This thesis presents a class of graphical models for directly representing the joint cumulative distribution function (CDF) of many random variables, called cumulative distribution networks (CDNs). Unlike graphical models for probability density and mass functions, in a CDN, the marginal probabilities for any subset of variables are obtained by computing limits of functions in the model. We will show that the conditional independence properties in a CDN are distinct from the conditional independence properties of directed, undirected and factor graph models, but include the conditional independence properties of bidirected graphical models. As a result, CDNs are a parameterization for bidirected models that allows us to represent complex statistical dependence relationships between observable variables. We will provide a method for constructing a factor graph model with additional latent variables for which graph separation of variables in the corresponding CDN implies conditional independence of the separated variables in both the CDN and in the factor graph with the latent variables marginalized out. This will then allow us to construct multivariate extreme value distributions for which both a CDN and a corresponding factor graph representation exist. In order to perform inference in such graphs, we describe the `derivative-sum-product' (DSP) message-passing algorithm where messages correspond to derivatives of the joint cumulative distribution function. We will then apply CDNs to the problem of learning to rank, or estimating parametric models for ranking, where CDNs provide a natural means with which to model multivariate probabilities over ordinal variables such as pairwise preferences. We will show that many previous probability models for rank data, such as the Bradley-Terry and Plackett-Luce models, can be viewed as particular types of CDN. Applications of CDNs will be described for the problems of ranking players in multiplayer team-based games, document retrieval and discovering regulatory sequences in computational biology using the above methods for inference and estimation of CDNs.

[Truncated abstract] Online games are an exciting new trend in the consumption of entertainment and provide the opportunity to examine selected antecedents of online game-playing based on studying the cognitive, experiential and habitual factors. This study was divided into two parts. The first part analysed the structural relations among research variables that might explain online game-playing using the Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) techniques. These analyses were conducted on a final sample of 218 online gamers. Specific issues examined were: If the variables of Perceived Game Performance, Satisfaction, Hedonic Responses, Flow and Habit Strength influence the Intention to Replay an online game. The importance of factors such as Hedonic Responses and Flow on Satisfaction in online game play. In addition to the SEM, analyses of the participants? reported past playing behaviour were conducted to test whether past game play was simply a matter of random frequency of past behaviour, or followed the specific pattern of the Negative Binomial Distribution (NBD). … The playing-time distribution was not significantly different to the Gamma distribution, in which the largest number of gamers plays for a short time (light gamers) and only a few gamers account for a large proportion of playing time (heavy gamers). Therefore, the reported time play followed a simple and predictable NBD pattern (Chisquare=. 390; p>.05). This study contributes to knowledge in the immediate field of online games and to the wider body of literature on consumer research. The findings demonstrate that gamers tend to act habitually in their playing behaviour. These findings support the argument that past behaviour (habit) is a better explanation of future behaviour than possible cognitive and affective explanations, especially for the apparent routinesed behaviour pattern on online games. The pattern of online game-playing is consistent with the finding of the NBD pattern in television viewing, in which the generalisability of the NBD model has been found in stable environments of repetitive behaviour. This supports the application of the NBD to areas beyond those of patterns in gambling and the purchase of consumer items. The findings have implications both for managerial and public policy decision-making.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Miami University, Dept. of Zoology, 2003. / Title from second page of PDF document. Includes bibliographical references.

