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- Sorooshian, Shahryar, 1980, et al.
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Expedited analytical hierarchical process for multicriteria decision making
- 2022
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Ingår i: ICIC Express Letters. - 1881-803X. ; 16:2, s. 145-151
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- In this study, a procedure to overcome analytical hierarchical process (AHP) limitations was developed and tested, and a tool created via pairwise comparison chart and weighted sum method hybridization was introduced. In addition, a multicriteria decision-making software was selected to validate the constructed hybrid decision-making tool. The software was formulated based on an established decision-making technique. Data for the comparison analysis were obtained from an ongoing research, and output from the comparison analysis provided evidence for the accuracy of the constructed tool. The proposed hybridized method aligned with AHP reasoning but demonstrated a faster process; hence, it was called ‘expedited AHP’.
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- Arnlind, Joakim, et al.
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Construction of n-Lie algebras and n-ary Hom-Nambu-Lie algebras
- 2011
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Ingår i: Journal of Mathematical Physics. - : AIP Publishing. - 0022-2488 .- 1089-7658. ; 52:12, s. 123502-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- As n-ary operations, generalizing Lie and Poisson algebras, arise in many different physical contexts, it is interesting to study general ways of constructing explicit realizations of such multilinear structures. Generically, they describe the dynamics of a physical system, and there is a need of understanding their quantization. Hom-Nambu-Lie algebras provide a framework that might be an appropriate setting in which n-Lie algebras (n-ary Nambu-Lie algebras) can be deformed, and their quantization studied. We present a procedure to construct (n + 1)-ary Hom-Nambu-Lie algebras from n-ary Hom-Nambu-Lie algebras equipped with a generalized trace function. It turns out that the implications of the compatibility conditions, that are necessary for this construction, can be understood in terms of the kernel of the trace function and the range of the twisting maps. Furthermore, we investigate the possibility of defining (n + k)-Lie algebras from n-Lie algebras and a k-form satisfying certain conditions. (C) 2011 American Institute of Physics. [doi:10.1063/1.3653197]
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- Berndtsson, Bo, 1950
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Probability measures associated to geodesics in the space of kähler metrics
- 2018
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Ingår i: Springer Proceedings in Mathematics and Statistics. - Cham : Springer International Publishing. - 2194-1017 .- 2194-1009. ; 269, s. 395-419
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- We associate certain probability measures on R to geodesics in the space HL of positively curved metrics on a line bundle L, and to geodesics in the finite dimensional symmetric space of hermitian norms on H0(X, kL). We prove that the measures associated to the finite dimensional spaces converge weakly to the measures related to geodesics in HL as k goes to infinity. The convergence of second order moments implies a recent result of Chen and Sun on geodesic distances in the respective spaces, while the convergence of first order moments gives convergence of Donaldson’s Z-functional to the Aubin–Yau energy. We also include a result on approximation of infinite dimensional geodesics by Bergman kernels which generalizes work of Phong and Sturm.
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- Sorooshian, Shahryar, 1980, et al.
(författare)
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Performance of the decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory
- 2023
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Ingår i: AIMS Mathematics. - : American Institute of Mathematical Sciences (AIMS). - 2473-6988. ; 8:3, s. 7490-7514
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Multiple attribute decision-making (MADM) techniques constitute a practical approach for solving complex problems involving multiple and often conflicting criteria. Decision-making trial and evaluation laboratory (DEMATEL) is a popular MADM technique with both admirers and critics. This study presents a comprehensive review of DEMATEL through bibliometric analysis using the Scopus database. This article examined 3,521 papers published in journals, conferences or books between 1981 and 2023. We examined a few parameters for commenting on the performance of the technique. Among them are research outputs, the network of DEMATEL users, implementation subject areas, research zones, financing opportunities and publication hosts and their impact trends. We conclude from the findings of this study that the DEMATEL is capable of dealing with modern problem-solving in future environments. Although the growth of new MADMs is obvious, based on the gathered data, we forecast that more than 776 documents will be published in 2025 using DEMATEL for problem-solving. This expanding tendency will continue in the future. As distinct MADMs have diverse constraints, foundations, computing complexity and standpoints, which result in different performances, outmoded low-performance MADM techniques must be reported by researchers to continue this paper’s objective to minimize ambiguity among decision-makers and practitioners. To facilitate such a comparison in the future, a quantitative performance coefficient was also developed here.
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- Strömberg, Ann-Brith, 1961, et al.
