The Zilberman Method of teaching emphasizes rote learning of the text of the Torah from an early age, only introducing Talmud learning at a more advanced age. Schools employing the Zilberman Method are colloquially referred to as Zilberman Schools . Schools using the Zilberman Method Yeshivat Aderet Eliyahu Talmud Torah Yishrei Lev Category Jewish education ... more details
unreferenced date March 2009 Bregman s method is an iterative algorithm to solve certain convex optimization problems. The algorithm is a row action method accessing constraint functions one by one and the method is particularly suited for large optimization problems where constraints can be efficiently enumerated. The algorithm starts with a pair of primal and dual variables. Then, for each constraint a Bregman divergence generalized projection onto its feasible set is performed, updating both the constraint s dual variable and all primal variables for which there are non zero coefficients in the constraint functions gradient. In case the objective is strictly convex and all constraint functions are convex, the limit of this iterative projection converges to the optimal primal dual pair. The method has links to the method of multipliers and dual ascent method and multiple generalizations exist. One drawback of the method is that it is only provably convergent if the objective function is strictly convex. In case this can not be ensured, as for linear program s or non strictly convex quadratic programs, additional methods such as proximal method s have been developed. Category Mathematical optimization ... more details
In statistics , the method of support is a technique that is used to make inferences from datasets. According to A. W. F. Edwards , the method of support aims to make inferences about unknown parameters in terms of the relative support, or log likelihood , induced by a set of data for a particular parameter value. The technique may be used whether or not prior information is available. The method of maximum likelihood is part of the method of support, but note that the method of support also provides confidence regions that are defined in terms of their support. Notable proponents of the method of support include A. W. F. Edwards . Bibliography Edwards, A.W.F. 1972. Likelihood. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge expanded edition, 1992, Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore . ISBN 0 8018 4443 6 Category Statistical inference stats stub ... more details
Not to be confused with Methods engineering , a subspecialty of Industrial engineering File Method engineering process.jpg thumb 420px Example of a Method Engineering Process. This figure provides a functional model process oriented view model view of the approach used to develop prototype IDEF 9 method ... Force Base, Ohio. p.7 10. ref . Method engineering in the field of information systems is the List of academic disciplines discipline to construct new method s from existing methods . ref name HS96 F. Harmsen & M. Saeki 1996 . Comparison of four method engineering languages . In Sjaak Brinkkemper et al. eds. Proceedings of the IFIP TC8, WG8.1 8.2 working conference on method engineering on Method engineering principles of method construction and tool support principles of method construction and tool ... information systems development . ref Sjaak Brinkkemper , Method engineering engineering of information ... 38, n 4, pp 275 280 1996 ref Furthermore method engineering wants to improve the usefulness of Systems ... crinfo.univ paris1.fr KeynoteICSE08.pdf Method Engineering Towards Methods as Services . Keynote speech ICSE0. 2008. ref Types of method engineering Computer Aided Method Engineering The Meta Process Modeling process is often supported through software tools, called Computer Aided Method Engineering ... the instantiation technique has been utilised to build the repository of Computer Aided Method ... 1995 F. Harmsen, S. Brinkkemper, Design and implementation of a method base management system for situational ... for Method Engineering ref name Rolland 1997 C. Rolland . A Primer for Method Engineering. Proceedings ... , Toulouse, France, June 10 13, 1997. ref . Method tailoring In the literature, different terms refer to the notion of method adaptation, including method tailoring , method fragment adaptation and situational method engineering . Method tailoring is defined as blockquote A process or capability in which ..., and method fragments determine a system development approach for a specific project situation. ref ... more details
