Previous experimental results have clearly demonstrated the effectiveness of utilizing context-specific independence (CSI) in probabilistic inference. However, CSI is a special case of a more general independence called contextual weak independence (CWI). In this paper, we show how CWI can be utilized for more efficient probabilistic inference. These results are quite significant as they sugges...

The study of surfaces in threeand higher-dimensional spaces has seen a resurgence of interest recently due to various applications of these surfaces to various areas of mathematical physics, especially to the area of integrable systems [1, 6, 8]. The particular class of surfaces known as minimal surfaces with constant mean curvature has many applications to various physical problems. It is the ...

Let ρ be a Drinfeld A-module with generic characteristic defined over an algebraic function field. We prove that all of the algebraic relations among periods, quasiperiods, and logarithms of algebraic points on ρ are those coming from linear relations induced by endomorphisms of ρ.

A system has been developed, the primary function of which is to continually display the position, shape, and intensity of the charged particle beam being delivered to the experiment. The system is modular for easy maintenance and is a stand-alone device independent of any computer.

(iii) Frail Older People This category refers to those who often have multiple long-term conditions and are vulnerable as a result of, for example, stroke or dementia. They often have complex social care needs. The goal with this group is to anticipate and respond to problems recognising the complex interaction of physical, mental and social care factors which can compromise independence and qu...

In this paper we give a deterministic polynomial-time approximation algorithm for computing complex-valued evaluations of the Tutte polynomial and the independence polynomial on bounded degree graphs, as well for computing partition functions of complex-valued spin and edge-coloring models on bounded degree graphs. Our work builds on a recent line of work initiated by Barvinok [2, 3, 4, 5], whi...

the propagation of utilization of arbitration as a method of dispute resolution depends on the public confidence in the method. in this regard, the independence of arbitrators and their impartiality are necessary conditions for the realization of such confidence. independence and impartiality of arbitrators ensure a fair trial in arbitration and the lack of aforementioned features makes it impo...

In this paper, the authors propose an iris detection method to determine iris existence. The method extracts 4 types of features, i.e., contrast feature, symmetric feature, isotropy feature and disconnected feature. Adaboost is adopted to combine these features to build a strong cascaded classifier. Experiments show that the performance of the method is promising in terms of high speed, accurac...

Our goal, in this paper, is to present the effectiveness of an intermediary framework to provide mobile-oriented services via edge services. To this end we developed services for device independence in such a way that content is adapted according to the capabilities of the target devices.