Abstract— The role of gradient estimation in global optimization is investigated. The concept of a regional gradient is introduced as a tool for analyzing and comparing different...
Our work tackles the problem of finding partial determinations in databases and proposes a compressionbased measure to evaluate them. Partial determinations can be viewed as gener...
It becomes more difficult to find valuable contents in the Web 2.0 environment since lots of inexperienced users provide many unorganized contents. In the previous researches, peop...
— Imputation of missing data is important in many areas, such as reducing non-response bias in surveys and maintaining medical documentation. Estimating the uncertainty inherent ...
Abstract Modern service robots will soon become an essential part of modern society. As they have to move and act in human environments, it is essential for them to be provided wit...