On s’intéresse dans cette thèse à la PGD (Proper Generalized Decomposition), l’une des méthodes de réduction de modèles qui consiste à chercher, a priori, la solution d’une équation aux dérivées partielles sous forme de variables séparées. Ce travail est formé de cinq chapitres dans lesquels on vise à étendre la PGD aux espaces fractionnaires et aux espaces des fonctions à variation bornée, et à donner des interprétations théoriques de cette méthode pour une classe de problèmes elliptiques et paraboliques. Dans le premier chapitre, on fait un bref aperçu sur la littérature puis on présente les notions et outils mathématiques utilisés dans le corps de la thèse. Dans le second chapitre, la convergence des suites des directions alternées (AM) pour une classe de problèmes variationnels elliptiques est étudiée. Sous une condition de non-orthogonalité uniforme entre les itérés et le terme source, on montre que ces suites sont en général bornées et compactes. Alors, si en particulier la suite (AM) converge faiblement alors elle converge fortement et la limite serait la solution du problème de minimisation alternée. Dans le troisième chapitre, on introduit la notion des dérivées fractionnaires au sens de Riemann-Liouville puis on considère un problème variationnel qui est une généralisation d’ordre fractionnaire de l’équation de Poisson. En se basant sur la nature quadratique et la décomposabilité de l’énergie associée, on démontre que la suite PGD progressive converge fortement vers la solution faible de ce problème. Dans le quatrième chapitre, on profite de la structure tensorielle des espaces BV par rapport à la topologie faible étoile pour définir les suites PGD dans ce type d’espaces. La convergence de telle suite reste une question ouverte. Le dernier chapitre est consacré à l’équation de la chaleur d-dimensionnelle, où on discrétise en temps puis à chaque pas de temps on cherche la solution de l’équation elliptique en utilisant la PGD. On montre alors que la fonction affine par morceaux en temps obtenue à partir des solutions construites en utilisant la PGD converge vers la solution faible de l’équation. / In this thesis, we are interested in the PGD (Proper Generalized Decomposition), one of the reduced order models which consists in searching, a priori, the solution of a partial differential equation in a separated form. This work is composed of five chapters in which we aim to extend the PGD to the fractional spaces and the spaces of functions of bounded variation and to give theoretical interpretations of this method for a class of elliptic and parabolic problems. In the first chapter, we give a brief review of the litterature and then we introduce the mathematical notions and tools used in this work. In the second chapter, the convergence of rank-one alternating minimisation AM algorithms for a class of variational linear elliptic equations is studied. We show that rank-one AM sequences are in general bounded in the ambient Hilbert space and are compact if a uniform non-orthogonality condition between iterates and the reaction term is fulfilled. In particular, if a rank-one (AM) sequence is weakly convergent then it converges strongly and the common limit is a solution of the alternating minimization problem. In the third chapter, we introduce the notion of fractional derivatives in the sense of Riemann-Liouville and then we consider a variational problem which is a generalization of fractional order of the Poisson equation. Basing on the quadratic nature and the decomposability of the associated energy, we prove that the progressive PGD sequence converges strongly towards the weak solution of this problem. In the fourth chapter, we benefit from tensorial structure of the spaces BV with respect to the weak-star topology to define the PGD sequences in this type of spaces. The convergence of this sequence remains an open question. The last chapter is devoted to the d-dimensional heat equation, we discretize in time and then at each time step one seeks the solution of the elliptic equation using the PGD. Then, we show that the piecewise linear function in time obtained from the solutions constructed using the PGD converges to the weak solution of the equation.

La forte augmentation du volume de données multimédia impose la mise au point de solutions adaptées pour une exploration visuelle efficace des bases multimédia. Après avoir examiné les processus de visualisation mis en jeu, nous remarquons que ceci demande une structuration des données. L’objectif principal de cette thèse est de proposer et d’étudier ces méthodes de structuration des bases multimédia en vue de leur exploration visuelle.Nous commençons par un état de l’art détaillant les données et les mesures que nous pouvons produire en fonction de la nature des variables décrivant les données. Suit un examen des techniques de structuration par projection et classification. Nous présentons aussi en détail la technique du Clustering Spectral sur laquelle nous nous focaliserons ensuite.Notre première réalisation est une méthode originale de production et fusion de métriques par corrélation de rang. Nous testons cette première méthode sur une base multimédia issue de la vidéothèque d’un festival de films. Nous continuons