Re: optimization of rule-based model on discrete variables

2021-06-16 Thread Elena via Python-list
Il Wed, 16 Jun 2021 11:37:42 +1200, Greg Ewing ha scritto: > On 15/06/21 10:07 pm, Elena wrote: >> After the optimization, I will use f just to predict new Xi. > > So you're going to use f backwards? > > I don't see how that will work. Where are you going to f

Re: optimization of rule-based model on discrete variables

2021-06-15 Thread Elena via Python-list
Il Tue, 15 Jun 2021 01:53:09 +, Martin Di Paola ha scritto: > From what I'm understanding it is an "optimization problem" like the > ones that you find in "linear programming". > > But in your case the variables are not Real (they are Integers) and the > function to minimize g() is not linear

Re: optimization of rule-based model on discrete variables

2021-06-15 Thread Elena via Python-list
Il Tue, 15 Jun 2021 10:40:05 +1200, Greg Ewing ha scritto: > On 15/06/21 12:51 am, Elena wrote: > Hmmm, so the problem breaks down into two parts: > (1) find a vector Y that minimises g (2) find a set of rules that will > allow you to predict each component of Y from its correspond

Re: optimization of rule-based model on discrete variables

2021-06-14 Thread Elena via Python-list
Il Mon, 14 Jun 2021 19:39:17 +1200, Greg Ewing ha scritto: > On 14/06/21 4:15 am, Elena wrote: >> Given a dataset of X={(x1... x10)} I can calculate Y=f(X) where f is >> this rule-based function. >> >> I know an operator g that can calculate a real value from Y: e =

optimization of rule-based model on discrete variables

2021-06-14 Thread Elena via Python-list
Hi, I have, say 10 variables (x1 ... x10) which can assume discrete finite values, for instance [0,1 or 2]. I need to build a set of rules, such as: 1) if x1==0 and x2==1 and x10==2 then y = 1 2) if x2==1 and x3==1 and x4==2 and x6==0 then y = 0 3) if x2==0 and x3==1 then y = 2 4) if x6==0 and x7

Re: Keyboard Layout: Dvorak vs Colemak: is it Worthwhile to Improve the Dvorak Layout?

2011-06-14 Thread Elena
On 13 Giu, 11:22, Chris Angelico wrote: > On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 6:42 PM, Yang Ha Nguyen wrote: > > > Could you show which studies?  Do they do research just about habit or > > other elements (e.g. movement rates, comfortablility, ...) as well? > > Have they ever heard of RSI because of repetiti

Re: Keyboard Layout: Dvorak vs Colemak: is it Worthwhile to Improve the Dvorak Layout?

2011-06-13 Thread Elena
On 13 Giu, 15:19, Steven D'Aprano wrote: > On Mon, 13 Jun 2011 00:21:53 -0700, Elena wrote: > > On 13 Giu, 06:30, Tim Roberts wrote: > >> Studies have shown that even a > >> strictly alphabetical layout works perfectly well, once the typist is > >> accl

Re: Keyboard Layout: Dvorak vs Colemak: is it Worthwhile to Improve the Dvorak Layout?

2011-06-13 Thread Elena
On 13 Giu, 06:30, Tim Roberts wrote: > Studies have shown that even a > strictly alphabetical layout works perfectly well, once the typist is > acclimated. Once the user is acclimated to move her hands much more (about 40% more for Qwerty versus Dvorak), that is. -- http://mail.python.org/mailm

Re: Scheme as a virtual machine?

2010-11-25 Thread Elena
On Oct 13, 9:09 pm, namekuseijin wrote: > On 11 out, 08:49, Oleg  Parashchenko wrote: > > > > > Hello, > > > I'd like to try the idea that Scheme can be considered as a new > > portable assembler. We could code something in Scheme and then compile > > it to PHP or Python or Java or whatever. > >

Re: Which is the best implementation of LISP family of languages for real world programming ?

2010-06-11 Thread Elena
On 11 Giu, 20:03, Chris Hulan wrote: > Haven't used it but Racket (http://racket-lang.org/) looks to be a new > and improved Scheme I have checked it out and I don't recommend it to others. Racket is not Scheme anymore (it can't use SLIB, which relies on common Scheme facilities). Racket is a la

Re: Which is the best implementation of LISP family of languages for real world programming ?

2010-06-11 Thread Elena
On 10 Giu, 23:33, bolega wrote: > I mean ordinary people, who may want to do things with their computers > for scripting, tasks that python can do... Lisp is not for ordinary people, Python is. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: If Scheme is so good why MIT drops it?

2009-07-19 Thread Elena
On Jul 19, 7:33 pm, fft1976 wrote: > How do you explain that something as inferior as Python beat Lisp in > the market place despite starting 40 years later. To be mainstream a language has to fit in most programmers' minds. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: Help with research

2005-02-18 Thread elena
nd was not developed specifically for programmers. I will be very careful. But I will be using it to compare groups of progammers, so the results should have some value. I know I promised not to discuss, but I couldn't resist. I like discussing our culture. Elena -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Help with research

2005-02-17 Thread elena
it with found it to be pretty interesting. I can go to my friends, however it occurred to me that it might be better to post in a newsgroup and get a larger, more diverse, and random sample. Thanks again for your time, Elena -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list