Psychophysical preference modelling is a popular quantitative holistic technique of landscape evaluation and if used in combination with indirect aesthetic evaluation methods might create new standards and protocols for techniques of objectively estimating public perception of aesthetic quality and thus to enhance social sustainability in forest space.
A recent paper published by some of us has shown in detail the complementary use of a suite of non-invasive techniques ranging from spectral imaging to Raman, XRF and OCT that was applied directly to Chinese export water colour paintings of the nineteenth century demonstrating the advantages of a holistic multi-technique approach [14].
The CW function is an example of advanced holistic techniques for optimal non-linear control [9] which accounts for many aspects of motorcycle dynamics and scenario characteristics.
Currently, the majority of the existing research relies on holistic techniques, which may lose details relating to important aspects in a scene.
Jordan's coach Phil Jackson, the 'Zen Master' renowned for his holistic techniques, landed several years later in LA, where he coached Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant - his star scoring partnership - to three consecutive championships from 2000 to 2002.
The proposed classifiers have demonstrated superior performance compared to conventional RBF neural networks as well as several other types of holistic techniques used in conjunction with RBF neural networks.
To improve reconfiguring of hillside fields into terraces, holistic techniques of soft-riser bench terrace engineering, including revegetation with trees and planting of grasses on terrace riser slopes, were tested between 1997 and 2001 in Xiabiabgou watershed, Yan'an, Shaanxi Province, China.
Holistic techniques are known to be more robust for Urdu text as reported in a number of studies [5, 9, 10, 12, 19, 27 32].
However, the results showed that HP had more spiritual and/or religious beliefs and use more holistic techniques compared to FP [ 4].
The purpose of this study was to find out, if this method can be used as a holistic risk management technique in different environments, and which are the differences when comparing the results to other, well established risk analysis techniques.
However, the literature has shown that Lean philosophy and techniques require the adoption of the entire system in a holistic manner, rather than applying techniques in a piecemeal fashion.