ensuite par la mise au point d’une méthode de classification supervisée par corrélation que nous testons avec les données vidéos d’un challenge de la communauté multimédia. Ensuite nous nous focalisons sur les techniques du Clustering Spectral. Nous testons une technique de Clustering Spectral supervisée que nous comparons aux techniques de l’état de l’art. Et pour finir nous examinons des techniques du Clustering Spectral semi-supervisé actif. Dans ce contexte, nous proposons et validons des techniques de propagation d’annotations et des stratégies permettant d’améliorer la convergence de ces méthodes de classement. / The large increase in multimedia data volume requires the development of effective solutions for visual exploration of multimedia databases. After reviewing the visualization process involved, we emphasis the need of data structuration. The main objective of this thesis is to propose and study clustering and classification of multimedia database for their visual exploration.We begin with a state of the art detailing the data and the metrics we can produce according to the nature of the variables describing each document. Follows a review of the projection and classification techniques. We also present in detail the Spectral Clustering method.Our first contribution is an original method that produces fusion of metrics using rank correlations. We validate this method on an animation movie database coming from an international festival. Then we propose a supervised classification method based on rank correlation. This contribution is evaluated on a multimedia challenge dataset. Then we focus on Spectral Clustering methods. We test a supervised Spectral Clustering technique and compare to state of the art methods. Finally we examine active semi-supervised Spectral Clustering methods. In this context, we propose and validate constraint propagation techniques and strategies to improve the convergence of these active methods.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-06-11T19:32:59Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-03-31Bitstream added on 2014-06-13T18:44:46Z : No. of bitstreams: 1 sartori_r_dr_arafo.pdf: 1126976 bytes, checksum: b952e5d8db014ff996192d8476649c74 (MD5) / Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico (CNPq) / Embora a doença periodontal tenha origem infecciosa, ela se caracteriza por uma complexa resposta imune-inflamatória, com a participação de células residentes e não-residentes, produzindo diversas citocinas e mediadores biológicos. A principal característica da doença periodontal destrutiva é a reabsorção do osso alveolar, a qual é uma consequência frequentemente irreversível do processo patológico e das citocinas produzidas pela resposta do hospedeiro. Citocinas específicas atuam diretamente no controle da remodelação óssea, denominadas RANKL (Receptor activator of NF-kB ligand) e OPG (Osteoprotegerin,). RANKL é uma proteína produzida por fibroblastos, osteoblastos, condrócitos, células mesenquimais e células T e B ativadas e sua ligação com o seu receptor RANK (Receptor activator of NF-kB) em células precursoras de osteoclastos é necessário e suficiente para a ativação, diferenciação e sobrevivência de osteoclastos maduros. OPG, a outra proteína envolvida nesta modulação, serve como um falso receptor para RANKL, impedindo dessa forma a ligação RANKL-RANK e levando a uma menor ativação de osteoclastos. Assim, o balanço entre RANKL e OPG é o atual paradigma para a modulação da remodelação óssea. FK-506 (tacrolimo) é uma droga imunossupressora usada para prevenir rejeição de enxertos afetando a ativação de linfócitos T por meio da modulação da via da calcineurina, inibindo a ativação de NFAT e de NF-kB. Estudos prévios demonstraram que o uso de tacrolimo em ratos diminui a resposta inflamatória e reabsorção óssea em modelo experimental de indução de doença periodontal. A proposta deste estudo foi avaliar os efeitos da administração sistêmica do tacrolimo sobre a expressão de RANKL e OPG na doença periodontal induzida em ratos e determinar in vitro, se o tratamento de células residentes do periodonto com tacrolimo... / Periodontitis is a well-characterized infectious disease with a complex immune-inflammatory response. In response to the bacterial presence, many resident and non-resident cells into the peridontium produce many cytokines and biologic mediators, causing tissue destruction and alveolar bone loss. These cytokines are the key-factor in osteoclast-mediated bone resorption. The expression ratio between two cytokines is fundamental to bone resorption process: RANKL (Receptor activator of NF-kB ligand) that is necessary to osteoclast differentiation, activation and survival, and OPG (Osteoprotegerin) that acts as the endogenous inhibitor of RANKL by functioning as its decoy receptor. RANKL is expressed by fibroblasts, osteoblasts, chondrocytes, mesenchymal cells and T and B lymphocytes. OPG is secreted primarily by osteoblastic cells, bone marrow stromal celss and fibroblasts and it counter regulates the excessive bone loss antagonizing the RANKL-binding to its receptor RANK in osteoclast precursor cells. The ratio between RANKL and OPG is the current paradigm for modulation of coupled bone turnover. FK-506 