We investigate the conception that the sample variance of the control variate (CV) should be used for estimating the optimal linear CV weight, even when the CV variance is known. ...
In this paper, we consider equity-linked life insurance contracts that give their holder the possibility to surrender their policy before maturity. Such contracts can be valued us...
Whole-History Rating (WHR) is a new method to estimate the time-varying strengths of players involved in paired comparisons. Like many variations of the Elo rating system, the whol...
We combine the strengths of Bayesian modeling and synchronous grammar in unsupervised learning of basic translation phrase pairs. The structured space of a synchronous grammar is ...
Hao Zhang, Chris Quirk, Robert C. Moore, Daniel Gi...
- This paper presents a distributed model for detecting Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) in a home setting. We consider an environment where household devices and utensils are aug...
Md. Kamrul Hasan, Husne Ara Rubaiyeat, Young-Koo L...