Forward secure threshold signature plays an important role in distributed signature. Based on binary tree structure, a new forward secure threshold signature from bilinear pairings is proposed in this paper. In this scheme, each cost of key generation algorithm, key update algorithm, signing algorithm and verifying algorithm is independent of the total number of time periods. At the same time, ...

This paper studies the forward greedy strategy in sparse nonparametric regression. For additive models, we propose an algorithm called additive forward regression; for general multivariate models, we propose an algorithm called generalized forward regression. Both algorithms simultaneously conduct estimation and variable selection in nonparametric settings for the high dimensional sparse learni...

The performance of an automated forward deduction system is crucial to its applicability. Since a forward deduction system working for discovery has no explicitly specified proposition or theorem given previously as goal, it often deduces many redundant intermediates, i.e., instances of those that have previously deduced. Therefore, how to reduce redundant intermediates is a general and difficu...

In this article we extend and implement the forward search algorithm for identifying atypical subjects/observations in factor analysis models. The forward search has been mainly developed for detecting aberrant observations in regression models ( Atkinson, 1994 ) and in multivariate methods such as cluster and discriminant analysis ( Atkinson, Riani, & Cerioli, 2004 ). Three data sets and a sim...

In recent years the work on vector field visualization has been concentrated on LIC-based methods. In this paper we propose an alternative solution for the visualization of unsteady flow fields. Our approach is based on the computation of temporal series of correlated images. While other methods are based on pathlines and try to correlate successive images at the pixel level, our approach consi...

In this paper, a due date assignment scheduling problem with precedence constraints and controllable processing times in uncertain environment is investigated, in which the basic processing time of each job is assumed to be the symmetric trapezoidal fuzzy number, and the linear resource consumption function is used.The objective is to minimize the crisp possibilistic mean (or expected) value of...

In this paper, a bi-objective model is presented for dynamic and integrated network design of a new entrant competitive closed-loop supply chain. To consider dynamism and integration in the network design problem, multiple long-term periods are regarded during planning horizon, so that each long-term period includes several short-term periods. Furthermore, a chain to chain competition between t...

A new iterative orthogonal least squares forward regression (iOFR) algorithm is proposed to identify nonlinear systems which may not be persistently excited. By slightly revising the classic forward orthogonal regression (OFR) algorithm, the new iterative algorithm provides search solutions on a global solution space. Examples show that the new iterative algorithm is computationally efficient a...