is an immunossupressive drug used to reduce and to prevent the risk of organ transplant rejections. It acts affecting T lymphocyte activation by calcinaurin pathway modulation inhibiting NFAT and NF-kB translocation to the nucleus. Previous studies showed that animals with experimental periodontitis treated with FK-506 exhibited less bone resorption and inflammatory infiltrate. The purpose of this study was evaluated effects of FK-506 systemic administration over RANKL and OPG expression in animals with experimental periodontitis; and determines if FK-506-treated periodontium resident cells can affect IL-1- and LPS-induced RANKL and OPG expression. In the in vivo study, two experimental periodontitis models were used (LPS and ligature) in rats. In the test group the animals received dail... (Complete abstract click electronic access below)

Orientador: Aparecido Nilceu Marana / Banca: Fátima de Lourdes dos Santos Nunes Marques / Banca: Marcos Antônio Cavenaghi / Resumo: Biometria refere-se ao uso de características físicas (impressões digitais, íris, retina) ou comportamentais (assinatura, voz) para a identificação humana. As impressões digitais são formadas por cristas e minúcias. As cristas são linhas distribuídas paralelamente com uma orientação e um espaçamento característico e as minúcias representam os vários modos pelos quais uma crista pode se tornar descontínua. Graças a sua universalidade, unicidade e permanência, as impressões digitais tornaram-se as características biométricas mais amplamente utilizadas. Entretanto, considerar o reconhecimento automático de impressões digitais um problema totalmente resolvido é um erro muito comum. Nenhum sistema de reconhecimento de impressões digitais proposto até hoje é infalível, nenhum garante taxas de erro nulas. Imagens de baixa qualidade e com pequena área de sobreposição entre a imagem template e a imagem de consulta ainda representam um desafio para os métodos de reconhecimento de impressões digitais mais utilizados, os métodos baseados no casamento de pontos de minúcias. Uma das maneiras de superar as limitações e melhorar a acurácia de um sistema biométrico é o uso da multibiometria, isto é, a combinação de diferentes tipos de informação em um sistema de reconhecimento biométrico. Neste contexto, esta dissertação de mestrado objetiva aprimorar a acurácia dos sistemas de reconhecimento de impressões digitais por meio da fusão de métodos baseados em minúcias e em cristas. Para tanto, foram implementadas técnicas de fusão no nível de pontuação, classificação e decisão. No nível de pontuação, a fusão propiciou uma redução na taxa de erro igual (EER) de 42,53% em relação ao método mais preciso. Para o nível de classificação, a fusão significou um aumento de 75% na taxa de recuperação correta... (Resumo completo, clicar acesso eletrônico abaixo) / Abstract: Biometrics refers to the use of physical (fingerprints, iris, retina) or behavioral (signature, voice) characteristics to determine the identity of a person. Fingerprints are formed by ridges and minutiae. The ridges are lines distributed in parallel with an orientation and a characteristic spacing and the minutiae represent the several ways a ridge can become discontinued. As to its universality, uniqueness and permanence, the fingerprints became the most widely used biometric characteristic. However, it is a common mistake to consider the automatic fingerprint recognition as a totally solved problem. No fingerprint recognition system proposed until now is infallible, none of them guarantee null error rates. Poor quality images and when just a small area of overlap between the template and the query images exists are still a complex challenge to the most used fingerprint recognition methods, the methods based on minutiae points matching. One of the possibilities to overcome the limitations and improve the accuracy of a biometric system is the use of multibiometrics, the combination of different kinds of information in a biometric system. In this context, this master thesis aims to improve the accuracy of fingerprint recognition systems through the fusion of minutiae based and ridge based methods. To achieve this, fusion techniques on score, rank and decision levels were implemented. For the score level, the fusion lead to a reduction of the Equal Error Rate to 42.53% compared to the most precise method. For the rank level, the fusion meant an increase of 75% in the Correct Retrieval Rate. And, in the decision level fusion the Recognition Rate changed from 99.25% to 99.75%. The results have demonstrated that the fusion of minutiae based and ridge based methods can represent a significant accuracy improvement for the fingerprint recognition systems. / Mestre