The ZhengMa Input Method Simplified Chinese , Traditional Chinese also referred to as Zheng code method is a Chinese input methods for computers Chinese language input method . The primary goal of ZhengMa design is compatibility with different types of characters ability to input both simplified Chinese and traditional Chinese , scalability it works well with extremely large sets of ideographs and ease of use, especially for people who are experienced with how ideographs are formed. For these reasons this input method is used more by scholars of the Chinese language or people who need to use both traditional and simplified Chinese. This input method is one of two stroke based input method that are included with Windows operating system Microsoft Windows . The other stroke based method is Cang Jie ref http en.wikipedia.org wiki Cangjie input method ref which can also generate both simplified and traditional characters and which is extensively taught and used in Taiwan and Hong Kong. ZhengMa is similar to the Wubi method , but has different stroke coding. ref http www.microsoft.com globaldev handson user ime paper.mspx ref references writingsystem stub Category Han character input zh ... more details
, the empirical method is similar to the experimental method. However, an essential difference is that in an experiment ... of the observed change that results. This contrasts with the empirical method of aggregating ... the process, i.e., strictly by the trial and error method . This is counter to one of the main tenets of the scientific method, that of the hypothetico deductive method , where the manipulation of the variable ... method is generally characterized by the collection of a large amount of data before much ... theoretical exploration of what to expect. The empirical method is necessary in entering hitherto ... increases. Successful use of an exclusively empirical method demands a higher degree of intuitive ability in the practitioner. ref Percy W. Bridgman, Gerald Holton, Empirical method , in AccessScience ..., 2000 ref See also Qualitative research Notes references DEFAULTSORT Empirical Method Category Empiricism Method Category Scientific method Category Concepts in epistemology ca M tode emp ric es M todo ... more details
Multiple issues unreferenced December 2009 notable December 2009 The GRAI method is a modeling method of Enterprise modelling . Developed at the University of Bordeaux I since the 1980s, it can represent and analyze the operation of all or part of a production activity. The strength of the GRAI method lies in its ability to provide modelers can effectively model the decision making system of the company, i.e. organizational processes that generate decisions. Category Enterprise modelling ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 The Demaree method is a term used in beekeeping that describes a swarming prevention method. The method was first published by George Demaree 1832 1915 in an article in the American Bee Journal in 1884. It involves separation of the queen from the brood. However, it requires a great deal of labor and time. The objective is to separate the unsealed brood and eggs from the queen. Brood goes above the excluder and the queen below. This measure reduces overcrowding in the beehive and therefore the bees desire to swarm this method makes it possible to retain the total colony population thus maintaining good honey production. The technique has the advantage of allowing a new queen to be raised as well. It is important that the Demaree method is applied at the correct time. The timing will vary depending on each season and the rate of colony expansion and nectar source in the area, in the UK this is usually around May to early June. DEFAULTSORT Demaree Method Category Beekeeping Bee stub ... more details
The Cailliet Method is a method of learning the saxophone originally devised by French born American composer Lucien Cailliet , which he described in the two published volumes named Cailliet Method for Saxophone . ref Cailliet, Lucien Date Not Known . Cailliet Method for saxophone Book One ref ref Cailliet, Lucien Date Not Known . Cailliet Method for saxophone Book Two ref The method itself focuses on the inclusion of Music Theory in order to accentuate the role of harmony harmonies , counterpoint s and orchestra orchestration , to evoke appreciation from the musician on their importance within music, without departing too much from the sake of instrumental training. ref Cailliet, Lucien Date Not Known . Cailliet Method for saxophone Book Two p1 It unfortunately occurs that students of instrumental music , in their eagerness in attaining performing ability , neglect the study of music theory ... method is based upon the belief that one should know a subject completely before specializing in any part of it . ref Cailliet, Lucien Date Not Known . Cailliet Method for saxophone Book One p1 Direct quote ref The method itself encompasses traditional methods such as scale music scales and arpeggio ... . Cailliet Method for saxophone Book Two p1 I have preceded the various exercises by brief .... ref Cailliet, Lucien Date Not Known . Cailliet Method for saxophone Book Two p1 For example ..., unexplained or taken for granted. ref The other focuses, as described by the second volume of the method ... Date Not Known . Cailliet Method for saxophone Book Two p2 14 ref Major and minor scales, proceeding ... sevenths ref name scales Intervals ref name scales 2 Cailliet, Lucien Date Not Known . Cailliet Method ... 3 Cailliet, Lucien Date Not Known . Cailliet Method for saxophone Book Two p30 35 ref Canonic ... Date Not Known . Cailliet Method for saxophone Book One Rockville Centre, L.I., New York Belwin Publications Cailliet, Lucien Date Not Known . Cailliet Method for saxophone Book Two Rockville Centre ... more details