(författare)
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Mixed-Integer Linear Optimization: Primal–Dual Relations and Dual Subgradient and Cutting-Plane Methods
- 2020
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Ingår i: Numerical Nonsmooth Optimization: State of the Art Algorithms. - Cham : Springer International Publishing. ; , s. 499-547, s. 499-547
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Bokkapitel (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This chapter presents several solution methodologies for mixed-integer linear optimization, stated as mixed-binary optimization problems, by means of Lagrangian duals, subgradient optimization, cutting-planes, and recovery of primal solutions. It covers Lagrangian duality theory for mixed-binary linear optimization, a problem framework for which ultimate success—in most cases—is hard to accomplish, since strong duality cannot be inferred. First, a simple conditional subgradient optimization method for solving the dual problem is presented. Then, we show how ergodic sequences of Lagrangian subproblem solutions can be computed and used to recover mixed-binary primal solutions. We establish that the ergodic sequences accumulate at solutions to a convexified version of the original mixed-binary optimization problem. We also present a cutting-plane approach to the Lagrangian dual, which amounts to solving the convexified problem by Dantzig–Wolfe decomposition, as well as a two-phase method that benefits from the advantages of both subgradient optimization and Dantzig–Wolfe decomposition. Finally, we describe how the Lagrangian dual approach can be used to find near optimal solutions to mixed-binary optimization problems by utilizing the ergodic sequences in a Lagrangian heuristic, to construct a core problem, as well as to guide the branching in a branch-and-bound method. The chapter is concluded with a section comprising notes, references, historical downturns, and reading tips.
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- Andersson, Fredrik K., et al.
(författare)
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The mathematics of internet search engines
- 2008
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Ingår i: Acta Applicandae Mathematicae - An International Survey Journal on Applying Mathematics and Mathematical Applications. - : Springer. - 0167-8019 .- 1572-9036. ; 104:2, s. 211-242
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article presents a survey of techniques for ranking results in search engines, with emphasis on link-based ranking methods and the PageRank algorithm. The problem of selecting, in relation to a user search query, the most relevant documents from an unstructured source such as the WWW is discussed in detail. The need for extending classical information retrieval techniques such as boolean searching and vector space models with link-based ranking methods is demonstrated. The PageRank algorithm is introduced, and its numerical and spectral properties are discussed. The article concludes with an alternative means of computing PageRank, along with some example applications of this new method.
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- Geli, Patricia
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Modeling the Mechanism of Postantibiotic Effect and Determining Implications for Dosing Regimens
- 2009
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Ingår i: Journal of Mathematical Biology. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0303-6812 .- 1432-1416. ; 59:5, s. 1416-1432
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A stochastic model is proposed to explain one possible underlying mechanism of the postantibiotic effect (PAE). This phenomenon, of continued inhibition of bacterial growth after removal of the antibiotic drug, is of high relevance in the context of optimizing dosing regimens. One clinical implication of long PAE lies in the possibility of increasing intervals between drug administrations. The model describes the dynamics of synthesis, saturation and removal of penicillin binding proteins (PBPs). High fractions of saturated PBPs are in the model associated with a lower growth capacity of bacteria. An analytical solution for the bivariate probability of saturated and unsaturated PBPs is used as a basis to explore optimal antibiotic dosing regimens. Our finding that longer PAEs do not necessarily promote for increased intervals between doses, might help for our understanding of data provided from earlier PAE studies and for the determination of the clinical relevance of PAE in future studies.
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- Silvestrov, Sergei, 1970-
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Foundations of Santilli's Lie-Isotopic Theory
- 2010
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Ingår i: Numerical Analysis and Applied Mathematics (AIP Conference Proceedings). - : American Institute of Physics (AIP). ; 1281, s. 860-863
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The need and benefits of new universal mathematical and especially algebraic and operator structures and methods in all branches and levels of modem physics from experiments to fundamentals is nowdays widely recognized. The far reaching pioneering discoveries of R. M. Santilli extend significantly the Lie analysis and operator methods and models of modem physics opening new areas of applications with possible essential improvements and revisions in models in particle physics and cosmology. In this article, some fundamental aspects of Lie-Santilli isotopic theory and relevant references are presented.
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- Lindwall, Katrin, 1959-, et al.
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Maker Tour - Mot nya höjder : Make IT flow, del 2
- 2018
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Annan publikation (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Utmaningarna är en del av projektet Maker tour - Mot nya höjder ( tidigare Mot nya höjder). Projektets mål är att öka intresset för naturvetenskap, teknik och matematik bland skolelever.Läs gärna mer på http://motnyahojder.com/
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| 10. |
- Lindwall, Katrin, 1959-, et al.
