We provide a Hilbert-Mumford Criterion for actions of reductive groups G on Q-factorial complex varieties. The result allows to construct open subsets admitting a good quotient by G from certain maximal open subsets admitting a good quotient by a maximal torus of G. As an application, we show how to obtain all invariant open subsets with good quotient for a given G-action on a complete Q-factor...

In order to obtain better generalization performance in supervised learning, model parameters should be determined appropriately, i.e., they should be determined so that the generalization error is minimized. However, since the generalization error is inaccessible in practice, the model parameters are usually determined so that an estimator of the generalization error is minimized. The regulari...

Urban development in South Africa should be preceded by a preliminary stage geotechnical investigation to facilitate decision-making regarding site selection and project feasibility, aid the Environmental Impact Assessment process. These desk studies generally rely on information obtained from published sources, including regional maps, typically only available for major urban centres. It is pr...

The application of this work is to decision making with financial time series, using learning algorithms. The traditional approach is to train a model using a prediction criterion, such as minimizing the squared error between predictions and actual values of a dependent variable, or maximizing the likelihood of a conditional model of the dependent variable. We find here with noisy time series t...

In this study criterion of maximum profit intensity for transportation problems, in contrast to the known criteria of minimum expenses or minimum time for transportation, is considered. This criterion synthesizes financial and time factors and has real economic sense. According to the purpose of this paper, the algorithm of the solution of such a transportation problem is constructed. It is sho...