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Bradley-Terry models in R : the BradleyTerry2 package
No full textThis is a short overview of the R add-on package BradleyTerry2, which facilitates the specification and fitting of Bradley-Terry logit, probit or cauchit models to pair-comparison data. Included are the standard 'unstructured' Bradley-Terry model, structured versions in which the parameters are related through a linear predictor to explanatory variables, and the possibility of an order or 'home advantage' effect or other 'contest-specific' effects. Model fitting is either by maximum likelihood, by penalized quasi-likelihood (for models which involve a random effect), or by bias-reduced maximum likelihood in which the first-order asymptotic bias of parameter estimates is eliminated. Also provided are a simple and efficient approach to handling missing covariate data, and suitably-defined residuals for diagnostic checking of the linear predictor
Terry Boxall
No full text"W.O. Terry Boxall RAAF 41335 Served N.T. Top End Feb 42 May 43. At army school Winellie No 31 Beaufighter Sqdrn Coomalie Creek In 20 Jap raids - From Vic."Warrant Officer Terry Boxall. Royal Australian Air Force, 41335. Served Northern Territory Top End February 1942 May 1943. At army school Winnellie. Number 31 Beaufighter Squadron, Coomalie Creek. In 20 Japanese raids - From Victoria
WPA Interview - Elizabeth Terry Chapman
No full textA transcript of a WPA Interview by Chas R. Fuller with Elizabeth Terry Chapman in the 1930s. Chapman (Born Terry) is the daughter of Stephen Terry and born in Fort Worth in 1863. Chapman recalls being told by her family their arrival to Fort Worth, after being stopped in Dallas. She recalls where her family lived and later having married H. D. Chapman. Chapman describes various people and locations in Fort Worth at the time.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_workprojectsadministration/1153/thumbnail.jp
WPA Interview - Nat Terry
No full textA transcript of a WPA Interview with Nat Terry in the 1930s. Terry recalls that there was not a roller mill in Fort Worth until the Fort Worth Foundry was established and its location was on front street between Lamar and Taylor. Terry states that the only establishment was the Carson House. Terry also describes that he was in the iron industry due to his uncle R. H. King and that the iron that came to Fort Worth came from Dallas.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_workprojectsadministration/1154/thumbnail.jp
Accounting for Individual Differences in Bradley-Terry Models by Means of Recursive Partitioning
No full textThe preference scaling of a group of subjects may not be homogeneous, but different
groups of subjects with certain characteristics may show different preference scalings,
each of which can be derived from paired comparisons by means of the Bradley-Terry model.
Usually, either different models are fit in predefined subsets of the
sample, or the effects of subject covariates are explicitly specified in a parametric
model. In both cases, categorical covariates can be employed directly to distinguish
between the different groups, while numeric covariates are typically discretized
prior to modeling.
Here, a semi-parametric approach for recursive partitioning of Bradley-Terry models is
introduced as a means for identifying groups of subjects with homogeneous preference scalings
in a data-driven way. In this approach, the covariates that -- in main effects or
interactions -- distinguish between groups of subjects with different preference
orderings, are detected automatically from the set of candidate covariates. One main
advantage of this approach is that sensible partitions in numeric covariates are
also detected automatically
WPA Interview - Jim Terry
No full textA transcript of an WPA interview with Jim Terry conducted by Stephen T. Chapman in the 1930s. Terry was born on November 18, 1870. After his parents died, Terry was became a ward to his uncle R. H. King, who owned the first blacksmith in Fort Worth. Terry recalls King was involved with the Masonic circles and he was prominent during the reconstruction period within the Ku Klux Klan. Terry also describes the Klan being strong within Tarrant County and recalls dinners being served early in case he was called away. Terry also describes the first train in Dallas in 1876, the first church in 1871, the first city hall in 1875, the first mayor in 1873, and the first courthouse in 1860. Terry also recalls Sol Bragg, who was the first African American to be hanged in Tarrant County in 1875, he explains the details in his testimony.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_workprojectsadministration/1132/thumbnail.jp
"Disney is the Tiffany’s and I am the Woolworth's of the business": A critical re-analysis of the business philosophies, production values and studio practices of animator-producer Paul Houlton Terry
No full textThis thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University.Animator-producer Paul Houlton Terry has been portrayed as having little passion for the animation he produced and being more concerned with making a profit than producing entertaining cartoons with high production values. The purpose of the dissertation is to re-evaluate Terry‘s legacy to animated cartooning by analyzing his business philosophies, production values, and studio practices.
