Let {Sm} be an infinite sequence whose limit or antilimit S can be approximated very efficiently by applying a suitable extrapolation method E0 to {Sm}. Assume that the Sm and henc...
The mean-variance methodology for the portfolio selection problem, originally proposed by Markowitz, has been one of the most important research fields in modern finance. In this ...
In this paper we describe the theory and practice of self-calibration of cameras which are fixed in location and may freely rotate while changing their internal parameters by zoomi...
The fact that objects in the world appear in different ways depending on the scale of observation has important implications if one aims at describing them. It shows that the not...
It is well known that prior knowledge or bias can speed up learning, at least in theory. It has proved di cult to make constructive use of prior knowledge, so that approximately c...