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Abstract: In the past decade, influence maximization becomes one of the fundamental problems in online social networks. It has popular applications such as viral marketing and rumor blocking. This ...

Abstract: This paper develops a framework for the estimation of a time-varying random signal using a distributed sensor network. Given a continuous time model sensors collect noisy observations and ...

Just when it appeared like the market was ready to go for a more significant dip following a challenging first quarter, stocks staged one of their most considerable rallies in recent history. I wrote ...

eInstitute of Medical Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, University Medical Centre of Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Mainz, Germany fUniversity Cancer Center at University Medical ...

Most optimization problems in control theory assume you're working in flat space. You have a system, you want to steer it from one state to another, and you minimize some cost along the way. This ...

👉 Learn how to find the conditional probability of an event. Probability is the chance of an event occurring or not occurring. The probability of an event is given by the number of outcomes divided ...

👉 Learn how to find the conditional probability of an event. Probability is the chance of an event occurring or not occurring. The probability of an event is given by the number of outcomes divided ...

Earlier today I posed four puzzles from the Hyde Park Math Zine, a maths fanzine from Austin, Texas. Here they are again with solutions. 1. Ring it Each region has a perimeter given by its enclosed ...

If a new pathogen causes a large epidemic, then it might “burn out” before causing a second epidemic. The burnout probability can be estimated from large numbers of computationally intensive ...

What is probability? The probability of an event is the proportion of times the event occurs out of a large number of trials. For instance, the probability of obtaining heads when a coin is tossed is ...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s Enhanced Leads Identification & Targeting for Enforcement (ELITE) tool is being used to identify “targets” and to direct enforcement activity as part of a ...