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We develop a novel algorithm, Predictive Hierarchical Clustering (PHC), for agglomerative hierarchical clustering of current procedural terminology (CPT) codes. Our predictive hierarchical clustering aims to cluster subgroups, not…

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We propose a scalable preconditioned primal-dual hybrid gradient algorithm for solving partial differential equations (PDEs). We multiply the PDE with a dual test function to obtain an inf-sup problem whose loss functional involves…

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Large-scale sparse precision matrix estimation has attracted wide interest from the statistics community. The convex partial correlation selection method (CONCORD) developed by Khare et al. (2015) has recently been credited with some…

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A Crank-Nicolson finite volume approximation for three-dimensional conservative space-fractional diffusion equation results in large and dense three-level Toeplitz discrete linear systems. Preconditioned Krylov subspace methods with sine…

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This paper is concerned with the extraction of the smallest eigenvalue and the corresponding eigenvector of a symmetric positive definite matrix pencil. We reveal implicit convexity of the eigenvalue problem in Euclidean space. A provable…

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We present a simple, accurate method for computing singular or nearly singular integrals on a smooth, closed surface, such as layer potentials for harmonic functions evaluated at points on or near the surface. The integral is computed with…

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We propose a new practical adaptive refinement strategy for $hp$-finite element approximations of elliptic problems. Following recent theoretical developments in polynomial-degree-robust a posteriori error analysis, we solve two types of…

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We present a novel linear solver that works well for large systems obtained from discretizing PDEs. It is robust and, for the examples we studied, the computational effort scales linearly with the number of equations. The algorithm is based…

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Lattice QCD calculations require significant computational effort, with the dominant fraction of resources typically spent in the numerical inversion of the Dirac operator. One of the simplest methods to solve such large and sparse linear…

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