalline materials. Even though amorphous materials exhibit no long-range atomic structure, the different phases can vary in other properties, such as the density.

Examples of polyamorphism are the existence of six-coordinated and four-coordinated amorphous silicon, and the different density phases of amorphous ice.

Free particle; Expectation

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

In physics, a free particle is a particle that, in some sense, is not bound. In the classical case, this is represented with the particle not being influenced by any external force.


Classical Free Particle

The classical free particle is characterized simply by a fixed velocity. The momentum is
given by

<math>\mathbf{p}=m\mathbf{v}</math>

and the energy by

<math>E=\frac{1}{2}mv^2</math>

where m is the mass of the particle and v is the vector velocity of the particle.


Non-Relativistic Quantum Free Particle

The Schrödinger equation for a free particle is:

<math>

- \frac{\hbar^2}{2m} \nabla^2 \ \psi(\mathbf{r}, t) =
i\hbar\frac{\partial}{\partial t} \psi (\mathbf{r}, t)
</math>

The solution for a particular momentum is given by a plane wave:

<math>

\psi(\mathbf{r}, t) = e^{i(\mathbf{k}\cdot\mathbf{r}-\omega t)}
</math>

with the constraint

<math>

\frac{\hbar^2 k^2}{2m}=\hbar \omega
</math>

where r is the position vector, t is time, k is the wave vector, and ω is the angular frequency. Since the integral of ψψ* over all space must be unity, there will be a problem normalizing this momentum eigenfunction. This will not be a problem for a general free particle which is somewhat localized in momentum and position. (See particle in a box for a further discussion.)

The expectation value of the momentum p is

<math>

\langle\mathbf{p}\rangle=\langle \psi |-i\hbar\nabla|\psi\rangle = \hbar\mathbf{k}
</math>

The expectation value of the energy E is

<math>

\langle E\rangle=\langle \psi |i\hbar\frac{\partial}{\partial t}|\psi\rangle = \hbar\omega
</math>

Solving for k and ω and substituting into the constraint equation yields the familiar relationship between energy and momentum for non-relativistic massive particles

<math>

\langle E \rangle =\frac{\langle p \rangle^2}{2m}
</math>

where p=|p|. The group velocity of the wave is defined as

<math>\left.\right.

v_g= \frac{d\omega}{dk} = \frac{dE}{dp} = v
</math>

where v is the classical velocity of the particle.
The phase velocity of the wave is defined as

<math>\left.\right.

v_p=\frac{\omega}{k} = \frac{E}{p} = \frac{p}{2m} = \frac{v}{2}
</math>

A general free particle need not have a specific momentum or energy. In this case, the free particle wavefunction may be represented by a superposition of free particle momentum eigenfunctions:

<math>\left.\right.

\psi(\mathbf{r}, t) = \int
A(\mathbf{k})e^{i(\mathbf{k}\cdot\mathbf{r}-\omega t)}
d\mathbf{k}
</math>

where the integral is over all k-space.


Relativistic free particle

There are a number of equations describing relativistic particles. For a description of the free particle solutions, see the individual articles.

  • The Klein-Gordon equation describes charge-neutral, spinless, relativistic quantum particles
  • The Dirac equation describes the relativistic electron (charged, spin 1/2)

Apple Loops Utility; utility’ must

Saturday, April 12th, 2008

Apple Loops Utility is a small companion utility to Soundtrack Pro, Garageband, Logic Express, and Logic Pro, all made by Apple Computer. It allows users to create loops of audio that can be time-stretched. Audio files can also be tagged with their publishing (Author, Comments, etc) and musical information (Key, Tempo, etc). Multiple files can be tagged at the same time, a process known as batch tagging. Apple Loops Utility can read both AIFF and WAV file formats, but it will convert the latter to AIFF when saved with tagging information.

The most recent version available without purchasing the aforementioned software is 1.3.1, available from Apple’s Developer Web site. Version 1.4, which is the first Universal Binary version of the software, is available with Logic Pro or Express 7.2. 1.4 allows multiple files to have multiple tags added to them. Version 1.4 also allows content merging to occur with Logic Audio Express. Only version 1.4 will work natively with Intel Macs. Version 1.3.1 will appear to allow edits to be made and file information to be saved, but none of the essential tagging information will be retained on an Intel Mac.


