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ML
2007
ACM
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Surrogate maximization/minimization algorithms and extensions
Abstract Surrogate maximization (or minimization) (SM) algorithms are a family of algorithms that can be regarded as a generalization of expectation-maximization (EM) algorithms. A...
Zhihua Zhang, James T. Kwok, Dit-Yan Yeung
CORR
2007
Springer
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Error Exponents of Erasure/List Decoding Revisited via Moments of Distance Enumerators
The analysis of random coding error exponents pertaining to erasure/list decoding, due to Forney, is revisited. Instead of using Jensen’s inequality as well as some other inequa...
Neri Merhav
IOR
2007
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A Comparison of the Optimal Costs of Two Canonical Inventory Systems
We compare two inventory systems, one in which excess demand is lost and the other in which excess demand is backordered. Both systems are reviewed periodically. They experience t...
Ganesh Janakiraman, Sridhar Seshadri, J. George Sh...