| The problem of initial probability assignment consistent with the available information about a probabilis-tic system is called a direct problem. Jaynes' maximum en-tropy principle (MaxEnt) provides a method for solving direct problems when the available information is in the form of moment constraints. On the other hand, given a probability distribution, the problem of nding a set of constra...

In this paper we present an exploratory analysis of hyperspectral 900-1700 nm images of maize kernels. The imaging device is a line scanning hyper spectral camera using a broadband NIR illumination. In order to explore the hyperspectral data we compare a series of subspace projection methods including principal component analysis and maximum autocorrelation factor analysis. The latter utilizes ...

We consider the class of Rudin-Shapiro-like polynomials, whose L norms on the complex unit circle were studied by Borwein and Mossinghoff. The polynomial f(z) = f0 + f1z + · · ·+ fdz d is identified with the sequence (f0, f1, . . . , fd) of its coefficients. From the L 4 norm of a polynomial, one can easily calculate the autocorrelation merit factor of its associated sequence, and conversely. I...

We study the relationship between a player’s (stage game) minmax payoff and the individually rational payoff in repeated games with imperfect monitoring. We characterize the signal structures under which these two payoffs coincide for any payoff matrix. Under a full rank assumption, we further show that, if the monitoring structure of an infinitely repeated game ‘nearly’ satisfies this conditio...

The relation between L 2 ?gain and nite dimensional nonlinear observers is investigated. It is shown that suitable choices of supply rates render nite dimensional minimum energy, minimum energy certainty-equivalence, and minmax observers for nonlinear systems. The gains of these observers are analogous of the error covariance of the Kalman-Filter. They are derived by solving explicitly Hamilton...

The asymptotic behavior of the solution of a differential inclusion provides a simple proof of a minmax theorem.

The behavior of international stock market returns in terms of rate of return, unconditional volatility, skewness, excess kurtosis, serial dependence and long-memory is examined. A factor analysis approach is employed to identify the underlying dimensions of stock market returns. In our approach, the factors are estimated not from the observed historical returns but from their empirical propert...