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In this study, we present a new module built for users interested in a programming language similar to BUGS to fit a Bayesian model based on the piecewise exponential (PE) distribution. The module is an extension to the open-source program…

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Isotonic regression provides a flexible, tuning-free approach to estimating monotonic functions without imposing global curvature constraints, yet the estimated regression function is inherently a step function. This paper addresses a key…

Methodology · Statistics 2026-05-19 Timo Kuosmanen , Juan F. Monge , José L. Ruiz , Xun Zhou

The theory of slice regular functions is nowadays widely studied and has found its elegant applications to a functional calculus for quaternionic linear operators and Schur analysis. However, much less is known about their boundary…

Complex Variables · Mathematics 2020-02-05 Guangbin Ren , Xieping Wang

Basic computer arithmetic operations, such as $+$, $\times$, or $\div$ are correctly rounded, whilst mathematical functions such as $e^x$, $\ln(x)$, or $\sin(x)$ in general are not, meaning that separate implementations may provide…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Mantas Mikaitis , Tejaswa Rizyal

We present a new package Theta.jl for computing with the Riemann theta function. It is implemented in Julia and offers accurate numerical evaluation of theta functions with characteristics and their derivatives of arbitrary order. Our…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2021-04-21 Daniele Agostini , Lynn Chua

In static timing analysis, clock-to-q delays of flip-flops are considered as constants. Setup times and hold times are characterized separately and also used as constants. The characterized delays, setup times and hold times, are ap- plied…

Hardware Architecture · Computer Science 2017-05-16 Grace Li Zhang , Bing Li , Ulf Schlichtmann

We present an open-source Julia-based software toolkit for solving the phase problem using dual-space iterative algorithms. The toolkit is specifically designed for aperiodic crystals and quasicrystals, supporting general space group…

Other Condensed Matter · Physics 2025-11-19 Pavel Kalugin

Adopting the approach of [7] we study rational function carrying invariant line fields on the Julia set. In particular, we show that under certain weak conditions all possible measurable invariant line fields of a rational function on its…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-08-28 Genadi Levin

Pull-tabbing is an evaluation technique for functional logic programs which computes all non-deterministic results in a single graph structure. Pull-tab steps are local graph transformations to move non-deterministic choices towards the…

Programming Languages · Computer Science 2020-08-28 Michael Hanus , Finn Teegen

In this paper we provide a reconstruction algorithm for piecewise-smooth functions with a-priori known smoothness and number of discontinuities, from their Fourier coefficients, posessing the maximal possible asymptotic rate of convergence…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-03-18 Dmitry Batenkov

Estimating parameters of Partial Differential Equations (PDEs) from noisy and indirect measurements often requires solving ill-posed inverse problems. These so called parameter estimation or inverse medium problems arise in a variety of…

Mathematical Software · Computer Science 2016-12-15 Lars Ruthotto , Eran Treister , Eldad Haber

This article presents a novel approach to enhance the accuracy of classical quadrature rules by incorporating correction terms. The proposed method is particularly effective when the position of an isolated discontinuity in the function and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-27 Shipra Mahata , Samala Rathan , Juan Ruiz-Álvarez , Dionisio F. Yáñez

In this paper we define "piecewise scalable frames". This new scaling process allows us to alter many frames to Parseval frames which is impossible by the previous standard scaling. We give necessary and sufficient conditions for a frame to…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2022-03-25 Peter G. Casazza , Laura De Carli , Tin T. Tran

InvertibleNetworks.jl is a Julia package designed for the scalable implementation of normalizing flows, a method for density estimation and sampling in high-dimensional distributions. This package excels in memory efficiency by leveraging…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-12-22 Rafael Orozco , Philipp Witte , Mathias Louboutin , Ali Siahkoohi , Gabrio Rizzuti , Bas Peters , Felix J. Herrmann

In this article we analyze a generalized trapezoidal rule for initial value problems with piecewise smooth right hand side \(F:\R^n\to\R^n\). When applied to such a problem the classical trapezoidal rule suffers from a loss of accuracy if…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-01-04 Andreas Griewank , Richard Hasenfelder , Manuel Radons , Tom Streubel

Lower and upper bounds for a given function are important in many mathematical and engineering contexts, where they often serve as a base for both analysis and application. In this short paper, we derive piecewise linear and quadratic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-06-17 Gene A. Bunin , Grégory François , Dominique Bonvin

We consider two non-linear generalizations of fractal interpolating functions generated from iterated function systems. The first corresponds to fitting data using a Kth-order polynomial, while the second relates to the freedom of adding…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Kobes , H. Letkeman

The conformable derivative has been promoted in numerous publications as a new fractional derivative operator. This article provides a critical reassessment of this claim. We demonstrate that the conformable derivative is not a fractional…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-12-30 Aziz El Ghazouani , Fouad Ibrahim Abdou Amir , Khoulane Mohamed , M'hamed Elomari

Proprietary closed-source software is still the norm in advanced process control. Transparency and reproducibility are key aspects of scientific research. Free and open-source toolkit can contribute to the development, sharing and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-07 Francis Gagnon , Alex Thivierge , André Desbiens , Fredrik Bagge Carlson

Additive utility function models are widely used in multiple criteria decision analysis. In such models, a numerical value is associated to each alternative involved in the decision problem. It is computed by aggregating the scores of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-10-05 Olivier Sobrie , Nicolas Gillis , Vincent Mousseau , Marc Pirlot