Global view-dependent illumination phenomena, in particular reflections, greatly enhance the realism of computer-generated imagery. Current interactive rendering methods do not pr...
The Point Distribution Model (PDM) has already proved useful for many tasks involving the location or tracking of deformable objects. A principal limitation lies in the fact that n...
Compression with Reversible Embedded Wavelets (CREW) is a uni ed lossless and lossy continuous-tone still image compression system. It is wavelet-based using a \reversible" a...
A. Zandi, James D. Allen, Edward L. Schwartz, Mart...
Term weighting strongly influences the performance of text mining and information retrieval approaches. Usually term weights are determined through statistical estimates based on s...
We consider a portfolio allocation problem where the objective function is a tail event such as probability of large portfolio losses. The dependence between assets is captured th...