Rename Method is a refactoring that changes a name of a method computer science method into a new one, that better reveals its purpose. To have clearer, more understandable code, programmers would optimally want to change method names to reflect exactly what the method does. For example public int foo int x return x 1 would be better renamed as public int addOneTo int x return x 1 The function operates the same, but is now more easily readable for developers looking through the code. Note that in some cases there is little necessity for documentation of a simple function if the function or variable name is correct. In these cases the documentation is redundant and may be confusing as it may not match the variable or function name leading the developer to be unsure as to which the name or the documentation is correct. Martin Fowler lists this as one of his refactorings at http www.refactoring.com refactoring.com . Take care Although it seems to be very easy to change a method name, code can be broken if refactoring tools built into many modern IDE s are not used to also change all code that refers to the existing method. If a codebase has provided an external API that including the existing method name then the existing function should not be removed, but deprecated over time and finally removed at a future date. In this case the Copy Method refactoring can be considered as an alternative. Java 5.0 provides the Java annotation annotation tt Override tt to help protect against mistakes such as this. External links http www.refactoring.com catalog renameMethod.html Rename Method page at refactoring.com http www.refactoring.com catalog index.html Refactoring Catalog Categories Category Code refactoring Category Method computer science Other languages ... more details
The Counting Method CM , also known as Ochberg s Counting Method , is a therapeutic treatment designed to help with the desensitization of PTSD symptoms. ref http www.countingmethod.com The Counting Method official website ref The method was designed by psychiatrist Frank Ochberg in the early 1990s. Ochberg, who d previously helped to define and characterize Posttraumatic stress disorder , began using the CM in his private practice as a means of combating PTSD symptoms. ref http www.countingmethod.com The Counting Method official website ref The Method During the CM, the clinician asks the PTSD client to recall a traumatic memory while the clinician counts out loud to 100. After the counting the client is asked to discuss their memory. Subsequently, clinician and client work to reframe that traumatic memory and minimize or eliminate the discomfort associated with it. ref http www.giftfromwithin.org html counting.html The Counting Method for Ameliorating Traumatic Memories . Frank Ochberg . Journal of Traumatic Stress, Vol.9 No.4 1996 ref Results A recent study sought to compare the CM to other existing forms of PTSD treatment. The study divided 38 women among three forms of PTSD therapy, including the CM. All three treatments worked very well in minimizing PTSD symptoms additionally, the study showed that the CM may be as effective as other pre established techniques in the treatment of PTSD. ref http www.countingmethod.com images The Counting Method as Exposure Therapy.pdf The Counting Method as Exposure Therapy Revisions and Case Examples . David Read Johnson and Hadar Lubin. Traumatology, Vol.11 No.3 September 2005. 190 191 ref References Reflist Refbegin Refend External links http www.countingmethod.com The Counting Method s official website http www.giftfromwithin.org html counting.html An article by Dr. Ochberg outlining the CM http www.countingmethod.com images The Counting Method as Exposure Therapy.pdf An article about the CM in practice http www.giftfromwithin.org ... more details
Unreferenced auto yes date December 2009 wikify date January 2012 The matrix method is a structural analysis method used as a fundamental principle in many applications in civil engineering . The method is carried out, using either a stiffness matrix or a flexibility matrix. The flexibility method is not conducive to computer programming Weaver, Gere . Also another matrix method below THE MATRIX METHOD OF DECISION MAKING The matrix method of expert estimation The matrix method of supporting marketing decisions The Matrix Method computer program saves time and means in obtaining prompt and valid solutions. By means of the Matrix Method computer program realized on the basis of the matrix method of decision making one can solve various problems from various fields of human activity economics, law, medicine, politics and so on. The