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Maker tour: mot nya höjder : make space HT-19
- 2019
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Annan publikation (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Utmaningarna är en del av projektet Maker tour - Mot nya höjder (tidigare Mot nya höjder). Projektets mål är att öka intresset för naturvetenskap, teknik och matematik bland skolelever.
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- Lindwall, Katrin, 1959-, et al.
(författare)
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Maker tour: mot nya höjder : make IT shine HT-18
- 2018
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Annan publikation (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Utmaningarna är en del av projektet Maker tour - Mot nya höjder (tidigare Mot nya höjder). Projektets mål är att öka intresset för naturvetenskap, teknik och matematik bland skolelever.
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- Lindwall, Katrin, 1959-, et al.
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Mot nya höjder : Make IT happen våren 2016
- 2016
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Annan publikation (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Utmaningarna är en del av projektet Mot nya höjder ( från 2018 Maker tour - Mot nya höjder). Projektets mål är att öka intresset för naturvetenskap, teknik och matematik bland skolelever.Läs gärna mer på www.motnyahojder.com
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- Tyrberg, Barbro, et al.
(författare)
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Mot nya höjder : Make it taste (Make it move)
- 2017
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Annan publikation (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Utmaningarna är en del av projektet Mot nya höjder. Projektets mål är att öka intresset för naturvetenskap, teknik och matematik bland skolelever.
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- Gäfvert, Oliver, 1991-
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Topological and geometrical methods in data analysis
- 2021
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This thesis concerns two related data analysis pipelines, using topological and geometrical methods respectively, to extract relevant information. The first pipeline, referred to as the topological data analysis (TDA) pipeline, constructs a filtered simplicial complex on a given data set in order to describe its shape. The shape is described using a persistence module, which characterizes the topological features of the filtration, and the final step of the pipeline extracts algebraic invariants from this object. The second pipeline, referred to as the geometric data analysis (GDA) pipeline, associates an algebraic variety to a given data set and aims to describe the structure of this variety. Its structure is described using homology, an invariant which for most algebraic varieties can only be computed numerically using sampling methods.In Paper A we consider invariants on multi-parameter persistence modules. We explain how to convert discrete invariants into stable ones via what we call hierarchical stabilization. We illustrate this process by constructing stable invariants for multi-parameter persistence modules with respect to the interleaving distance and so called simple noise systems. For one parameter, we recover the standard barcode information. For more than one parameter we prove that the constructed invariants are in general NP-hard to calculate. A consequence is that computing the feature counting function, proposed by Scolamiero et. al. (2016), is NP-hard.In Paper B we introduce an efficient algorithm to compute a minimal presentation of a multi-parameter persistent homology module, given a chain complex of free modules as input. Our approach extends previous work on this problem in the 2-parameter case, and draws on ideas underlying the F4 and F5 algorithms for Gröbner basis computation. In the r-parameter case, our algorithm computes a presentation for the homology of C ->F A ->G B, with modules of rank l,n,m respectively, in O(r2nr+1 + nrm + nr-1m2 + rn2 l) arithmetic operations. We implement this approach in our new software Muphasa, written in C++. In preliminary computational experiments on synthetic TDA examples, we compare our approach to a version of a classical approach based on Schreyer's algorithm, and find that ours is substantially faster and more memory efficient. In the course of developing our algorithm for computing presentations, we also introduce algorithms for the closely related problems of computing Gröbner bases for the image and kernel of the morphism G. This algorithm runs in time O(nrm + nr-1m2) and memory O(n2 + mn + nr + K), where K is the size of the output.Paper C analyzes the complexity of fitting a variety, coming from a class of varieties, to a configuration of points in RN. The complexity measure, called the algebraic complexity, computes the Euclidean Distance Degree (EDD) of a certain variety called the hypothesis variety as the number of points in the configuration increases. Finally, we establish a connection to complexity of architectures of polynomial neural networks. For the problem of fitting an (N-1)-sphere to a configuration of m points in RN, we give a closed formula for the algebraic complexity of the hypothesis variety as m grows for the case of N=1. For the case N>1 we conjecture a generalization of this formula supported by numerical experiments.In Paper D we present an efficient algorithm to produce a provably dense sample of a smooth compact variety. The procedure is partly based on computing bottlenecks of the variety. Using geometric information such as the bottlenecks and the local reach we also provide bounds on the density of the sample needed in order to guarantee that the homology of the variety can be recovered from the sample. An implementation of the algorithm is provided together with numerical experiments and a computational comparison to the algorithm by Dufresne et. al. (2019).
