Graph cut algorithms [9], commonly used in computer vision, solve a first-order MRF over binary variables. The state of the art for this NP-hard problem is QPBO [1, 2], which finds the values for a subset of the variables in the global minimum. While QPBO is very effective overall there are still many difficult problems where it can only label a small subset of the variables. We propose a new a...

and Applied Analysis 3 Step 1. Let F {a} be singleton. Then, there are u ∈ U and v ∈ V such that ‖uv‖ < M, and ‖ u, v, a − a‖ < M 1 . 2.2 Letting w uv ◦ uv, then ‖ uv ◦ uv, a − a‖ ‖ u, v, u, v, a − a − u, v, a − a ‖ < . 2.3 Step 2. Let F {a1, a2}. There is a u1, v1 ∈ U × V such that ‖ u1, v1, a1 − a1‖ < / 1 M , and for u1, v1, a2 − a2 ∈ A there is a u2, v2 ∈ U × V such that ‖ u2, v2, u1, v1, a2...

As networks continue to grow in size and complexity, distributed network monitoring and resource querying are becoming increasingly difficult. Our aim is to design, build, and evaluate a scalable infrastructure for answering queries over distributed measurements, at reduced costs (in terms of both network traffic and query latency) while maintaining required precision. In this infrastructure, e...

Index structures are one of the most important tools that DBAs leverage in order to improve the performance of analytics and transactional workloads. However, with the explosion of data that is constantly being generated in a wide variety of domains including autonomous vehicles, Internet of Œings (IoT) devices, and E-commerce sites, building several indexes can o‰en become prohibitive and cons...

We develop the Sparse Approximate Matrix Multiply (SpAMM) n-body solver for first order Newton Schulz iteration of the matrix square root and inverse square root. The solver performs recursive two-sided metric queries on a modified Cauchy-Schwarz criterion (octree-occlusion-culling in the ijkcube), yielding a bounded relative error in the matrix-matrix product and reduced complexity for problem...

Introduction The motivating example for the main theorem of this paper is the following elementary factorization in the Banach algebra c0 of complex sequences converging to zero. If a; is in c0, then there is an a ^ 0 in c0 such that x is in f(a).c0 for each continuous function / on [0, oo) with J-i{0} = {0} and/not tending to zero 'too quickly' as t tends to zero. This observation is essential...

this paper examines the evolution of nationalism and national identity in europe and how it was transferred to and propagated in central asia by the soviets. it further examines the challenge facing central asian peoples in the post-soviet era; namely in defining a new national identity for themselves as new independent nation-states in the age of globalization. the paper attempts to demonstrat...

with success of islamic revolution of iran in 1979, the category of religious belifes and values converted to one of the most important and constitutive principles in iran s foreign policy that reflected in decision-making sphere. this article with concerning islamic identity as a revival fragment in central asia and it,s inability to play constructive role in iran,s national interest securing,...