method is worked out by V.S.Golik and published in a number of scientific journals. The user formulates the task, its limitations, collects necessary information for its solution, and determines necessary criteria and alternatives. Based on the data the computer program automatically determines the best solutions. To obtain valid solutions the user should collect complete and objective information, interpret it correctly and input to the computer program. Please download Matrix method theory here http www.matrixmethod.com matrixtheory.pdf Examples The solution of tasks on the choice of the best strategies of business, the best banks, investment products, suppliers, markets, products, medicines, personnel selection and so on. The determination of suppliers rating based on a great number of criteria and alternatives for example, 20 criteria for analyzing 500 suppliers. Thus, the program chooses the best alternatives based on numerous criteria and alternatives ... method. Please download Examples http www.matrixmethod.com matrix method program.pdf The Matrix Method ... solutions. References Matrix method http www.matrixmethod.com Category Structural analysis es M todo ... more details
In numerical analysis , the secant method is a root finding algorithm that uses a succession of Root ... f . The secant method can be thought of as a finite difference approximation of Newton s method . However, the method was developed independently of Newton s method, and predated the latter by over ... Method in 1 D url http citation.allacademic.com meta p mla apa research citation 2 0 0 0 4 p200044 index.html accessdate 2011 06 29 ref The method Image Secant method.svg thumb 300px The first two iterations of the secant method. The red curve shows the function f and the blue lines are the secants. The secant method is defined by the recurrence relation math x n x n 1 f x n 1 frac x n 1 x n 2 f x n 1 f x n 2 math As can be seen from the recurrence relation, the secant method requires two initial ... of the method Starting with initial values math x 0 math and math x 1 math , we construct ... math Convergence The iterates math x n math of the secant method converge to a root of math f math ... enough to the root, then there is no guarantee that the secant method converges. There is no general ... with other root finding methods The secant method does not require that the root remain bracketed like the bisection method does, and hence it does not always converge. The false position method or regula falsi uses the same formula as the secant method. However, it does not apply the formula on math x n 1 math and math x n math , like the secant method, but on math x n math and on the last ... that the false position method always converges. The recurrence formula of the secant method can be derived from the formula for Newton s method math x n x n 1 frac f x n 1 f prime x n 1 math by using ... math . If we compare Newton s method with the secant method, we see that Newton s method converges faster order 2 against 1.6 . However, Newton s method requires the evaluation of both math f math and its derivative math f prime math at every step, while the secant method only requires the evaluation ... more details
The BIND method is an extension to WebDAV whose purpose is to create new access paths to existing resources. It is defined by RFC 5842. See also WebDAV HTTP Category Internet protocols web stub ... more details
In mathematics, Weisner s method is a method for finding generating function s for special functions using representation theory of Lie groups and Lie algebras, introduced by harvtxt Weisner 1955 . It includes Truesdall s method as a special case, and is essentially the same as Rainville s method . References Citation last1 McBride first1 Elna Browning title Obtaining generating functions publisher Springer Verlag location Berlin, New York series Springer Tracts in Natural Philosophy isbn 978 0 387 05255 7 mr 0279355 year 1971 volume 21 Citation last1 Weisner first1 Louis title Group theoretic origin of certain generating functions url http projecteuclid.org euclid.pjm 1172000968 mr 0086905 year 1955 journal Pacific Journal of Mathematics issn 0030 8730 volume 5 pages 1033 1039 Category Generating functions ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2009 Orphan date December 2009 Method &mdash Or Madness? was the title of a series of lectures given by Actors Studio founder Robert Lewis actor Robert Lewis in New York in 1957, and later published as a book of the same title. The Lectures The first of the eight lectures was presented on the stage of the Playhouse Theatre in New York City, at 11 30 P.M. on the evening of April 15, 1957, to a standing room only audience of professional actors, directors and writers. The lectures embodied an attempt by Mr. Lewis, an early student of the Stanislavski System , or method of acting, to dispel what he considered to be myths and misinformation surrounding the various interpretations of Stanislavski, which had all become