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- Lundin, Sverker, 1975
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Skolans matematik : En kritisk analys av den svenska skolmatematikens förhistoria, uppkomst och utveckling
- 2009
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- I argue that common beliefs regarding mathematics originate in the practices of elementary mathematics instruction rather than in science. While learning how to solve mathematical problems in school, we come to believe that mathematics has a set of properties in itself, for instance that it is useful in everyday life, even though this is not necessarily so. I call this object of belief the mathematics of schooling (skolans matematik), while the system of practices by which the belief is produced is called mathematics education (skolmatematik). I introduce a terminology inspired by psychoanalytic theory to describe the peculiar properties of the mathematics of schooling and suggest that it can be understood as a sublime object of an ideology propagated by the system of education. To substantiate this claim I give an overview of the history of Swedish mathematics education, based on curricula, textbooks, discussions in teacher magazines, and other published material – covering in general terms the eighteenth to the twenty-first century. The historical narrative moves between social factors determining the practices of mathematics education, the changing ideas about mathematics expressed in these contexts, and the interplay between external social factors and internal “ideological” meaning. My conclusion is that while elementary arithmetics is, and should be, a part of common knowledge, the mathematics of schooling is something quite different. This object is thoroughly ideological and plays a central part in society mainly by making the social effects of mathematics education – keeping children away from production while sorting them – to appear as something else, namely as most often failed attempts to give children a necessary knowledge of mathematics.
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- van Bommel, Jorryt, 1974-
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Att formulera problem 4-6
- 2021
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Annan publikation (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- Att formulera problemuppgifter är en del av problemlösning, en del som dock skiljer sig från att lösa problemuppgifter. Denna text inriktas på hur undervisning med fokus på problemformulering kan utformas, varför det är viktigt att elever i samband med problemlösning ges möjlighet att formulera egna uppgifter samt vad eleverna då kan lära
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- Fotedar, Sunney, 1989, et al.
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A criterion space decomposition approach to generalized tri-objective tactical resource allocation
- 2023
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Ingår i: Computational Management Science. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1619-697X .- 1619-6988. ; 20:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We present a tri-objective mixed-integer linear programming model of the tactical resource allocation problem with inventories, called the generalized tactical resource allocation problem (GTRAP). We propose a specialized criterion space decomposition strategy, in which the projected two-dimensional criterion space is partitioned and the corresponding sub-problems are solved in parallel by application of the quadrant shrinking method (QSM) (Boland in Eur J Oper Res 260(3):873–885, 2017) for identifying non-dominated points. To obtain an efficient implementation of the parallel variant of the QSM we suggest some modifications to reduce redundancies. Our approach is tailored for the GTRAP and is shown to have superior computational performance as compared to using the QSM without parallelization when applied to industrial instances.
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- Fotedar, Sunney, 1989
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Mathematical Multi-Objective Optimization of the Tactical Allocation of Machining Resources in Functional Workshops
- 2023
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- In the aerospace industry, efficient management of machining capacity is crucial to meet the required service levels to customers and to maintain control of the tied-up working capital. We introduce new multi-item , multi-level capacitated resource allocation models with a medium--to--long--term planning horizon. The model refers to functional workshops where costly and/or time- and resource-demanding preparations (or qualifications) are required each time a product needs to be (re)allocated to a machining resource. Our goal is to identify possible product routings through the factory which minimize the maximum excess resource loading above a given loading threshold while incurring as low qualification costs as possible and minimizing the inventory. In Paper I , we propose a new bi-objective mixed-integer (linear) optimization model for the Tactical Resource Allocation Problem (TRAP). We highlight some of the mathematical properties of the TRAP which are utilized to enhance the solution process. In Paper II , we address the uncertainty in the coefficients of one of the objective functions considered in the bi-objective TRAP. We propose a new bi-objective robust efficiency concept and highlight its benefits over existing robust efficiency concepts. In Paper III , we extend the TRAP with an inventory of semi-finished as well as finished parts, resulting in a tri-objective mixed-integer (linear) programming model. We create a criterion space partitioning approach that enables solving sub-problems simultaneously. In Paper IV , using our knowledge from our previous work we embarked upon a task to generalize our findings to develop an approach for any discrete tri-objective optimization problem. The focus is on identifying a representative set of non-dominated points with a pre-defined desired coverage gap .
