Changing Time - Shaping World

Shaping the new World Order

BS-SLAM: Shaping the World

This paper presents BS-SLAM, a simultaneous localization and mapping algorithm for use in unstructured environments that is effective regardless of whether features correspond to simple geometric primitives such as lines or not. The coordinates of the control points defining a set of B-splines are used to form a complete and compact description of the environment, thus making it feasible to use...

Language learning and language culture in a changing world

To  communicate  effectively,  learners  have  to  become  proficient  in  both  the  language  and  the culture of the target language.  Being aware of socio-cultural frameworks does not mean that as an outcome of instruction learners have to become "native-like," but an awareness of L2 cultural norms can allow learners to make their own informed choices of how to become competent and astute l...

Changing the world...one person at a time.

Real-Time Inflation Forecasting in a Changing World

Abstract This paper revisits real-time forecasting of U.S. inflation based on Phillips curve-inspired linear regression models. Our innovation is to allow for both structural breaks in the regression parameters and the variance as well as uncertainty regarding which set of predictor variables one can include in these regressions (‘model uncertainty’). Structural breaks are described by occasion...