In this paper, we investigate the problems of consensus-making among institution in stock exchange with multiple criteria for evaluating performance when the players (institutions) are supposed to be egoistic and the score for each criterion for a player is supposed to be a positive score. Each player sticks to his superiority regarding the criteria. This paper introduces the models for computi...

Some servers are to be located at nodes of a network. Demand for services of these servers is located at each node and a subset of the nodes is to be chosen to locate one server in each. Each customer selects a server with a probability dependent on distance and a certain amount of benefit is achieved after giving service to the customer. Customers may waive receiving service with a known prob...

In this note we establish that finite-time singularities of the mean curvature flow of compact Riemannian submanifolds M t →֒ (N, h) are characterised by the blow up of the mean curvature.

Mean shift is a powerful but computationally expensive method for nonparametric clustering and optimization. It iteratively moves each data point to its local mean until convergence. We introduce a fast algorithm for computing mean shift based on the dual-tree. Unlike previous speed-up attempts, our algorithm maintains a relative error bound at each iteration, resulting in significantly more st...

alpha thalassemia (α-thal) is relatively common worldwide. most carriers are defective in either one or two alpha globin genes out of four functional ones, with deletions being more common than point mutations. the hematologic features are very important for the selection of the appropriate molecular tests while determining the genotype. the aim of this study was to compare hematologic features...

In this paper we introduce a formalism for optimal sensor parameter selection for iterative state estimation in static systems. In contrast to common approaches, where a certain metric — for example, the mean squared error between true and estimated state — is optimized during state estimation, in this work the optimality is defined in terms of reduction in uncertainty in the state estimation p...

Demolition of older housing for urban redevelopment purposes benefits communities by removing housing with lead paint and dust hazards and by creating spaces for lead paint-free housing and other community resources. This study was conducted to assess changes, if any, in ambient dust lead levels associated with demolition of blocks of older lead-containing row houses in Baltimore, Maryland (USA...