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- Obradovic, Gabrijela, 1994, et al.
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Scheduling the repair and replacement of individual components in operating systems: a bi-objective mathematical optimization model
- 2024
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Ingår i: Journal of Scheduling. - 1099-1425 .- 1094-6136. ; 27:1, s. 87-101
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Preventive maintenance (PM) is performed so that failure is avoided while corrective maintenance is performed after a failure has occurred in order to restore the system back to an operational state. This research aims at scheduling PM activities for a multi-component system within a finite time horizon. We consider a setting with two stakeholders, being the system operator and themaintenanceworkshop, and two different contract types governing their joint activities, namely an availability contract and a turn-around time contract. Components in the systems that are to be maintained are sent to the maintenance workshop, which needs to schedule and perform all maintenance activities while at the same time satisfying the contract and not exceeding the workshop capacity. Our modelling is based on a mixed-binary linear optimization model of a PM scheduling problem with so-called interval costs over a finite and discretized time horizon.We enhance this scheduling model with the flow of individual components through the maintenance workshop, including stocks of spare components, both those components that need repair and the repaired ones. The resulting scheduling model is then utilized in the optimization of two main contracts, namely maximizing the availability of repaired (or new) components and minimizing the deviation from the contracted turn-around times for the components in the maintenance loop. Each of these objectives is combined with the objective to minimize the costs for maintenance of the operating system, leading to two bi-objective optimization problems. We analyse the two contracting forms between the stakeholders by studying and comparing the Pareto fronts resulting from different parameter settings, regarding minimum allowed stock levels and investments in repair capacity of the workshop. Our bi-objective mixed-binary linear optimization model is able to capture important properties of the results from the contracting forms as well as to show that, in our setting, an availability contract performs better than a turn-around time contract in terms of tractability.
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- Hamon, Thierry, et al.
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Term Ranking Adaptation to the Domain : Genetic Algorithm-Based Optimisation of the C-Value
- 2014
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Ingår i: Advances in Natural Language Processing. - Cham : Springer International Publishing. - 9783319108889 ; , s. 71-83
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Term extraction methods based on linguistic rules have been proposed to help the terminology building from corpora. As they face the difficulty of identifying the relevant terms among the noun phrases extracted, statistical measures have been proposed. However, the term selection results may depend on corpus and strong assumptions reflecting specific terminological practice. We tackle this problem by proposing a parametrised C-Value which optimally considers the length and the syntactic roles of the nested terms thanks to a genetic algorithm. We compare its impact on the ranking of terms extracted from three corpora. Results show average precision increased by 9% above the frequency-based ranking and by 12% above the C-Value-based ranking.
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- Brattström, Gudrun
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Leonardo da Pisa : Inger Christensen och Fibonacci
- 2008
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Ingår i: Lyrikvännen. - 0460-0762. ; 55:6, s. 33-38
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Tidskriftsartikel (populärvet., debatt m.m.)abstract
- Den danska poeten Inger Christensen byggde sin diktsamling Alfabet på Fibonaccis talserie. Artikeln är en kort historisk essä över Fibonacci, och beskriver även hur talserien är konstruerad.
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- Thunberg, Hans, 1956-
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Tonsättaren Per Nörgårds ''oändlighetsserie"
- 2013
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Ingår i: Normat. - : Scandinavian University Press. - 0801-3500. ; 61:1, s. 33-47
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- This article presents a mathematical description, in terms of recursively defined number sequences, of the algorithms devised by the Danish composer Nørgård. The ambition of the latter was to generate from a very short sequence of tones melodies rich in symmetries and selfsimilarities, melodies which could be aperiodic and hence infinite in length. Given the mathematical presentation a variety of results can be formulated and proved. Note that the well-known Thue-Morse sequence is essentially a special case.
