Maximum likelihood estimations for the parameters of extreme value distributions are discussed in this paper using fixed point iteration. The commonly used numerical approach for adressing this problem is the Newton-Raphson approach which requires differentiation unlike the fixed point iteration which is also easier to implement. Graphical approaches are also usualy proposed in the literature. ...

We consider linear programs with countably many equality constraints and variables, i.e., Countably Infinite Linear Programs (CILPs). CILPs subsume infinite network flow problems [4] and non-stationary infinite horizon deterministic and stochastic dynamic programs [3]. Recall that a vector x in a convex subset S of a vector space is called an extreme point of S if it cannot be expressed as a st...

Estimation of the nadir objective vector is an important task, particularly for multi-objective optimization problems having more than two conflicting objectives. Along with the ideal point, nadir point can be used to normalize the objectives so that multi-objective optimization algorithms can be used more reliably. The knowledge of the nadir point is also a pre-requisite to many multiple crite...

Correspondence-based point cloud registration is a cornerstone in robotics perception and computer vision, which seeks to estimate the best rigid transformation aligning two clouds from putative correspondences. However, due limited robustness of 3D keypoint matching approaches, outliers, probably large numbers, are prone exist among correspondences, makes robust methods imperative. Unfortunate...