popularly, and in some cases inaccurately, known as Method Acting The Method . The Book The book, Method &mdash Or Madness? by Robert Lewis actor was published in 1958 by Samuel French, Inc. . In his introduction for the book, Harold Clurman referred to the lectures as a kind of codicil to the classics of the subject, the three books by Constantin Stanislavski . He went on to say The distinguishing feature of the Lewis lectures, beside their humor, is their common sense . Because of the widespread confusion and misinformation regarding Constantin Stanislavski and Lee Strasberg s acting technique, lumping the notions all under the blanket term The Method, Lewis taught lectures to fuse the two ideas. Method &mdash Or Madness? has been translated into several languages and is still in print, some fifty years after the original lectures. Category American non fiction books Category 1958 books ... more details
The Ericsson Method is a child fertilisation conception idea that is reputed to help determine a Infant baby s sex, developed and patented by Dr. Ronald Ericsson . The method has been in use since the mid 1970s. Dr. Ericsson maintains that the method is up to 85 percent effective, but some experts question the effectiveness of the method. Experiments with the Ericsson method have determined that the method does not create X or Y enriched sperm samples. Nevertheless some studies have suggested that, at least with parents seeking girls, a 71 percent success rate can be obtained. The Ericsson method is based on the belief that X sperm swim slower than Y sperm. Sperm are placed in a test tube atop a column of increasingly thicker layers of albumin, and allowed to swim down into the solution. After a certain time period has elapsed, the sperm can be separated into the faster and slower swimmers. If the couple desires a male baby the faster swimmers are artificially inseminated , and if the couple desires a female baby the same procedure is enacted with the slower swimmers. External links http www.in gender.com gender selection ericsson Ericsson.aspx Basic Information http humrep.oxfordjournals.org cgi content full 17 5 1254 Study showing 71 effectiveness Category Reproduction med stub ... more details
In calculus , the method of normals was a technique invented by Descartes for finding surface normal normal and tangent lines to curve curves . It represented one of the earliest methods for constructing tangents to curves. The method hinges on the observation that the radius of a circle is always normal to the circle itself. With this in mind Descartes would construct a circle that was tangent to a given curve. He could then use the radius at the point of intersection to find the slope of a normal line, and from this one can easily find the slope of a tangent line. This was discovered about the same time as Fermat s method of adequality . While Fermat s method had more in common with the infinitesimal techniques that were to be used later, Descartes method was more influential in the early history of calculus. harv Katz 2008 One reason Descartes method fell from favor was the algebraic complexity it involved. On the other hand this method can be used to rigorously define the derivative for a wide class of functions using neither infinitesimal nor limit techniques. It is also related to a completely general definition of differentiability given by Carath odory harv Range 2011 . See Also Adequality References citation title A History of Mathematics An Introduction last Katz first V. publisher Addison Wesley year 2008 citation title Where Are Limits Needed in Calculus? last1 Range first1 R. Michael journal American Mathematical Monthly volume 118 number 5 month May year 2011 pages 404 417 Category History of calculus ... more details
For the midpoint rule in numerical quadrature rectangle method File Midpoint method illustration.png right thumb Illustration of the midpoint method assuming that math y n math equals the exact value math y t n . math The midpoint method computes math y n 1 math so that the red chord is approximately parallel to the tangent line at the midpoint the green line . In numerical analysis , a branch of applied mathematics , the midpoint method is a one step method for solving the ordinary differential equation differential equation math y t f t, y t , quad y t 0 y 0 math Numerical ordinary differential equations numerically , and is given by the formula math y n 1 y n hf left t n frac h 2 ,y n frac h 2 f t n, y n right , qquad qquad 1 math for math n 0, 1, 2, dots math Here, math h math is the step ... value of math y t n . math The midpoint method is also known as the modified Euler method . ref harvnb S li Mayers 2003 p 328 ref The name of the method comes from the fact that in the formula ... to be found. The local error at each step of the midpoint method is of order math O left h 3 right ... intensive than Euler s method , the midpoint method generally gives more accurate results. The method ... method File Numerical integration illustration, h 