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We describe human-subject laboratory experiments on probabilistic auctions based on previously proposed auction protocols involving the simulated manipulation and communication of quantum states. These auctions are probabilistic in…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-03-31 Kay-Yut Chen , Tad Hogg

Simulation-based inference has been popular for amortized Bayesian computation. It is typical to have more than one posterior approximation, from different inference algorithms, different architectures, or simply the randomness of…

Methodology · Statistics 2024-03-04 Yuling Yao , Bruno Régaldo-Saint Blancard , Justin Domke

We investigate combinatorial issues relating to the use of random orbit approximations to the attractor of an iterated function system with the aim of clarifying the role of the stochastic process during generation the orbit. A Baire…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2013-01-31 Michael F. Barnsley , Krzysztof Leśniak

In the original Evolutionary Minority Game, a segregation into two populations with opposing preferences is observed under many circumstances. We show that this segregation becomes more pronounced and more robust if the dynamics are changed…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2009-11-07 Richard Metzler , Christian Horn

We consider a branching random walk in a random space-time environment of disasters where each particle is killed when meeting a disaster. This extends the model of the "random walk in a disastrous random environment" introduced by [15]. We…

Probability · Mathematics 2017-09-13 Nina Gantert , Stefan Junk

The efficiency of any metaheuristic algorithm largely depends on the way of balancing local intensive exploitation and global diverse exploration. Studies show that bat algorithm can provide a good balance between these two key components…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-08-25 Xin-She Yang , Suash Deb , Simon Fong

In this paper we study random optimization problems where random functions are investigated in sample paths. Some sufficient conditions ensuring the existence of random solutions to random optimization problems are proposed.

Probability · Mathematics 2020-05-14 Ta Ngoc Anh

A fractal method to detect, locate and quantify chaos in multi-dimensional-conservative-closed systems, based on the creation of artificial exits, is presented. The method is invariant under space-time changes of coordinates and can be used…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 A. E. Motter , P. S. Letelier

The Gaussian Moat problem asks whether one can walk to infinity in the Gaussian integers using the Gaussian primes as stepping stones and taking bounded length steps or not. In this paper, we have analyzed the Gaussian primes and also…

Number Theory · Mathematics 2024-09-09 Madhuparna Das

Phylogenetic inference, the task of reconstructing how related sequences evolved from common ancestors, is a central objective in evolutionary genomics. The current state-of-the-art methods exploit probabilistic models of sequence evolution…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2026-02-19 Luc Blassel , Noémie Sauvage , Pierre Barrat-Charlaix , Bastien Boussau , Nicolas Lartillot , Laurent Jacob

Gaussian random fields on finite dimensional smooth manifolds whose variances reach their maximum value at smooth submanifolds are considered. Exact asymptotic behaviors of large excursion probabilities have been evaluated. Vector Gaussian…

Probability · Mathematics 2021-08-18 Vladimir I. Piterbarg

Two discrete dynamical systems are discussed and analyzed whose trajectories encode significant explicit information about a number of problems in combinatorial probability, including graphical enumeration on Riemann surfaces and random…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2019-01-25 Tova Brown , Nicholas M. Ercolani

Background: Continuous traits evolution of a group of taxa that are correlated through a phylogenetic tree is commonly modelled using parametric stochastic differential equations to represent deterministic change of trait through time,…

Populations and Evolution · Quantitative Biology 2026-04-03 Bayu Brahmantio , Krzysztof Bartoszek , Etka Yapar

We explore the use of Costa and Farber's model for random simplicial complexes to give probabilistic evidence for exhaustion via rigid expansions on random simplicial complexes which are analogous of curve complexes. This has potential…

Geometric Topology · Mathematics 2020-09-25 Noé Bárcenas , Jesús Hernández-Hernández , Ricardo Chávez-Cáliz

In this paper, we define the upper (resp. lower) covariance under multiple probabilities via a corresponding max-min-max (resp. min-max-min) optimization problem and the related properties of covariances are obtained. In particular, we…

Probability · Mathematics 2024-02-28 Xinpeng Li , Jingxu Niu , Ke Zhou

We introduce an algorithm that conjectures the structure of a permutation class in the form of a disjoint cover of "rules"; similar to generalized grid classes. The cover is usually easily verified by a human and translated into an…

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2017-05-12 Christian Bean , Bjarki Gudmundsson , Henning Ulfarsson

We consider importance sampling for estimating the probability that a light-tailed $d$-dimensional random walk exits through one of many disjoint rare-event regions before reaching an anticipated target. This problem arises in sequential…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-09-19 Yanglei Song , Georgios Fellouris

The motivation of this work is to extend the techniques of higher order random walks on simplicial complexes to analyze mixing times of Markov chains for combinatorial problems. Our main result is a sharp upper bound on the second…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2020-02-07 Vedat Levi Alev , Lap Chi Lau

We analyze the mean cost of the partial match queries in random two-dimensional quadtrees. The method is based on fragmentation theory. The convergence is guaranteed by a coupling argument of Markov chains, whereas the value of the limit is…

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