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For piecewise expanding one-dimensional maps without periodic turning points we prove that isolated eigenvalues of small (random) perturbations of these maps are close to isolated eigenvalues of the unperturbed system. (Here ``eigenvalue''…

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We study numerically the roughening properties of an interface in a two-dimensional Ising model with either random bonds or random fields, which are representative of universality classes where disorder acts only on the interface or also…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-04-28 Federico Corberi , Eugenio Lippiello , Marco Zannetti

The analysis of structure-preserving numerical methods for the Poisson--Nernst--Planck (PNP) system has attracted growing interests in recent years. In this work, we provide an optimal rate convergence analysis and error estimate for finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-23 Jie Ding , Cheng Wang , Shenggao Zhou

Recent developments in Carrillo et al. (2012) and Carrillo et al. (2013) introduced a novel regularization method for compressive imaging in the context of compressed sensing with coherent redundant dictionaries. The approach relies on the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-07-05 Rafael E. Carrillo , Jason D. McEwen , Yves Wiaux

This work derives and analyzes an online learning strategy for tracking the average of time-varying distributed signals by relying on randomized coordinate-descent updates. During each iteration, each agent selects or observes a random…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2019-07-31 Bicheng Ying , Kun Yuan , Ali H. Sayed

The simultaneous estimation of multiple unknown parameters lies at heart of a broad class of important problems across science and technology. Currently, the state-of-the-art performance in the such problems is achieved by nonparametric…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2023-05-30 Alton Barbehenn , Sihai Dave Zhao

This paper proposes a unified framework for designing robustness in optimization under uncertainty using gauge sets, convex sets that generalize distance and capture how distributions may deviate from a nominal reference. Representing…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-26 Ningji Wei , Xian Yu , Peter Zhang

Using the superstatistics method, we propose an extension of the random matrix theory to cover systems with mixed regular-chaotic dynamics. Unlike most of the other works in this direction, the ensembles of the proposed approach are basis…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. Y. Abul-Magd

The purpose of this study is to explore three numerical approaches to the elastic homogenization of disordered masonry structures with moderate meso/macro-lengthscale ratio. The methods investigated include a representative of perturbation…

Materials Science · Physics 2009-07-02 M. Lombardo , J. Zeman , M. Sejnoha , G. Falsone

Prior knowledge on properties of a target model often come as discrete or combinatorial descriptions. This work provides a unified computational framework for defining norms that promote such structures. More specifically, we develop…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2019-04-11 Amin Jalali , Adel Javanmard , Maryam Fazel

Diffusion models have become prevalent in generative modeling due to their ability to sample from complex distributions. To improve the quality of generated samples and their compliance with user requirements, two commonly used methods are:…

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Staggered adoption of policies by different units at different times creates promising opportunities for observational causal inference. Estimation remains challenging, however, and common regression methods can give misleading results. A…

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Covariance tapering is a popular approach for reducing the computational cost of spatial prediction and parameter estimation for Gaussian process models. However, tapering can have poor performance when the process is sampled at spatially…

Computation · Statistics 2016-02-22 David Bolin , Jonas Wallin

Assembly of large scale structural systems in space is understood as critical to serving applications that cannot be deployed from a single launch. Recent literature proposes the use of discrete modular structures for in-space assembly and…

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In this paper we introduce a General Dynamic String-Averaging (GDSA) iterative scheme and investigate its convergence properties in the inconsistent case, that is, when the input operators don't have a common fixed point. The Dynamic…

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A novel first-order autoregressive moving average model for analyzing discrete-time series observed at irregularly spaced times is introduced. Under Gaussianity, it is established that the model is strictly stationary and ergodic. In the…

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The study of quenched random systems is facilitated by the idea that the ensemble averages describe the thermal averages for any specific realization of the couplings, provided the system is large enough. Careful examination suggests that…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-09-19 Avishay Efrat , Moshe Schwartz

The use of high-frequency currents in neurostimulation has received increased attention in recent years due to its varied effects on tissues and cells. Nonlinear differential equations are commonly used as models for Neurons, and averaging…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-29 Eduardo Cerpa , Matías Courdurier , Esteban Hernández , Leonel E. Medina , Esteban Paduro

We present an iterative framework to improve the amortized approximations of posterior distributions in the context of Bayesian inverse problems, which is inspired by loop-unrolled gradient descent methods and is theoretically grounded in…

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