External links and references

  • Apple Loops SDK, including Apple Loops Utility (DMG)
  • Apple Loops Utility Manual (PDF)

Natural History; than the natural

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Natural history or (in Latin) Naturalis Historia is the scientific study of plants or animals.

Natural History may also refer to:

In science and medicine:

  • Natural History (Pliny) , Naturalis Historia, a 1st-century work by Pliny the Elder
  • Natural History (Lonitzer), a 16th-century work by Adam Lonitzer
  • Naturalis Historia Scotiae, a 1684 work by Robert Sibbald
  • Natural History (magazine), an American magazine
  • Natural History Review, a 19th-century UK quarterly journal
  • Natural History Publications (Borneo), a publishing house based in Borneo
  • Natural history of disease, the uninterrupted progression of a medical condition in an individual
    • Natural history group, subjects in a drug trial that receive no treatment of any kind, whose illness is left to run its course

In music:

  • Natural History (I Am Kloot album), a 2001 album by I Am Kloot
  • Natural History: The Very Best of Talk Talk, a 1990 album by Talk Talk
  • The Natural History (band), an American rock band
    • The Natural History, the band’s 2002 debut EP

In literature:

  • A 1992 novel by American writer Maureen Howard
  • A 2003 novel by British writer Justina Robson


See also

  • Natural theology
  • Natural (disambiguation)
  • Nature (disambiguation)

Arlington Assembly; utilities

Saturday, April 5th, 2008

Arlington Assembly is a General Motors automobile factory in Arlington, Texas. The plant has operated for more than 50 years, and today manufactures large SUVs based on GM’s GMT900 platform:

  • Chevrolet Tahoe/GMC Yukon
  • Chevrolet Suburban/GMC Yukon XL
  • Cadillac Escalade

The

Arlington plant was opened in 1954 to assemble both automobiles and aircraft, but has focused on the former use for most of its history. The factory was the site of assembly for many large GM cars, including the 1980s Chevrolet Monte Carlo, 1990s Chevrolet Impala, and late-model Chevrolet Silverado pickup trucks. The plant occupies 250 acres (1,000,000 square meters). Arlington Assembly was the last GM B-body manufacturing facility prior to the conversion for SUV production.

GMT900 production began on December 1, 2005, six weeks ahead of schedule.


Former vehicles manufactured at Arlington Assembly

RWD GM G platform vehicles

  • Chevrolet Monte Carlo
  • Oldsmobile Cutlass Supreme

RWD GM B platform vehicles

  • Cadillac Fleetwood
  • Chevrolet Caprice
  • Chevrolet Impala SS (1994-96)

GMT800 sport utilities

  • Chevrolet Suburban
  • Chevrolet Tahoe
  • GMC Yukon
  • Cadillac Escalade


Current vehicles produced

GMT900 sport utilities
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Generalized expected utility; rather sources of utility

Friday, April 4th, 2008

The expected utility model developed by John von Neumann and Oskar Morgenstern dominated decision theory from its formulation in 1944 until the late 1970s, not only as a prescriptive, but also as a descriptive model, despite powerful criticism from Maurice Allais and Daniel Ellsberg who showed that, in certain choice problems, decisions were usually inconsistent with the axioms of expected utility theory. These problems are usually referred to as the Allais paradox and Ellsberg paradox.

Beginning in 1979 with the publication of the prospect theory of Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky, a range of generalized expected utility models were developed with the aim of resolving the Allais and Ellsberg paradoxes, while maintaining many of the attractive properties of expected utility theory.

Important examples were anticipated utility theory, later referred to as rank-dependent utility theory (Quiggin 1982) and weighted utility (Chew 1982). A general representation, using the concept of the local utility function was presented by (Machina 1982).
Since then, generalizations of expected utility theory have proliferated, but the probably most frequently used model is nowadays cumulative prospect theory, a further development of prospect theory, introduced in 1992 by Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky.

Given its motivations and approach, generalized expected utility theory may properly be regarded as a subfield of behavioral economics, but it is more frequently located within mainstream economic theory.