L'assimilation de données pour les géosciences est une discipline cherchant à améliorer notre connaissance d'un système physique en se basant sur l'information issue de modèles numériques simulant ce système et sur l'information issue des mesures observant ce système. Les méthodes d'assimilation de données traditionnellement utilisées (e.g. le 4DVar ou les filtres de Kalman d'ensemble) reposent sur des hypothèses de Gaussianité des probabilités en jeu et de linéarité des modèles. Avec la complexification des modèles et des réseaux d'observations, ces hypothèses sont de plus en plus injustifiées et donc pénalisantes. Cette complexification est particulièrement forte en océanographie couplée à la biogéochimie marine.Les objectifs de cette thèse sont de mieux comprendre l'apparition des non-Gaussianités dans un problème d'estimation, d'envisager une méthode d'assimilation de données adaptée aux problèmes fortement non-Gaussiens et, dans le cadre du couplage de la dynamique océanique et de la biogéochimie marine, d'explorer la pertinence de l'utilisation de méthodes non-Gaussiennes.Dans un premier temps, une étude méthodologique est conduite. Cette étude, appuyé par des illustrations avec le modèle de Lorenz à trois variables, permet de mettre en évidence les limitations des méthodes traditionnellement utilisées, face à des problèmes non-Gaussiens. Cette étude aboutit sur le développement d'un filtre d'assimilation de données d'ensemble entièrement non-Gaussien : le Multivariate Rank Histogram Filter (MRHF).Il est montré que le MRHF est performant dans des régimes fortement non-Gaussiens (notamment dans un régime bimodal) pour un nombre de membres relativement faible.Dans un second temps, une étude numérique est conduite. Cette étude est réalisée aux travers d'expériences jumelles basées sur un modèle vertical 1D, ModECOGeL, couplant la dynamique et la biogéochimie en mer Ligure. Nous simulons différents réseaux d'observations combinant des profils in situ et des données satellites. Plusieurs méthodes d'assimilation sont alors comparées à l'aide de diagnostics d'évaluation d'ensemble avancés.Nos expériences montrent l'impact du réseau d'observations et des variables de contrôle, sur le degré de non-Gaussianité d'un problème d'estimation. Le contrôle de la partie dynamique du modèle par des observations de la dynamique à différentes fréquences est un problème quasi-Gaussien, qu'un filtre aux moindres carrés, tel l'Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter, résout bien. En revanche pour ces mêmes observations, le contrôle de la biogéochimie s'avère être un problème non-Gaussien et nécessite l'utilisation d'un filtre non-Gaussien.Enfin, il est montré que l'assimilation de la couleur de l'eau, pour le contrôle mixte de la dynamique et de la biogéochimie, est améliorée par des méthodes adaptées aux non-Gaussianités, tel l'Ensemble Kalman Filter anamorphosé. De plus, l'augmentation de la fréquence d'observation de la couleur de l'eau rend incontournable l'utilisation de filtres fondamentalement non-Gaussiens comme le MRHF. / Data assimilation for Geosciences is a discipline seeking to improve our knowledge of a physical system based on the information from numerical models simulating this system and the information from the measures observing this system. The data assimilation methods traditionally used (eg the 4DVAR or the ensemble Kalman filters) are based on assumptions of Gaussianity of the probabilities involved and linearity of the models. With the increasing complexity of models and observation networks, these assumptions are increasingly unjustified and therefore penalizing. This complexity is particularly strong in oceanography coupled with marine biogeochemistry.The objectives of this thesis are to understand the appearance of non Gaussianity in an estimation problem, to think out a data assimilation method adapted to highly non Gaussian problems and, in the coupling of ocean dynamics and marine biogeochemistry, to explore the relevance of the use of non Gaussian methods.At first, a methodological study is conducted. This study, supported by illustrations with the three variable Lorenz model, allows to highlight the limitations of traditional methods when facing non Gaussian problems. This study led to the development of a fully non Gaussian data assimilation filter : the Multivariate Rank Histogram Filter (MRHF).It is shown that the MRHF is efficient in highly non Gaussian regimes (including in a bimodal regime) for a relatively small number of members.Secondly, a numerical study is conducted. This study is conducted with twin experiments based on a 1D vertical model, ModECOGeL, coupling dynamics and biogeochemistry in the Ligurian Sea. We simulate different observation networks combining in situ profiles and satellite data. Several data assimilation methods are then compared using advanced ensemble evaluation diagnoses.Our experiments show the impact of observation networks and controled variables on the degree of non Gaussianity in an estimation problem. The control of the dynamic part of the model by observations of the dynamics at different frequencies is a quasi Gaussian problem, which a least squared filter such as the Ensemble Transform Kalman Filter solves well. In contrast, for the same observations, the control of biogeochemistry proves to be a non Gaussian problem and requires the use of a non Gaussian filter. Finally, it is shown that assimilation of ocean color data, for the joint control of the dynamic and the biogeochemistry, is improved by methods adapted for non Gaussianities such as the Anamorphosed Ensemble Kalman Filter. In addition, increasing the ocean color observation frequency makes unavoidable the use of fundamentally non Gaussian filters such as the MRHF.

