CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search The Buddha games list is a list of games which it is reputed that Gautama Buddha said that he would not play. As such it dates back to the 6th or 5th century BC and is the earliest known list of games. [ clarification needed ] There is some debate about the translation of some of the games mentioned, [ clarification needed ] and the list given here is based on the translation by T.W. Rhys Davids of the Brahmajāla Sutta and is in the same order given in the original. [1] The list is also given in a number of other Buddhist works, including the Vinaya Pitaka . Games on boards with 8 or 10 rows. (Thought to refer to Ashtapada and Dasapada respectively.) The same games played on imaginary boards. ( Akasam Astapadam was an Ashtapada variant played with no board, literally "Astapadam played in...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Type systems Type safety Dynamic type-checking Static type-checking Inferred vs. Manifest Nominal vs. Structural Dependent typing Duck typing Gradual typing Flow-sensitive typing Latent typing Substructural typing Uniqueness typing Strong and weak typing v t e Substructural type systems are a family of type systems analogous to substructural logics where one or more of the structural rules are absent or only allowed under controlled circumstances. Such systems are useful for constraining access to system resources such as files , locks and memory by keeping track of changes of state that occur and preventing invalid states. [1] [2] 1 Different substructural type systems 1.1 Linear type systems 1.2 Affine type systems 1.3 Relevant type system 1.4 Ordered type syst...

CentralNotice k From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Machine learning and data mining Problems Classification Clustering Regression Anomaly detection Association rules Reinforcement learning Structured prediction Feature engineering Feature learning Online learning Semi-supervised learning Unsupervised learning Learning to rank Grammar induction Supervised learning ( classification • regression ) Decision trees Ensembles ( Bagging , Boosting , Random forest ) k -NN Linear regression Naive Bayes Neural networks Logistic regression Perceptron Relevance vector machine (RVM) Support vector machine (SVM) Clustering BIRCH Hierarchical k -means Expectation-maximization (EM) DBSCAN OPTICS Mean-shift Dimensionality reduction Factor analysis CCA ICA LDA NMF PCA t-SNE Structured prediction ...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search NeuroEvolution of Augmenting Topologies ( NEAT ) is a genetic algorithm for the generation of evolving artificial neural networks (a neuroevolution technique) developed by Ken Stanley in 2002 while at The University of Texas at Austin . It alters both the weighting parameters and structures of networks, attempting to find a balance between the fitness of evolved solutions and their diversity. It is based on applying three key techniques: tracking genes with history markers to allow crossover among topologies, applying speciation (the evolution of species) to preserve innovations, and developing topologies incrementally from simple initial structures ("complexifying"). 1 Performance 2 Complexification 3 Implementation 4 Extensions to NEAT 4.1 rtNEAT 4.2 Phased Pruning 4.3 HyperN...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search NeuroEvolution of Augmenting Topologies ( NEAT ) is a genetic algorithm for the generation of evolving artificial neural networks (a neuroevolution technique) developed by Ken Stanley in 2002 while at The University of Texas at Austin . It alters both the weighting parameters and structures of networks, attempting to find a balance between the fitness of evolved solutions and their diversity. It is based on applying three key techniques: tracking genes with history markers to allow crossover among topologies, applying speciation (the evolution of species) to preserve innovations, and developing topologies incrementally from simple initial structures ("complexifying"). 1 Performance 2 Complexification 3 Implementation 4 Extensions to NEAT 4.1 rtNEAT 4.2 Phased Pruning 4.3 HyperN...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search The topic of this article may not meet Wikipedia's notability guideline for biographies . Please help to establish notability by citing reliable secondary sources that are independent of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond its mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be established, the article is likely to be merged , redirected , or deleted . Find sources: "Chuck Tingle" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR · free images (July 2015) Chuck Tingle is the pseudonym of an anonymous author of niche erotica. [1] [2] The persona is portrayed as a folksy father from Montana. Tingle stays in-character during interviews and on his Twitter feed. [3] His work is self-published on Amazon.com . [4] [5] [6] [7] Tingle began with writing dinosaur erotica...