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This paper investigates the problem of determining a binary-valued function through a sequence of strategically selected queries. The focus is an algorithm called Generalized Binary Search (GBS). GBS is a well-known greedy algorithm for…

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The analysis of complex nonlinear systems is often carried out using simpler piecewise linear representations of them. A principled and practical technique is proposed to linearize and evaluate arbitrary continuous nonlinear functions using…

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Analysis-suitable $G^1$ (AS-$G^1$) multi-patch spline surfaces [4] are particular $G^1$-smooth multi-patch spline surfaces, which are needed to ensure the construction of $C^1$-smooth multi-patch spline spaces with optimal polynomial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-25 Andrea Farahat , Mario Kapl , Aljaž Kosmač , Vito Vitrih

Wilson lines, being comparators that render non-local operator products gauge invariant, are extensively used in QCD calculations, especially in small-$x$ calculations, calculations concerning validation of factorisation schemes and in…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2015-02-03 Frederik F. Van der Veken

Automated detection of grain boundaries (GBs) in electron microscope images of polycrystalline materials could help accelerate the nanoscale characterization of myriad engineering materials and novel materials under scientific research.…

Materials Science · Physics 2025-11-06 Doruk Aksoy , Huolin L. Xin , Timothy J. Rupert , William J. Bowman

Let $R$ be a commutative ring with identity and $G$ a graph. Extending generalized splines are a further extension of generalized splines by allowing vertex labels of $G$ to lie in varying modules rather than in a fixed ring $R$.…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2026-02-05 Gökçen Dilaver , Selma Altınok

We propose a fast and robust method to estimate the ground surface from LIDAR measurements on an automated vehicle. The ground surface is modeled as a UBS which is robust towards varying measurement densities and with a single parameter…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-03-03 Sascha Wirges , Kevin Rösch , Frank Bieder , Christoph Stiller

The increased demand for online prediction and the growing availability of large data sets drives the need for computationally efficient models. While exact Gaussian process regression shows various favorable theoretical properties…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-08-02 Armin Lederer , Alejandro Jose Ordonez Conejo , Korbinian Maier , Wenxin Xiao , Jonas Umlauft , Sandra Hirche

We present new fault jump estimates to guide local refinement in surface approximation schemes with adaptive spline constructions. The proposed approach is based on the idea that, since discontinuities in the data should naturally…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-06-27 Cesare Bracco , Carlotta Giannelli , Francesco Patrizi , Alessandra Sestini

This article presents an identification methodology to capture general relationships, with application to piecewise nonlinear approximations of model predictive control for constrained (non)linear systems. The mathematical formulation…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-01-06 Van-Vuong Trinh , Mazen Alamir , Patrick Bonnay

This paper proposes a novel framework for the approximation and analysis of circular density data using compositional periodic splines within Bayes spaces with the Hilbert space structure. By applying the centered log-ratio transformation,…

Methodology · Statistics 2026-05-19 Jitka Machalová , Jana Heckenbergerová , Karel Hron

This paper introduces a novel framework for constructing $C^r$ basis functions for polynomial spline spaces of degree $d$ over arbitrary planar polygonal partitions, overturning the belief that basis functions cannot be constructed on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-03 Bingru Huang

The paradigm of differentiable programming has significantly enhanced the scope of machine learning via the judicious use of gradient-based optimization. However, standard differentiable programming methods (such as autodiff) typically…

We study numerical methods for the generalized Langevin equation (GLE) with a positive Prony series memory kernel, in which case the GLE can be written in an extended variable Markovian formalism. We propose a new splitting method that is…

Computational Physics · Physics 2022-05-31 Manh Hong Duong , Xiaocheng Shang

Locally refined spline surfaces (LRB) is a representation well suited for scattered data approximation. When a data set has local details in some areas and is largely smooth in other, LR B-splines allow the spatial distribution of degrees…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-12-16 Vibeke Skytt , Tor Dokken

Isogeometric Analysis generalizes classical finite element analysis and intends to integrate it with the field of Computer-Aided Design. A central problem in achieving this objective is the reconstruction of analysis-suitable models from…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-09 Thomas Takacs , Deepesh Toshniwal

New differential-recurrence relations for B-spline basis functions are given. Using these relations, a recursive method for finding the Bernstein-B\'{e}zier coefficients of B-spline basis functions over a single knot span is proposed. The…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-22 Filip Chudy , Paweł Woźny

The estimation of functions with varying degrees of smoothness is a challenging problem in the nonparametric function estimation. In this paper, we propose the LABS (L\'{e}vy Adaptive B-Spline regression) model, an extension of the LARK…

Methodology · Statistics 2021-02-02 Sewon Park , Hee-Seok Oh , Jaeyong Lee

Learning with symmetric positive definite (SPD) matrices has many applications in machine learning. Consequently, understanding the Riemannian geometry of SPD matrices has attracted much attention lately. A particular Riemannian geometry of…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-12 Andi Han , Bamdev Mishra , Pratik Jawanpuria , Junbin Gao

This is an expos\'e on the use of O'Sullivan penalised splines in contemporary semiparametric regression, including mixed model and Bayesian formulations. O'Sullivan penalised splines are similar to P-splines, but have an advantage of being…

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