PROMETHEE II is a widely used outranking method in the field of multi criteria decision aid (MCDA) method. The method outputs a ranking of a considered set of alternatives, based on the computation of net flow scores. <p>In this thesis, aggregating several published journal articles and conference papers, we propose three contributions that relate to the method: 1) Outranking methods are based on the pairwise comparison of all considered alternatives, yielding a quadratic time complexity for evaluating the net flow scores. We propose a method for reducing to a linear time complexity and show that it offers good results; 2) Determining preference parameters, i.e. relative weights for each criterion, is not a trivial task. We propose two complementary approaches to eliciting preferences, based on the aggregation-disaggregation paradigm; 3) The phenomenon of rank reversal, that also affects the PROMETHEE II method, is often considered as problematic in the MCDA community. We formalise the exact conditions for rank reversal to occur with PROMETHEE II when adding or removing one or more alternatives to the original set. These conditions lead to the exact bound of rank reversal, a way to determine the actions that actually provoke rank reversal and two associated metrics that should be useful for concrete applications. / Doctorat en Sciences de l'ingénieur / info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished

O uso de provas elaboradas na forma de itens, em processos de avaliação para classificação, é uma herança histórica dos séculos XVI e XVII, ainda em uso nos dias atuais tanto na educação formal quanto em processos seletivos, a exemplo dos exames vestibulares. Elaboradas para mensurar conhecimentos, traços latentes que não podem ser medidos diretamente, as provas costumam ser corrigidas considerando unicamente o escore obtido pelo sujeito avaliado, sem contemplar informações importantes relacionadas aos itens das mesmas. O presente trabalho teve como objetivos: (i) utilizar a modelagem baseada na teoria da resposta ao item unidimensional - TRI e multidimensional - TRIM para construir escalas do conhecimento para a prova da FUVEST e (ii) classificar os candidatos aos seis cursos de graduação oferecidos pela Escola Superior de Agricultura \"Luiz de Queiroz\", unidade da Universidade de São Paulo, com base na escala construída. A hipótese imbutida no corpo do trabalho admitiu que o uso da TRIM classifica de forma diferente os candidatos que os atuais métodos utilizados pela FUVEST. Foram utilizados os padrões de respostas dos 2326 candidatos submetidos à prova, para que uma análise unidimensional fosse realizada, sob o enfoque da TRI, gerando uma escala de proficiências . Quatro traços latentes foram diagnosticados no processo avaliativo, por meio da modelagem multidimensional da TRIM, gerando uma escala das quatro dimensões. Uma proposta para classificação dos candidatos é apresentada, baseada na média das proficiências individuais ponderada pelas cargas fatoriais diagnosticadas pela modelagem. Análise comparativa entre os critérios de classificação utilizados pela FUVEST e pela TRIM foram realizados, identificando discordância entre os mesmos. O trabalho apresenta propostas de interpretação pedagógica para as escalas unidimensional e multidimensional e indica a TRIM como o critério complementar para classificação dos candidatos, valorizando informações individuais dos itens e, portanto, utilizando uma avaliação classificatória mais abrangente. / The use of elaborate exams in the form of items, in evaluation procedures for classification, is a historical legacy of the 16th and 17th centuries, still in use today both in formal education and in selective cases such as entrance examinations. Designed to measure knowledge, latent trait that can not be measured directly, the exams are usually corrected considering only the score obtained by the subject, without including important information related to the items of it. This study aimed to: (i) use the modeling approach unidimensional and multidimensional item response theory (IRT and MIRT, respectively), to build knowledge scales of the entrance examination FUVEST/2012; (ii) classifing candidates for the 6 undergraduate courses offered by the \"Luiz de Queiroz\" College of Agriculture , unit of the University of São Paulo, based on the scale then. The hypothesis supposes that the use of MIRT ranked candidates differently than current methods used by FUVEST. We used the patterns of responses of 2326 candidates submitted to the test, so that a one-dimensional analysis was performed under the IRT approach, generating a range of proficiencies. Four latent traits were diagnosed in the evaluation process by means of multidimensional modeling MIRT, generating a scale of four dimensions. A proposal for classification of the candidates is presented, based on the weighted average of the individual proficiencies by the factor loadings diagnosed by modeling. Comparative analysis of the classification criteria used by FUVEST and MIRT were performed by identifying discrepancies between them. This work presents the proposals of the pedagogical interpretation for one-dimensional and multidimensional scales and indicates the MIRT as additional criteria for the candidates, to valorize individual information of the items and therefore using a more comprehensive classification review.