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search BiS Kaidan (BiS階段) was a Japanese noise band formed in 2012 as a collaboration between the female idol group BiS (a name which stands for "Brand-new idol Society" [ 1 ] ) and the noise band Hijokaidan . [ 2 ] 1 History 2 Members 3 Recordings 4 Performance 5 References History [ edit ] BiS Kaidan was a project launched by Hijokaidan's frontman Jojo Hiroshige. Initially he expressed a desire to work with idol group Momoiro Clover Z to create "Momoclo Kaidan," but fans on Twitter suggested that BiS, a group known for their punk rock sound and extreme stunts, would fit Hijokaidan's image better. [ 3 ] They initially worked together as what was to be a one-off unit in November 2012, where they performed live noise renditions of BiS' songs "eat it" and "nerve". However, Hiroshige ...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search This article is about medical savings accounts in the United States. For international uses, see medical savings account . Health care in the United States Government Health Programs Federal Employees Health Benefits Program Indian Health Service Veterans Health Administration Military Health System / TRICARE Medicare Medicaid / State Health Insurance Assistance Program (SHIP) State Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Program of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly (PACE) Prescription Assistance (SPAP) Private health coverage Health insurance in the United States Consumer-driven health care Flexible spending account (FSA) Health Reimbursement Account Health savings account (HSA) High-deductible health plan (HDHP) Medical savings account (MSA) Private Fee-For-Service...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Scotch whisky Type Whisky Country of origin Scotland Alcohol by volume 40–94.8% Scotch whisky , often simply called Scotch , is malt whisky or grain whisky made in Scotland . Scotch whisky must be made in a manner specified by law. [ 1 ] All Scotch whisky was originally made from malted barley . Commercial distilleries began introducing whisky made from wheat and rye in the late 18th century. [ 2 ] Scotch whisky is divided into five distinct categories: single malt Scotch whisky, single grain Scotch whisky, blended malt Scotch whisky (formerly called "vatted malt" or "pure malt"), blended grain Scotch whisky, and blended Scotch whisky. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] All Scotch whisky must be aged in oak barrels for at least three years. [ 1 ] [ 3 ] Any age statement on a bottle of Scotch w...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search For other persons with similar names, see Bob Flanagan (disambiguation) . Bob Flanagan Born ( 1952-12-26 ) December 26, 1952 New York City , US Died January 4, 1996 ( 1996-01-04 ) (aged 43) Long Beach, California , US Occupation Performance artist Bob Flanagan (December 26, 1952 – January 4, 1996) [ 1 ] was an American performance artist , comic , writer, poet, and musician. 1 Biography 1.1 Early life 1.2 Death 2 Career 2.1 Music videos 2.1.1 Selected performances 3 Partial bibliography 4 References 5 External links Biography [ edit ] Early life [ edit ] He was born in New York City on December 26, 1952, and grew up in first in Glendale, then Costa Mesa,California, with his mother, Kathy; father, Robert; brothers John and Tim; and sister, Patrici...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search " Parce que tu crois " ( English translation: "Because You Believe") is a song by Armenian - French singer Charles Aznavour . It was released on his 1966 albums La bohème and Chante Paris au mois d'août . [ 1 ] Cover Versions [ edit ] The song has been sampled by numerous music artists including: Dr. Dre's on " What's the Difference " (feat. Eminem and Xzibit ) (1999) [ 2 ] Bitter:Sweet on " Dirty Laundry " [ 3 ] Blu Cantrell on " Breathe (featuring Sean Paul) " Wax Tailor on "Positively Inclined" Koxie on " Garçon " Indila on "Dernière danse" Eminem on "The Real Slim Shady" Nikki Yanofsky on "Necessary Evil" Miles Cane on "Johanna" (soundtrack to the movie Mortdecai) [ 4 ] Notes [ edit ] ^ http://www.discogs.com/Charles-Aznavour-Chante-Paris-Au-Mois-DAo%C3%BBt/master/450763 ^ Bitt...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Ada Paradigm Multi-paradigm Designed by MIL-STD-1815/Ada 83: Jean Ichbiah Ada 95: Tucker Taft Ada 2005: Tucker Taft Ada 2012: Tucker Taft First appeared 1980 ; 36 years ago ( 1980 ) Stable release Ada 2012 TC1 [ 1 ] [ 2 ] / February 1, 2016 ; 22 days ago ( 2016-02-01 ) Preview release Ada 2012 TC1 [ 3 ] / April 2015 ; 10 months ago ( 2015-04 ) Typing discipline static , strong , safe , nominative OS Cross-platform (multi-platform) Filename extensions .adb .ads Website www .adaic .org Major implementations AdaCore GNAT , Green Hills Software Optimising Ada 95 compiler, Aonix ObjectAda, [ 4 ] DDC-I Score Dialects SPARK , Ravenscar profile Influenced by ALGOL 68 , Pascal , C++ (Ada 95), Smalltalk (Ada 95), Java (Ada 2005), Eiffel (Ada 20...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Skannerz is a series of electronic toys made by Radica Games that use barcode technology to create an interactive battle game. Radica brand barcodes have the additional feature of being able to act as a healing code in the first 2 iterations of the game. 1 Models 1.1 Skannerz 1.2 Skannerz Commander 1.3 Skannerz Racerz 1.4 Skannerz Orbz 2 Monsters 3 See also 4 External links Models [ edit ] Skannerz [ edit ] The original Skannerz came in three versions which represented the three tribes. Zendra (blue), Pataak (green) and Ujalu (red). If a player scanned a barcode containing a rival tribe's monster, a battle would be initiated. Also items could be gathered from Universal Product Code barcodes. Another feature is the two player battle system where two units could be linked...