Application of four psychodynamic factors to the early life and career of Terry, 1887-1929, found that his economic decision making was characterized by: an external locus of control, risk-averse financial behaviour, extreme saving behaviour through precaution, and shrewd money management practices. Based on Terry‘s historical responses to twelve major economic, technological, or institutional forces of change for the period 1929-1955, the psychodynamic factors were found to provide accurate explanations for his studio practices and production decisions.
There was no evidence to support the conclusion that three early career disappointments undermined Terry‘s intrinsic motivation to create animated cartoons. Rather, Terry‘s lack of risk taking, external locus of control, tight studio production schedule, desire to compete with neighbour studio Fleischer, difficulty in separating financial rewards from creative processes in animation, and practice of undertaking surveillance measures on staff may have undermined his and his studio‘s creativity. Archival research found Terry to possess strong passions for and to have made significant creative contributions to the field of animation.
Biographical research found that Terry retained a stable nucleus of highly talented artists who dedicated a significant portion of their working careers to the studio. An analysis of the cel aesthetics of a random sample of animated cartoons produced during the years 1930-1955 found that Terry created animated cartoons with above average cel aesthetics when compared to the other studios thereby supporting an inference that Terry was motivated to producing quality crafted animation. Further research is suggested into the role psychodynamic factors and economic decision-making play in the film production process and a clarification of Terry‘s legacy to the field of animated cartoons
WPA Interview - James Terry
No full textA transcript of a WPA interview with James Terry in the 1930s. James Terry recalls various locations around Fort Worth, including Frenchmen\u27s Wells located on Taylor St. Terry also confirms Swayne\u27s statement of the two oldest buildings in Fort Worth still standing on 503 and 413 E. First St.https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/specialcollections_workprojectsadministration/1155/thumbnail.jp
Terry, R F, 402418
No full textThis record was harvested from a previous catalogue system and will be withdrawn in 2025. Information in this record may be superseded or incomplete. Visit this record in UMA's new catalogue at: https://archives.library.unimelb.edu.au/nodes/view/420897Surname: TERRY. Given Name(s) or Initials: R F. Military Service Number or Last Known Location: 402418. Missing, Wounded and Prisoner of War Enquiry Card Index Number: 4470.245607
Item: [2016.0049.53158] "Terry, R F, 402418
Is a Semantic Web Agent a Knowledge-Savvy Agent?
No full textThe issue of knowledge sharing has permeated the field of distributed AI and in particular, its successor, multiagent systems. Through the years, many research and engineering efforts have tackled the problem of encoding and sharing knowledge without the need for a single, centralized knowledge base. However, the emergence of modern computing paradigms such as distributed, open systems have highlighted the importance of sharing distributed and heterogeneous knowledge at a larger scale—possibly at the scale of the Internet. The very characteristics that define the Semantic Web—that is, dynamic, distributed, incomplete, and uncertain knowledge—suggest the need for autonomy in distributed software systems. Semantic Web research promises more than mere management of ontologies and data through the definition of machine-understandable languages. The openness and decentralization introduced by multiagent systems and service-oriented architectures give rise to new knowledge management models, for which we can’t make a priori assumptions about the type of interaction an agent or a service may be engaged in, and likewise about the message protocols and vocabulary used. We therefore discuss the problem of knowledge management for open multi-agent systems, and highlight a number of challenges relating to the exchange and evolution of knowledge in open environments, which pertinent to both the Semantic Web and Multi Agent System communities alike
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