We study the problem of an auctioneer who wants to maximize her profits. In our model, there are n buyers with private valuations drawn from independent distributions F_1,...,F_n. When these distributions are known to the ...

We study the problem of profit maximization in auctions of one good where the buyers' valuations are drawn from independent distributions. When these distributions are known to the seller, Myerson's optimal auction is a ...

We develop some new error bounds for learning algorithms induced by regularization methods in the regression setting. The "hardness" of the problem is characterized in terms of the parameters r and s, the first related ...

Many problems in early vision are ill posed. Edge detection is a typical example. This paper applies regularization techniques to the problem of edge detection. We derive an optimal filter for edge detection with a ...

Autonomous robots are being considered for increasingly capable roles in our society, such as urban search and rescue, automation for assisted living, and lunar habitat construction. To fulfill these roles, teams of ...

We investigate the properties of feedforward neural networks trained with Hebbian learning algorithms. A new unsupervised algorithm is proposed which produces statistically uncorrelated outputs. The algorithm causes ...

We examine aspects of the computation of finite element matrices and vectors which are made possible by automated code generation. Given a variational form in a syntax which resembles standard mathematical notation, the ...

The Internet has potential to deliver information to Web users that have no other way of getting to those resources. However, information on the Web is scattered without any proper semantics for classifying them and thus ...

A Battery Management system (BMS) is tasked to provide optimum and efficient control over the battery in any satellite EPS. Along with Efficiency, these systems also require intelligent safety measures to avoid catastrophic ...

Battery Management Systems (BMS) are tasked so as to provide an optimum and efficient control over the battery in any satellite EPS. Along with efficiency, these systems also require intelligent safety measures to avoid ...

The organic-inorganic halide perovskite solar cells have continued to attract serious research interest since the first introduction as solar light absorber by Miyasaka and co-workers with a power conversion efficiency ...

Optimal positioning of wells has always been the priority of most reservoir engineers in the face of the dwindling global price of crude oil. As it is always the objective to maximize recoverable reserves over the years, ...

Niobium and tantalum are transition metals with a refractory character and unique properties that make them highly indispensable to the high-technologies and clean-energy. The metals are normally extracted from minerals ...

Polyvinylpyrrolidone (PVP) is suitable alternative to the polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) often used binder in electrode of supercapacitor. The major problem of the PVP is the part it plays in the conductivity of ions in ...

The benefits of programming in a functional style are well known. In particular, algorithms that are expressed as compositions of functions operating on series/vectors/streams of data elements are much easier to understand ...

The benefits of programming in a functional style are well known. In particular, algorithms that are expressed as compositions of functions operating on series/vectors/streams of data elements are much easier to ...

Nigeria is endowed with huge proven gas reserves estimated to be 184 trillion cubic feet (Tcf). It ranks as the 7th holder of natural gas reserves in the world, and the largest in Africa. Nigeria also flares more natural ...

Computational aeroacoustics often use finite difference schemes optimized to require relatively few points per wavelength; such optimized schemes are often called Dispersion Relation Preserving (DRP). Similar techniques ...

MapReduce is a programming model for data-parallel programs originally intended for data centers. MapReduce simplifies parallel programming, hiding synchronization and task management. These properties make it a promising ...

Shimoji and Watson (1998) prove that a strategy of an extensive game is rationalizable in the sense of Pearce if and only if it survives the maximal elimination of conditionally dominated strategies. Briefly, this process ...