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The dimension of the Incipient Infinite Cluster
We study the Incipient Infinite Cluster (IIC) of high-dimensional bond
percolation on . We prove that the mass dimension of IIC almost
surely equals and the volume growth exponent of IIC almost surely equals
.Comment: 9 page
A Novel Convex Relaxation for Non-Binary Discrete Tomography
We present a novel convex relaxation and a corresponding inference algorithm
for the non-binary discrete tomography problem, that is, reconstructing
discrete-valued images from few linear measurements. In contrast to state of
the art approaches that split the problem into a continuous reconstruction
problem for the linear measurement constraints and a discrete labeling problem
to enforce discrete-valued reconstructions, we propose a joint formulation that
addresses both problems simultaneously, resulting in a tighter convex
relaxation. For this purpose a constrained graphical model is set up and
evaluated using a novel relaxation optimized by dual decomposition. We evaluate
our approach experimentally and show superior solutions both mathematically
(tighter relaxation) and experimentally in comparison to previously proposed
relaxations
E.O.Q.L.: A revised and improved version of A.O.Q.L.
Sampling;probability theory
Bayesian discovery sampling: A simple model of Bayesian inference in auditing
Auditing;Sampling;accountancy
Applications of statistical methods and techniques to auditing and accounting
Statistical Methods;Auditing;accounting/ accountancy
Automatic alignment for three-dimensional tomographic reconstruction
In tomographic reconstruction, the goal is to reconstruct an unknown object
from a collection of line integrals. Given a complete sampling of such line
integrals for various angles and directions, explicit inverse formulas exist to
reconstruct the object. Given noisy and incomplete measurements, the inverse
problem is typically solved through a regularized least-squares approach. A
challenge for both approaches is that in practice the exact directions and
offsets of the x-rays are only known approximately due to, e.g. calibration
errors. Such errors lead to artifacts in the reconstructed image. In the case
of sufficient sampling and geometrically simple misalignment, the measurements
can be corrected by exploiting so-called consistency conditions. In other
cases, such conditions may not apply and we have to solve an additional inverse
problem to retrieve the angles and shifts. In this paper we propose a general
algorithmic framework for retrieving these parameters in conjunction with an
algebraic reconstruction technique. The proposed approach is illustrated by
numerical examples for both simulated data and an electron tomography dataset
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Sourcing IT Skills in Organizations: A Comparison Among European Countries
Organizations deal with the matter of sourcing and governing their IT skills. This paper provides insights how this is done by firms in different European countries. It addresses the insourcing/outsourcing of IT skills trade-off, and explores the effects of country characteristics. Analyses are based on 1,464 companies extracted from the E-business W@tch dataset, covering two distinct industries in eight European Countries around the year 2003. It appears that European organizations, then, marginally recruited IT personnel on the external labour market (insourcing). Instead, outsourcing and allocating IT training were more popular as a sourcing policy. Also, it appeared that different policies to attain IT skills do not coincide. Sourcing policies significantly vary between countries, taken industry and size effects into account. Suggestions for interpreting these variations between companies and countries are put forward
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