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search This is a list of serious injuries and deaths that occurred during, or in immediate connection with, the taking of a selfie . [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Telegraph wrote that, in 2015, more people were killed taking selfies than by shark attacks. [ 3 ] 1 2014 1.1 March 1.2 April 1.3 May 1.4 July 1.5 August 1.6 October 1.7 November 2 2015 2.1 January 2.2 March 2.3 May 2.4 July 2.5 August 2.6 September 2.7 October 2.8 November 2.9 December 3 2016 3.1 January 3.2 February 4 References 5 Further reading 2014 [ edit ] March [ edit ] A 21-year-old Spanish man died from electrocution after climbing atop of a train to take a selfie with friends and touching a wire that (contrary to the assumptions of the group) turned out to be live. One of the friends was taken to hospi...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search For the famine across the USSR, see Soviet famine of 1932–33 . Holodomor Голодомор Starved peasants on a street in Kharkiv , 1933. Country Soviet Union Location Ukrainian SSR Period 1932–1933 Total deaths 2.4 to 7.5 million Observations Considered genocide by twenty five countries Relief Foreign relief rejected by the State. Respectively 176,200 and 325,000 tons of grains provided by the State as food and seed aids between February and July 1933. [ 1 ] Part of a series on the Holodomor Historical background Famines in Russia and USSR Soviet famine of 1932–33 Famine in Kazakhstan of 1932–33 Soviet government Institutions All-Union Communist Party (Bolshevik) Communist Party of Ukraine (Soviet Union) Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republ...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search For other uses, see Sambal (disambiguation) . Sambal Traditional sambal terasi served on stone mortar with garlic and lime Course Condiments Place of origin Indonesia Region or state Indonesia, Malaysia , Singapore , Sri Lanka and Netherlands Creator Javanese origin Serving temperature Room temperature Main ingredients Ground chili pepper with shallot , garlic and shrimp paste Cookbook: Sambal Media: Sambal Sambal is sauce typically made from a variety of chili peppers and secondary ingredients such as shrimp paste , fish sauce , garlic , ginger , shallot , scallion , sugar , lime juice , and rice vinegar or other vinegars . Various recipes of sambals usually are served as hot and spicy condiments for dishes such as ikan bakar (grilled fish), ikan gore...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Fika outdoors during springtime Family in Söderhamn seated for fika about 1916 Fika ( Swedish pronunciation: [ˈfiːˌka] ) is a concept in Swedish culture with the basic meaning "to have coffee ", often accompanied with pastries or sandwiches. [ 1 ] A more contemporary generalised meaning of the word, where the coffee may be replaced by tea or even juice , lemonade or squash for children, has become widespread. In some social circles, even just a sandwich or a small meal may be denoted a fika similar to the English concept of afternoon tea . In Sweden pastries in general (for example cinnamon buns) are often referred to as fikabröd ("fika bread"). 1 Etymology 2 Definition 3 Work break 4 See also 5 References Etymology [ edit ] The word "fika" is an example of the ba...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search For her mother, see Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald . Rosemary Kennedy Rosemary Kennedy in 1938, prior to her lobotomy, ready to be presented at Court. Born Rose Marie Kennedy September 13, 1918 Brookline, Massachusetts , United States Died January 7, 2005 ( 2005-01-07 ) (aged 86) Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin , United States Resting place Holyhood Cemetery Education Sacred Heart Convent Parent(s) Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Relatives See: Kennedy family Rose Marie "Rosemary" Kennedy (September 13, 1918 – January 7, 2005) was the first daughter born to Rose Fitzgerald and Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. , and the eldest sister of President John F. Kennedy , and Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy . She was a young woman of beauty and grace, but di...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search For her mother, see Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald . Rosemary Kennedy Rosemary Kennedy in 1938, prior to her lobotomy, ready to be presented at Court. Born Rose Marie Kennedy September 13, 1918 Brookline, Massachusetts , United States Died January 7, 2005 ( 2005-01-07 ) (aged 86) Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin , United States Resting place Holyhood Cemetery Education Sacred Heart Convent Parent(s) Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy Relatives See: Kennedy family Rose Marie "Rosemary" Kennedy (September 13, 1918 – January 7, 2005) was the first daughter born to Rose Fitzgerald and Joseph P. Kennedy, Sr. , and the eldest sister of President John F. Kennedy , and Senators Robert F. Kennedy and Ted Kennedy . She was a young woman of beauty and grace, but di...