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GPGCD: An iterative method for calculating approximate GCD of univariate polynomials
We present an iterative algorithm for calculating approximate greatest common
divisor (GCD) of univariate polynomials with the real or the complex
coefficients. For a given pair of polynomials and a degree, our algorithm finds
a pair of polynomials which has a GCD of the given degree and whose
coefficients are perturbed from those in the original inputs, making the
perturbations as small as possible, along with the GCD. The problem of
approximate GCD is transfered to a constrained minimization problem, then
solved with the so-called modified Newton method, which is a generalization of
the gradient-projection method, by searching the solution iteratively. We
demonstrate that, in some test cases, our algorithm calculates approximate GCD
with perturbations as small as those calculated by a method based on the
structured total least norm (STLN) method and the UVGCD method, while our
method runs significantly faster than theirs by approximately up to 30 or 10
times, respectively, compared with their implementation. We also show that our
algorithm properly handles some ill-conditioned polynomials which have a GCD
with small or large leading coefficient.Comment: Preliminary versions have been presented as
doi:10.1145/1576702.1576750 and arXiv:1007.183
Generalized companion matrix for approximate GCD
We study a variant of the univariate approximate GCD problem, where the
coefficients of one polynomial f(x)are known exactly, whereas the coefficients
of the second polynomial g(x)may be perturbed. Our approach relies on the
properties of the matrix which describes the operator of multiplication by gin
the quotient ring C[x]=(f). In particular, the structure of the null space of
the multiplication matrix contains all the essential information about GCD(f;
g). Moreover, the multiplication matrix exhibits a displacement structure that
allows us to design a fast algorithm for approximate GCD computation with
quadratic complexity w.r.t. polynomial degrees.Comment: Submitted to MEGA 201
Over-constrained Weierstrass iteration and the nearest consistent system
We propose a generalization of the Weierstrass iteration for over-constrained
systems of equations and we prove that the proposed method is the Gauss-Newton
iteration to find the nearest system which has at least common roots and
which is obtained via a perturbation of prescribed structure. In the univariate
case we show the connection of our method to the optimization problem
formulated by Karmarkar and Lakshman for the nearest GCD. In the multivariate
case we generalize the expressions of Karmarkar and Lakshman, and give
explicitly several iteration functions to compute the optimum.
The arithmetic complexity of the iterations is detailed
An approach for uncertainty aggregation using generalised conjunction/disjunction aggregators
Decision Support Systems are often used in the area of system evaluation. The quality of the output of such a system is only as good as the quality of the data that is used as input. Uncertainty on data, if not taken into account, can lead to evaluation results that are not representative. In this paper, we propose a technique to extend Generalised Con- junction/Disjunction aggregators to deal with un- certainty in Decision Support Systems. We first de- fine the logic properties of uncertainty aggregation through reasoning on strict aggregators and after- wards extend this logic to partial aggregators
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