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- Silvestrov, Sergei
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Interpolation of Normed Abelian Groups and Non-Commutative Integration
- 2012
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Ingår i: Analysis for Science, Engineering and Beyond. - Berlin : Springer Berlin/Heidelberg. - 9783642202353 ; , s. 325-341
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- This is a concise review concerned first of all with the two pioneering far reaching and in many ways yet to be fully explored important papers by Gunnar Sparr and Jaak Peetre on interpolation of normed abelian groups and on non-commutative integration. These papers introduced a general framework unifying many previously known interpolation results and methods in the ways applicable for non-commutative integration and non-commutative extensions of the function spaces, the directions of importance for example in non-commutative geometry and applications in quantum physics. Whence some notions and methods from these papers have been applied in various contexts, many other methods and ideas are yet to be discovered and developed further. In addition to the concise review of these important works by Jaak Peetre and Gunnar Sparr, a brief review is presented also of some related works on non-commutative spaces and non-commutative integration in the contexts of the theory of operator algebras and non-commutative geometry
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- Jansson, Fredrik, et al.
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Democratic revolutions as institutional innovation diffusion : rapid adoption and survival of democracy
- 2013
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Ingår i: Technological forecasting & social change. - New York : Elsevier BV. - 0040-1625 .- 1873-5509. ; 80:8, s. 1546-1556
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- Recent ‘democratic revolutions’ in Islamic countries call for a re-consideration of transitions to and from democracy. Transitions to democracy have often been considered the outcome of socio-economic modernization and therefore slow and incremental processes. But as a recent study has made clear, in the last century, transitions to democracy have mainly occurred through rapid leaps rather than slow and incremental steps. Here, we therefore apply an innovation and systems perspective and consider transitions to democracy as processes of institutional, and therefore systemic, innovation adoption. We show that transitions to democracy starting before 1900 lasted for an average of 50 years and a median of 56 years, while transitions originating later took an average of 4.6 years and a median of 1.7 years. However, our results indicate that the survival time of democratic regimes is longer in cases where the transition periods have also been longer, suggesting that patience paid in previous democratizations. We identify a critical ‘consolidation-preparing’ transition period of 12 years. Our results also show that in cases where the transitions have not been made directly from autocracy to democracy, there are no main institutional paths towards democracy. Instead, democracy seems reachable from a variety of directions. This is in line with the analogy of diffusion of innovations at the nation systems level, for which assumptions are that potential adopter systems may vary in susceptibility over time. The adoption of the institutions of democracy therefore corresponds to the adoption of a new political communications standard for a nation, in this case the innovation of involving in principle all adult citizens on an equal basis.
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- Hamon, Thierry, et al.
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Combining Compositionality and Pagerank for the Identification of Semantic Relations between Biomedical Words
- 2012
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Ingår i: BioNLP. - 9781937284206 - 1937284204 ; , s. 109-117
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- The acquisition of semantic resources and relations is an important task for several applications, such as query expansion, information retrieval and extraction, machine translation. However, their validity should also be computed and indicated, especially for automatic systems and applications. We exploit the compositionality based methods for the acquisition of synonymy relations and of indicators of these synonyms. We then apply pagerank-derived algorithm to the obtained semantic graph in order to filter out the acquired synonyms. Evaluation performed with two independent experts indicates that the quality of synonyms is systematically improved by 10 to 15% after their filtering.
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- Agram, Nacira, 1987-, et al.
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Optimal control of forward–backward mean-field stochastic delayed systems
- 2018
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Ingår i: Afrika Matematika. - : Springer. - 1012-9405 .- 2190-7668. ; 29:1-2, s. 149-174
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We study methods for solving stochastic control problems of systems offorward–backward mean-field equations with delay, in finite and infinite time horizon.Necessary and sufficient maximum principles under partial information are given. The resultsare applied to solve a mean-field recursive utility optimal problem.
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- Agram, Nacira, 1987-, et al.
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Singular Control Optimal Stopping of Memory Mean-Field Processes
- 2019
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Ingår i: SIAM Journal on Mathematical Analysis. - : Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. - 0036-1410 .- 1095-7154. ; 51:1, s. 450-468
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The purpose of this paper is to study the following topics and the relation between them: (i) Optimal singular control of mean-field stochastic differential equations with memory; (ii) reflected advanced mean-field backward stochastic differential equations; and (iii) optimal stopping of mean-field stochastic differential equations. More specifically, we do the following: (1) We prove the existence and uniqueness of the solutions of some reflected advanced memory backward stochastic differential equations; (2) we give sufficient and necessary conditions for an optimal singular control of a memory mean-field stochastic differential equation (MMSDE) with partial information; and (3) we deduce a relation between the optimal singular control of an MMSDE and the optimal stopping of such processes.
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- Bergqvist, Tomas, 1962-, et al.