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search This is a list of paradoxes , grouped thematically. The grouping is approximate, as paradoxes may fit into more than one category. Because of varying definitions of the term paradox , some of the following are not considered to be paradoxes by everyone. This list collects only scenarios that have been called a paradox by at least one source and have their own article. Although considered paradoxes, some of these are based on fallacious reasoning, or incomplete/faulty analysis. Informally, the term is often used to describe a counter-intuitive result. 1 Logic 1.1 Self-reference 1.2 Vagueness 2 Mathematics 2.1 Statistics 2.2 Probability 2.3 Infinity and infinitesimals 2.4 Geometry and topology 3 Decision theory 4 Physics 4.1 Astrophysics 4.2 Classical mechanics 4.3 Cos...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search In game theory , the traveler's dilemma (sometimes abbreviated TD ) is a type of non- zero-sum game in which two players attempt to maximize their own payoff, without any concern for the other player's payoff. 1 Formulation 2 Analysis 3 Experimental results 4 Variation 5 Payoff matrix 6 References Formulation [ edit ] The game was formulated in 1994 by Kaushik Basu and goes as follows: [ 1 ] [ 2 ] An airline loses two suitcases belonging to two different travelers. Both suitcases happen to be identical and contain identical antiques. An airline manager tasked to settle the claims of both travelers explains that the airline is liable for a maximum of $100 per suitcase—he is unable to find out directly the price of the antiques. To determine an honest appraised value of the a...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search The Boy or Girl paradox surrounds a set of questions in probability theory which are also known as The Two Child Problem , [ 1 ] Mr. Smith's Children [ 2 ] and the Mrs. Smith Problem. The initial formulation of the question dates back to at least 1959, when Martin Gardner published one of the earliest variants of the paradox in Scientific American . Titled The Two Children Problem , he phrased the paradox as follows: Mr. Jones has two children. The older child is a girl. What is the probability that both children are girls? Mr. Smith has two children. At least one of them is a boy. What is the probability that both children are boys? Gardner initially gave the answers 1/2 and 1/3, respectively; but later acknowledged that the second question was ambiguous. [ 1 ] Its answer could be 1/2, d...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search Game theory studies strategic interaction between individuals in situations called games. Classes of these games have been given names. This is a list of the most commonly studied games 1 Explanation of features 2 List of games 3 External links 4 Notes 5 References Explanation of features [ edit ] Games can have several features, a few of the most common are listed here. Number of players : Each person who makes a choice in a game or who receives a payoff from the outcome of those choices is a player. Strategies per player : In a game each player chooses from a set of possible actions, known as pure strategies. If the number is the same for all players, it is listed here. Number of pure strategy Nash equilibria : A Nash equilibrium is a set of strategies which represents mut...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search This article includes a list of references , but its sources remain unclear because it has insufficient inline citations . Please help to improve this article by introducing more precise citations. (October 2013) The St. Petersburg paradox or St. Petersburg lottery [ 1 ] is a paradox related to probability and decision theory in economics . It is based on a particular (theoretical) lottery game that leads to a random variable with infinite expected value (i.e., infinite expected payoff) but nevertheless seems to be worth only a very small amount to the participants. The St. Petersburg paradox is a situation where a naive decision criterion which takes only the expected value into account predicts a course of action that presumably no actual person would be willing to take. Several r...

CentralNotice From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation , search In game theory , " guess 2/3 of the average " is a game where several people guess what 2/3 of the average of their guesses will be, and where the numbers are restricted to the real numbers between 0 and 100, inclusive. The winner is the one closest to the 2/3 average. 1 Equilibrium analysis 2 Experimental results 3 Rationality versus common knowledge of rationality 4 History 5 See also 6 Notes Equilibrium analysis [ edit ] In this game there is no strictly dominant strategy. However, there is a unique pure strategy Nash equilibrium . This equilibrium can be found by iterated elimination of weakly dominated strategies . Guessing any number that lies above 66.67 is weakly dominated for every player since it cannot possibly be 2/3 of the average of any guess. These can be elim...