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Correct prediction of particle transport by surface waves is crucial in many practical applications such as search and rescue or salvage operations and pollution tracking and clean-up efforts. Recent results have indicated transport by…

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The popular Lasso approach for sparse estimation can be derived via marginalization of a joint density associated with a particular stochastic model. A different marginalization of the same probabilistic model leads to a different…

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The regularity of solutions to the stochastic nonlinear wave equation plays a critical role in the accuracy and efficiency of numerical algorithms. Rough or discontinuous initial conditions pose significant challenges, often leading to a…

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