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Upper secondary students’ task reasoning
- 2008
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Ingår i: International Journal of Mathematical Education in Science and Technology. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0020-739X .- 1464-5211. ; 39:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Upper secondary students’ task solving reasoning was analysed, with a focus on grounds for different strategy choices and implementations. The results indicate that mathematically well-founded considerations were rare. The dominating reasoning types were algorithmic reasoning, where students tried to remember a suitable algorithm, sometimes in a random way, and guided reasoning, where progress was possible only when essentially all important strategy choices were made by the interviewer.
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- Coquand, Thierry, 1961, et al.
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Metric complements of overt closed sets
- 2011
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Ingår i: Mathematical logic quarterly. - : Wiley. - 0942-5616 .- 1521-3870. ; 57:4, s. 373-378
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We show that the set of points of an overt closed subspace of a metric completion of a Bishop-locally compact metric space is located. Consequently, if the subspace is, moreover, compact, then its collection of points is Bishop-compact.
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- Djehiche, Boualem, et al.
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On the Functional Hodrick-Prescott Filter with Non-compact Operators
- 2016
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Ingår i: Random Operators and Stochastic Equations. - : Walter de Gruyter. - 0926-6364 .- 1569-397X. ; 24:1, s. 33-42
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We study a version of the functional Hodrick-Prescott filter where the associated operator is not necessarily compact, but merely closed and densely defined with closed range. We show that the associate doptimal smoothing operator preserves the structure obtained in the compact case, when the underlying distribution of the data is Gaussian.
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- Ekström, Erik, et al.
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Optimal liquidation of a call spread
- 2010
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Ingår i: Journal of Applied Probability. - 0021-9002 .- 1475-6072. ; 47:2, s. 586-593
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We study the optimal liquidation strategy for a call spread in the case when an investor, who does not hedge, believes in a volatility that differs from the implied volatility. The liquidation problem is formulated as an optimal stopping problem, which we solve explicitly. We also provide a sensitivity analysis with respect to the model parameters.
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- Engström, Christian, et al.
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Homogenization of the Maxwell equations using Floquet-Bloch decomposition
- 2003
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Ingår i: Mathematical and numerical waves 2003. - Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer. - 9783642558566 - 354040127X ; , s. 412-416
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Using Bloch waves to represent the full solution of the Maxwell equations inperiodic media, we study the limit process where the material's period becomes much smaller than the wavelenght. it is seen that effective material parameters can be extracted and explicity represented in terms of the non-vanishing Bloch waves, providing an alternative means of homogenization.
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- Engström, Christian
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Inverse bounds of two-component composites
- 2007
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Ingår i: SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics. - : Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics. - 0036-1399 .- 1095-712X. ; 68:3, s. 666-679
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- A method is presented for estimating microstructural parameters from permittivity measurements of two-component composites. This structural information is described by a particular positive measure in the Stieltjes integral representation of the effective permittivity. The dependence on the geometrical structure can be reduced to the problem of calculating the moments of the measure. We present a method that uses measurement data at a set of distinct frequencies or temperatures to calculate bounds on several moments. These inverse bounds are improved when the volume fraction is known or the material is isotropic. Composites with known geometrical structure illustrate the method.
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- Engström, Christian, et al.
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Numerical methods for homogenization of Maxwell's equations
- 2004
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Ingår i: URSI 2004 International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory. - : Pisa University Press. - 8884922526 - 9788884922526 ; , s. 987-989
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- When the wavelength is much larger than the typical scale of the microstructure in a material, it is possible to define effective or homogenized material coefficients. Two numerical methods for the determination of the homogenized coefficients are compared. Numerical examples, where extreme properties of the effective material are achieved in the two dimensional case, are presented.
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- Engström, Christian
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On the spectrum of a holomorphic operator-valued function with applications to absorptive photonic crystals
- 2010
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Ingår i: Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences. - : World Scientific. - 0218-2025. ; 20:8, s. 1319-1341
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We study electromagnetic wave propagation in a periodic and frequency dependent material characterized by a space- and frequency-dependent complex-valued permittivity. The spectral parameter relates to the time-frequency, leading to spectral analysis of a holomorphic operator-valued function. We apply the Floquet transform and show for a fixed quasi-momentum that the resulting family of spectral problems has a spectrum consisting of at most countably many isolated eigenvalues of finite multiplicity. These eigenvalues depend continuously on the quasi-momentum and no nonzero real eigenvalue exists when the material is absorptive. Moreover, we reformulate the special case of a rational operator-valued function in terms of a polynomial operator pencil and study two-component dispersive and absorptive crystals in detail.