1.png right thumb Illustration of numerical integration for the equation math y y, y 0 1. math Blue the Euler method , green the midpoint method ... method converges faster than the Euler method. The midpoint method is a refinement of the Euler s method math y n 1 y n hf t n,y n , , math and is derived in a similar manner. The key to deriving Euler s method is the approximate equality math y t h approx y t hf t,y t qquad qquad 2 ... in mind that math y f t, y . math For the midpoint method, one replaces 3 with the more accurate ... is then to use a Taylor series expansion exactly as if using the Euler method to solve for math ... math and the midpoint method 1 . See also Rectangle method Heun s method Leapfrog integration and Verlet ... more details
refimprove date May 2008 Method chaining is a common technique for invoking multiple method calls in Object oriented programming object oriented programming languages . Each method returns an object possibly the current object itself , allowing the calls to be chained together in a single statement. ref cite web accessdate 2011 04 13 location http firstclassthoughts.co.uk publisher First Class Thoughts title Applying Method Chaining quote In order to simplify repeated object interactions on the same object the old trick Method Chaining originating the world of Smalltalk should be enforced. The idea is to let methods return this rather than void, thus affecting especially set and add methods. Method chaining arose during the designers of Smalltalk persuit to minimize the number of keywords in the language, which lead to the discovery that void is an unnecesarry keyword . url http firstclassthoughts.co.uk java method chaining.html ref A method chain is also known as a train wreck due to an increasing amount of methods stacked after another in one line. ref cite book last Martin first Robert Cecil authorlink Robert C. Martin title Clean Code A Handbook of Agile Software Craftsmanship publisher Prentice Hall year 2008 isbn 0 13 235088 2 ref Method chaining is not required. It only potentially improves readability and reduces the amount of source code. It is the core concept behind building a fluent interface . Example The following is an example in Java programming language Java of how method chaining might be implemented and used source lang java class Person private String name private int age In addition to having the side effect of setting the attributes in question, the setters return this the current Person object to allow for further chained method calls. public Person ... www.infoq.com articles internal dsls java Creating DSLs in Java using method chaining concept DEFAULTSORT Method Chaining Category Method computer science ... more details
Unreferenced date December 2006 Flux method is a method of crystal growth where the components of the desired substance are dissolved in a solvent flux . The method is particularly suitable for crystals needing to be free from thermal strain and it takes place in a crucible made of non reactive metal such as platinum , tantalum , niobium or other non reactive elements. However, other common crucible materials include oxides such as Alumina , Zirconia , and Boron nitride . Crucibles are normally sealed in evacuated quartz ampoules or reactions take place in controlled atmosphere furnaces. A saturated solution is prepared by keeping the constituents of the desired crystal and the flux at a temperature slightly above the saturation temperature long enough to form a complete solution. Then the crucible is cooled in order to cause the desired crystal to precipitate. Nucleation happens in the cooler part of the crucible. One advantage of this method is that the crystals grown display natural facets so that they can be used for optical experiments without the need for further polishing. A disadvantage is that most flux method syntheses produce relatively small crystals. However, some materials such as the 115 Heavy Fermion Superconductors CeXIn5, X Co,Ir,Rh may grow up to a few centimeters. The growth can happen by spontaneous nucleation or growth on a seed crystal seed . See also Crystallography Verneuil Process Czochralski Epitaxy Crystal growth Chemical vapor deposition Hydrothermal synthesis Micro pulling down DEFAULTSORT Flux Method Category Crystallography fr Cristallog n se pt Cristalografia sk Kry taliz cia ... more details
