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The problem of self-consistently coupling kinetic runaway-electron physics to the macroscopic evolution of the plasma is addressed by dividing the electron population into a bulk and a tail. A probabilistic closure is adopted to determine…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-08-01 Eero Hirvijoki , Chang Liu , Guannan Zhang , Diego del-Castillo-Negrete , Dylan Brennan

In this article, a novel drone skyway framework called CORRIDRONE is proposed. As the name suggests, this represents virtual air corridors for point-to-point safe passage of multiple drones. The corridors are not permanent but can be set up…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-12-03 Lima Agnel Tony , Ashwini Ratnoo , Debasish Ghose

Maddox, et al. (2022) establish a new win probability estimation for college basketball and compared the results with previous methods of Stern (1994), Desphande and Jensen (2016) and Benz (2019). This paper proposes modifications to the…

Applications · Statistics 2022-07-13 Jason T. Maddox , Ryan Sides , Jane L. Harvill

Basketball games evolve continuously in space and time as players constantly interact with their teammates, the opposing team, and the ball. However, current analyses of basketball outcomes rely on discretized summaries of the game that…

Applications · Statistics 2017-01-11 Daniel Cervone , Alex D'Amour , Luke Bornn , Kirk Goldsberry

Let $\mathcal{F}$ be a family of sets in some metric space. In the $\mathcal{F}$-chasing problem, an online algorithm observes a request sequence of sets in $\mathcal{F}$ and responds (online) by giving a sequence of points in these sets.…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-11-05 Sébastien Bubeck , Yin Tat Lee , Yuanzhi Li , Mark Sellke

We study pursuit-evasion differential games between a faster pursuer moving in 3D space and an evader moving in a plane. We first extend the well-known Apollonius circle to 3D space, by which we construct the isochron for the considered two…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-01 Shuai Li , Chen Wang , Guangming Xie

In this research a continuous model for resource allocations in a queuing system is considered and a local prediction on the system behavior is developed. As a result we obtain a set of possible cases, some of which lead to quite clear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-09-13 Tikhon Bogachev

We present a framework that gives a deep insight into the link between physical and technical-tactical aspects of soccer and it allows associating physical performance with value generation thanks to a top-down approach. First, we estimate…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2022-04-06 Sergio Llana , Borja Burriel , Pau Madrero , Javier Fernández

We present here two examples of stochastic modelings of social phenomena. The first topic is pedestrian counter flow. Two groups of model pedestrians move in opposite directions and create congestions. It will be shown that this congestion…

Physics and Society · Physics 2013-09-19 Kichi Tokuyama , Ryuta Maemura , Kengo Yokouchi , Toru Ohira

Since that very memorable day at the Beijing 2008 Olympics, a big question on every sports commentator's mind has been "What would the 100 meter dash world record have been, had Usain Bolt not celebrated at the end of his race?" Glen Mills,…

Popular Physics · Physics 2009-03-09 H. K. Eriksen , J. R. Kristiansen , O. Langangen , I. K. Wehus

We study the time evolution of four distance measures in the presence of initial systemenvironment correlations. It is well-known that the trace distance between two quantum states of an open system may increase due to initial correlations…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2015-06-16 S. Wissmann , B. Leggio , H. -P. Breuer

Traditional NBA player evaluation metrics are based on scoring differential or some pace-adjusted linear combination of box score statistics like points, rebounds, assists, etc. These measures treat performances with the outcome of the game…

Applications · Statistics 2023-09-21 Sameer K. Deshpande , Shane T. Jensen

The question of the existence of pairs and groups among the meteor showers is opened for a long time. The double station video observation of the 2006 Geminid meteor shower, one of the most active annual showers, is used for the search of…

Earth and Planetary Astrophysics · Physics 2021-12-08 Pavel Koten , David Čapek , Pavel Spurný , Rostislav Štork , Vlastimil Vojáček , Jan Bednář

The objective of this work is to analyze the usefulness to transform the information to measure sports performance. This analysis is carried out within the field of basketball due to the existing tradition in this sport in data collection,…

Applications · Statistics 2024-02-13 Román Salmerón

Athletic performance represents the pinnacle of human motor intelligence, demanding rapid choices, precise control, agility, and coordinated physical execution. Replicating this seamless combination of capabilities remains elusive in…

Dynamic obstacle avoidance is a popular research topic for autonomous systems, such as micro aerial vehicles and service robots. Accurately evaluating the performance of dynamic obstacle avoidance methods necessitates the establishment of a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-24 Moji Shi , Gang Chen , Álvaro Serra Gómez , Siyuan Wu , Javier Alonso-Mora

A quantum trajectory describes the evolution of a quantum system undergoing indirect measurement. In the discrete-time setting, the state of the system is updated by applying Kraus operators according to the measurement results. From an…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-04-04 Maël Bompais , Nina H. Amini , Clément Pellegrini

In arXiv:2107.05714 the concept of the Voronoi diagram was investigated closely from a theoretical point of view. Then, a physics-driven kinematical method was introduced to produce an improved model for dominance space in soccer. Remaining…

Physics and Society · Physics 2022-02-02 Costas J. Efthimiou , Gregory DeCamillis , Indranil Ghosh

Ultimate is a sport in which teams of seven players compete for points by passing a disc into the end zone. A distinctive aspect of Ultimate is that the player holding the disc is unable to move, underscoring the significance of creating…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-24 Shunsuke Iwashita , Atom Scott , Rikuhei Umemoto , Ning Ding , Keisuke Fujii

In contrast to most scientific disciplines, sports science research has been characterized by comparatively little effort investment in the development of relevant phenomenological models. Scarcer yet is the application of said models in…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2013-06-21 Ognjen Arandjelovic