Centering theory posits a discourse center, a distinguished discourse entity that is the topic of a discourse. A simplified version of this theory is developed in a Dynamic Semantics framework. In the resulting system, the mechanism of center shift allows a simple, elegant analysis of a variety of phenomena involving sloppy identity in ellipsis and “paycheck pronouns”.

Abstract Virtual try-on is a technology that enables users to preview the effect of wearing target garment without actual garment. However, existing image-based virtual methods often require additional human parsing or segmentation operations generate intermediate representations required for deformation and texture fusion. These not only increase computational complexity memory consumption, bu...

Data matrix centering is an ever-present yet under-examined aspect of data analysis. Functional analysis (FDA) often operates with a default such that the vectors in one dimension have mean zero. We find along other identifies novel useful mode variation beyond those familiar FDA. explore ambiguities both orientation and nomenclature. Differences between centerings their potential interaction c...