International Journal of Applied Mathematics

A quadrature rule using Appell polynomials and generalizing both the Euler-MacLaurin quadrature formula and a similar quadrature rule, obtained in Bretti et al [15], which makes use of Euler (instead of Bernoulli) numbers and even (instead of odd) derivatives of the given function at the extrema of the considered interval, is derived. An expression of the remainder term and a numerical example are also enclosed.

HOW TO EXPLAIN EXPERIMENTAL DATA WITH MATHEMATICAL MODELS: FORECASTING THE EFFECTS OF CRYSTALLIZATION INHIBITORS

In this work we developed a mathematical model describing the crystallization process of salt dissolved in water flowing within a porous medium (in this case the common brick). Starting from this model a numerical tool was developed that allows to describe the effects of salt penetrating inside porous media and to forecast the effects of the application of crystallization inibitors.

Inverse velocity statistics in two-dimensional turbulence

We present a numerical study of two-dimensional turbulent flows in the enstropy cascade regime, with different large-scale energy sinks. In particular, we study the statistics of more-than-differentiable velocity fluctuations by means of two sets of statistical estimators, namely inverse statistics and second-order differences. In this way, we are able to probe statistical fluctuations that are not captured by the usual spectral analysis. We show that a new set of exponents associated to more-than-differentiable fluctuations of the velocity field exists.

Approximation of Finite Hilbert and Hadamard Transforms by Using Equally Spaced Nodes

In the present paper, we propose a numerical method for the simultaneous approximation of the finite Hilbert and Hadamard transforms of a given function f, supposing to know only the samples of f at equidistant points. As reference interval we consider [-1,1] and as approximation tool we use iterated Boolean sums of Bernstein polynomials, also known as generalized Bernstein polynomials. Pointwise estimates of the errors are proved, and some numerical tests are given to show the performance of the procedures and the theoretical results.

An employee voice framework as a tool to compare employees and managers viewpoints: the case of the Italian National Research Council

Ever more organizations, both private and public, are placing a greater importance on employee engagement as a means of generating better organizational climate and higher levels of performance. Actually, employee engagement is part of the strategic management of high performance organization, which pay always more attention to human resource initiatives. Moreover, forms of involvement in the decision processes make more motivating and more satisfying the activity for employees, as they create the conditions for greater inspiration and, in turn, contribute to their well-being.

A global approach for learning sparse Ising models

We consider the problem of learning the link parameters as well as the structure of a binary-valued pairwise Markov model. Under sparsity assumption, we propose a method based on l1-regularized logistic regression, which estimate globally the whole set of edges and link parameters. Unlike the more recent methods discussed in literature that learn the edges and the corresponding link parameters one node at a time, in this work we propose a method that learns all the edges and corresponding link parameters simultaneously for all nodes.