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- Engström, Christian, et al.
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On the spectrum of an operator pencil with applications to wave propagation in periodic and frequency dependent materials
- 2009
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Ingår i: SIAM Journal on Applied Mathematics. - : Society for Industrial & Applied Mathematics (SIAM). - 0036-1399 .- 1095-712X. ; 70:1, s. 231-247
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We study wave propagation in periodic and frequency dependent materials when the medium in a frequency interval is characterized by a real-valued permittivity. The spectral parameter relates to the quasi momentum, which leads to spectral analysis of a quadratic operator pencil where frequency is a parameter. We show that the underlying operator has a discrete spectrum, where the eigenvalues are symmetrically placed with respect to the real and imaginary axis. Moreover, we discretize the operator pencil with finite elements and use a Krylov space method to compute eigenvalues of the resulting large sparse matrix pencil.
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- Lindahl, Karl-Olof
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The size of quadratic p-adic linearization disks
- 2013
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Ingår i: Advances in Mathematics. - : Elsevier. - 0001-8708 .- 1090-2082. ; 248, s. 872-894
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We find the exact radius of linearization disks at indifferentfixed points ofquadratic maps in Cp. We also show thatthe radius is invariant under power series perturbations.Localizing all periodic orbits of these quadratic-like maps wethen show that periodic points are not the only obstruction for linearization. In so doing, we provide the first known examples in the dynamics ofpolynomials over Cp where the boundary of the linearization disk does not contain any periodic point.
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- Ohlson, Martin, et al.
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Explicit Estimators of Parameters in the Growth Curve Model with Linearly Structured CovarianceMatrices
- 2010
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Ingår i: Journal of Multivariate Analysis. - : Elsevier BV. - 0047-259X .- 1095-7243. ; 101:5, s. 1284-1295
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Estimation of parameters in the classical Growth Curve model when the covariance matrix has some specific linear structure is considered. In our examples maximum likelihood estimators can not be obtained explicitly and must rely on optimization algorithms. Therefore explicit estimators are obtained as alternatives to the maximum likelihood estimators. From a discussion about residuals, a simple non-iterative estimation procedure is suggested which gives explicit and consistent estimators of both the mean and the linear structured covariance matrix.
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- Pejlare, Johanna, 1976
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On Axioms and Images in the History of Mathematics
- 2007
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Doktorsavhandling (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- This dissertation deals with aspects of axiomatization, intuition and visualization in the history of mathematics. Particular focus is put on the end of the 19th century, before David Hilbert's (1862–1943) work on the axiomatization of Euclidean geometry. The thesis consists of three papers. In the first paper the Swedish mathematician Torsten Brodén (1857–1931) and his work on the foundations of Euclidean geometry from 1890 and 1912, is studied. A thorough analysis of his foundational work is made as well as an investigation into his general view on science and mathematics. Furthermore, his thoughts on geometry and its nature and what consequences his view has for how he proceeds in developing the axiomatic system, is studied. In the second paper different aspects of visualizations in mathematics are investigated. In particular, it is argued that the meaning of a visualization is not revealed by the visualization and that a visualization can be problematic to a person if this person, due to a limited knowledge or limited experience, has a simplified view of what the picture represents. A historical study considers the discussion on the role of intuition in mathematics which followed in the wake of Karl Weierstrass' (1815–1897) construction of a nowhere differentiable function in 1872. In the third paper certain aspects of the thinking of the two scientists Felix Klein (1849–1925) and Heinrich Hertz (1857–1894) are studied. It is investigated how Klein and Hertz related to the idea of naïve images and visual thinking shortly before the development of modern axiomatics. Klein in several of his writings emphasized his belief that intuition plays an important part in mathematics. Hertz argued that we form images in our mind when we experience the world, but these images may contain elements that do not exist in nature.
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- Podlipenko, Yury, et al.
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Guaranteed Estimates of Functionals from Solutions and Data of Interior Maxwell Problems Under Uncertainties
- 2013
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Ingår i: Springer Proceedings in Mathematics & statistics. - Cham : Springer International Publishing. - 2194-1017 .- 2194-1009. ; 52, s. 135-167
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We are looking for linear with respect to observations optimal estimates of solutions and right-hand sides of Maxwell equations called minimax or guaranteed estimates. We develop constructive methods for finding these estimates and estimation errors which are expressed in terms of solutions to special variational equations and prove that Galerkin approximations of the obtained variational equations converge to their exact solutions. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2013.
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