Dharyll Prince M. Abellana,1Robert R. Roxas,1Demelo M. Lao,1Paula E. Mayol,1and Sanghyuk Lee2 Abstract Combining filters in an ensemble to improve feature selection performance is a growing field in the literature. Current techniques, however, are focused on approaches that suffer from drawbacks such as sensitivity to skewed distribution, among others. To address this gap, this paper investigates the applicability of multiple criteria...

Ramises Manzano, Jr.Gaudencio C. Petalcorin, Jr. Abstract A pseudo hyper GR-algebra is an algebraic structure involving two distinct hyperoperations. Properties of this hyper algebra have been studied and given illustrations. This paper focuses on the quotient structure of pseudo hyper GR-algebras. From an equivalence relation on a pseudo hyper GR-algebra H, we can define a congruence relation on H that is used in the constructionof the...

Isabella Pauline Quijano1,2, Mary Joyce Flores1,2 and Chito Patiño1 ABSTRACT: Habitat and wildlife conservation is becoming more difficult to practice due to increasing human population growth, environmental degradation, and climate change. Fortunately, emerging developments in species mapping have become valuable conservation tools in predicting biological diversity trends and identifying important conservation areas. This study aimed to map...

Ronald A. Pernia & Rogelio Alicor L. Panao ABSTRACT Why do citizens in post-authoritarian democracies perceive that there is high respect for individual human rights in their country when objective indicators suggest differently? Drawing on multiple individual-level opinion data and using Philippines as an illustrative case, this study hypothesizes that delegative democratic attitude (DDA) (i.e. operationalized as support for...

Chito Patiño1, Florwilyn Cayson1, and Jao Hallen Bañados1 ABSTRACT: Metro Cebu’s groundwater sources, especially in the coastal areas, are already threatened because of excessive consumption, contamination, and saltwater intrusion. Rapid urban expansion has also inflated the inherent vulnerability of the metropolitan area’s groundwater sources in addition to the apparent shortage of the resource. Thus, solutions such as the utilization of...

Ronald A. Pernia Abstract What accounts for the uptick of political trust in the Philippines? This study theorizes that individual subjective health combined with the extent of democratic (and nondemocratic political attitude) explains political trust in the Philippines. It hypothesizes that healthier authoritarian citizens are more likely to express favorable views towards political institutions because these individuals possess conservative...