Auctions are an important means for purchasing material in the era of e-commerce. Research on auctions often studies them in isolation. In practice, however, auction agents are pa...
Function point analysis is a well known established method to estimate the size of software systems and software projects. However, because it is based on functional documentation...
We describe a fast algorithm for Gabor filtering, specially designed for multi-scale image representations. Our proposal is based on three facts: first, Gabor functions can be de...
Credit risk analysis for portfolios containing CDO tranches is a challenging task for risk managers. We propose here a basis function approach for CDO tranche valuation and portfo...
This article proposes a generative image model, which is called ‘‘primal sketch,’’ following Marr’s insight and terminology. This model combines two prominent classes of...