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UAI
2001
13 years 10 months ago
2001
We present an iterative Markov chain Monte Carlo algorithm for computing reference priors and minimax risk for general parametric families. Our approach uses MCMC techniques based...
INFORMATICALT
2010
13 years 7 months ago
2010
This paper presents an improved differential evolution (IDE) method for the solution of large-scale unit commitment (UC) problems. The objective of the proposed scheme is to determ...
PAMI
2010
13 years 7 months ago
2010
—We present a generative model and inference algorithm for 3D nonrigid object tracking. The model, which we call G-flow, enables the joint inference of 3D position, orientation, ...
PVM
1999
Springer
14 years 29 days ago
1999
Springer
The problem of solving sparse Systems of Linear Algebraic Equations (SLAE) by parallel Monte Carlo numerical methods is considered. The almost optimal Monte Carlo algorithms are pr...
COLT
2008
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2008
Springer
We study on-line decision problems where the set of actions that are available to the decision algorithm vary over time. With a few notable exceptions, such problems remained larg...