Technical date February 2011 In numerical analysis, Broyden s method is a quasi Newton method for the root finding algorithm in k variables. It was originally described by Charles George Broyden C. G. Broyden in 1965. ref cite journal last Broyden first C. G. title A Class of Methods for Solving Nonlinear Simultaneous Equations journal Mathematics of Computation volume 19 issue 92 pages 577 593 publisher American Mathematical Society accessdate 2007 04 29 month October year 1965 doi 10.2307 2003941 jstor 2003941 ref Newton s method for solving the equation math displaystyle f x 0 math uses the Jacobian ... this Jacobian is a difficult and expensive operation. The idea behind Broyden s method is to compute .... In 1979 Gay proved that when Broyden s method is applied to a linear system of size n x n, it terminates ... s method journal SIAM Journal of Numerical Analysis volume 16 issue 4 pages 623 630 publisher SIAM month August year 1979 doi 10.1137 0716047 ref Description of the method Broyden s method is a generalization of the secant method to multiple dimensions. The secant method replaces the first derivative ... n f x n 1 x n x n 1 , math and proceeds similar to Newton s method Newton s Method math x n 1 x n frac ... n 1 1 frac Delta x n J 1 n 1 Delta F n Delta x n T J 1 n 1 Delta F n Delta x n T J 1 n 1 math This method is commonly known as the good Broyden s method . A similar technique can be derived by using ... F math instead this yields the so called bad Broyden s method but see ref cite journal last Kvaalen first Eric title A faster Broyden method journal BIT Numerical Mathematics volume 31 issue 2 pages ... also Secant method Newton s method Quasi Newton method Newton s method in optimization Davidon Fletcher Powell formula BFGS method Broyden Fletcher Goldfarb Shanno BFGS method References references External links http math.fullerton.edu mathews n2003 BroydenMethodMod.html Module for Broyden s Method by John H. Mathews DEFAULTSORT Broyden s Method Optimization algorithms convex Category Root finding ... more details
Electoral systems Dodgson s method is a voting system proposed by the author, mathematician and logician, Charles Dodgson better known as Lewis Carroll . The method is extending the Condorcet method by swapping candidates until you find a Condorcet winner. The winner is the candidate which requires the minimum number of swaps. Dodgson proposed this voting scheme in his 1876 work A method of taking votes on more than two issues . Given an integer k and an election, it is NP complete to determine whether or not a candidate can become a Condorcet winner with less than k swaps. Description In Dodgson s method, each voter submits an ordered list of all candidates according to their own preference from best to worst . The winner is defined to be the candidate for whom we need to perform the minimum number of pairwise swaps added over all candidates before they become a Condorcet winner . In particular, if there is already a Condorcet winner , they win the election. In short, we must find the voting profile with minimum Kendall tau distance from the input, such that it has a Condorcet winner they are declared the victor. Computing the winner is an NP hard problem. ref name btt J. Bartholdi III, C. A. Tovey, and M. A. Trick, Voting schemes for which it can be difficult to tell who won the election , Social Choice and Welfare , Vol. 6, No. 2 1989 , pp. 157 165. ref References references DEFAULTSORT Dodgson s Method Category Electoral systems Category Voting systems Category Non monotonic Condorcet methods election stub ... more details
Eclectic Method is the name of an audio visual remix act, originally formed in London in 2001 by Geoff Gamlen, Ian Edgar, Johnny Wilson. They quickly developed Eclectic Method s audio visual style into a live performance featuring video turntables Pioneer DVJ 1000 mixing the visuals and audio live ref http www.djsounds.com 05 24 profile eclectic method ref . As a live act, they have travelled around the world playing hundreds of gigs in Asia , North America , South America , Europe and the Middle East . After their early period, creating what were considered bootleg and unofficial video remixes, Eclectic Method were called upon by artists like Fatboy Slim ref http www.discogs.com release 754762 ref & U2 and by film, video, and television companies such as New Line Cinema ref http www.dmc.co.uk 2006 02 01 new line cinema take the lead ref and Palm Pictures to create custom a v remixes. Eclectic Method Johnny Wilson opened the Dance Forest stage at the Virgin Mobile FreeFest in Columbia, Maryland on September 10, 2011. ref http virginmobilefestival.com ref Members Geoff Gamlen Ian Edgar Johnny Wilson Greg Deocampo AfterEffects, EBN, IFILM, Mediatronica began working with the trio in 2006 on advanced research and development initiatives involving live, online, and blimp based video. Appearing in Copyright Criminals Eclectic Method appears as one of the featured artists on Copyright Criminals , a 2009 documentary film directed and produced by Benjamin Franzen and Kembrew McLeod examining the creative and the commercial value of sampling. Videography Bootleg Video Mix CD ROM 2002 ... 2009 Eclectic Method Goes Phish 2009 References references External links http www.eclecticmethod.net Eclectic Method Official Website http www.myspace.com eclecticmethod Eclectic Method MySpace Page http twitter.com Eclecticmethod Eclectic Method Twitter Page http www.google.com search?q eclectic method video Eclectic Method Videos Google Search DEFAULTSORT Eclectic Method Category Culture jamming ... more details
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