Visual Studio Magazine

Linear Regression Using JavaScript

Dr. James McCaffrey presents a complete end-to-end demonstration of linear regression using JavaScript. Linear regression is the simplest machine learning technique to predict a single numeric value, ...
Psychology Today

Why Do People Use Outdated Dog Training Methods?

The importance of using reward-based methods to train dogs is widely known, yet some people still use aversive methods. By definition, both reward-based and aversive methods work to change behavior, ...
IEEE

Lightweight 2D Medical Image Segmentation via a Decoder Using Linear Deformable Convolution and Multi-scale Self-attention

Abstract: Computational resources, which presents a significant challenge in resourceconstrained environments, particularly in developing countries. Consequently, the development of decoding ...
Visual Studio Magazine

Linear Regression with Two-Way Interactions Using C#

Dr. James McCaffrey from Microsoft Research presents a complete end-to-end demonstration of linear regression with two-way interactions between predictor variables. Compared to standard linear ...
Hackaday

A Unique Linear Position Sensor Using Magnetostriction

To the extent that you’re familiar with magnetostriction, you probably know that it’s what makes big transformers hum, or that it’s what tips you off if you happen to walk out of a store without ...
Frontiers

Tracking shoreline change using minimum convolution of Gaussian weight and squared differences

1 Department of Coastal Management, Geosystem Research Corp., Gunpo, Republic of Korea 2 School of Civil Engineering, Kookmin University, Seoul, Republic of Korea Detecting and responding ...
Retail Dive

Nordstrom and Macy’s abandoned the ‘retail inventory method’ after using it for decades. Here’s why.

Several major retailers in the U.S. use a century-old accounting practice known as “the retail inventory method,” which relies on retail prices to estimate inventory, even though it fails to take full ...
IEEE

Piecewise linear recursive convolution for dispersive media using FDTD

Abstract: Electromagnetic propagation through linear dispersive media can be analyzed using the finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method by employing the recursive convolution (RC) approach to ...
InfoWorld

Better than reflection: Using method handles and variable handles in Java

Reflection was essential to the advanced Java toolkit for years. Now it's being superseded by newer, safer options. Here's how to use MethodHandle and VarHandle to gain programmatic access to methods ...
PC World

Windows unleashed: 7 easy programs that unlock command line powers

Windows, Microsoft, and third-party software makers supply numerous useful tools for the command line — but these are not always easy to use. Graphical user interfaces (GUI), on the other hand, ...