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Optimal Klappenspiel, Arthur T. Benjamin, Derek Stanford '93 Jan 1995

Optimal Klappenspiel, Arthur T. Benjamin, Derek Stanford '93

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The game Klappenspiel ("flipping game") is a traditional German game of flipping tiles according to dice rolls. In this paper, we derive the optimal strategy for this game by using dynamic programming. We show that the probability of winning using the optimal strategy is 0.30%.

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Metode De Calcul În Analiza Matematică, Florentin Smarandache, C. Dumitrescu Jan 1995

Metode De Calcul În Analiza Matematică, Florentin Smarandache, C. Dumitrescu

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

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Model And Design-Based Analysis Of Complex Surveys., Joydip Mitra Dr. Dec 1994

Model And Design-Based Analysis Of Complex Surveys., Joydip Mitra Dr.

Doctoral Theses

We consider estimating the total Y of a variable y defined on a survey population. The survey is complex only in the sense that we admit sample selection with arbitrary probabilities. Our 'analysis' consists in examining efficacies of conf Idence intervals for the For this we need point estimators and or mean square error (MSE) variance { estimators, respectively say, total. the corresponding e and v. The distribution, resulting from repeated sampling, of the pivotal quantity d = (e-Y)/V 1s supposed to approximate that of standard normal deviate t or of Students t with (n-1) degrees of freedom, assuming large …

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Studies On Design, Routing And Fault Tolerance Of Interconnection Network., Krishnendu Mukhopadhyay Dr. Sep 1994

Studies On Design, Routing And Fault Tolerance Of Interconnection Network., Krishnendu Mukhopadhyay Dr.

Doctoral Theses

A recent trend in computing is to distribute the computations among a set of processing elements. There are two basic appronches to this - one is to build a loosely-coupled system and the other is to form a tightly-coupled system [PS85].In a loosely-coupled system, the processors do not share common memory or a common clock; but sharing of important resources like data files, softwares, special hardware components etc., is possible without duplicating the resources themselves. The processing nodes may even be geographicully separated from each other and are connected through databuses, telephone/radio links, satellite, etc. Such loosely- coupled systems are …

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Σary, Moorhead State University, Mathematics Department May 1994

Σary, Moorhead State University, Mathematics Department

Math Department Newsletters

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Retiling A Colored Hexagonal Plane, Kari Kelton Apr 1994

Retiling A Colored Hexagonal Plane, Kari Kelton

Mahurin Honors College Capstone Experience/Thesis Projects

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Markov Dilation Of Nonconservative Quantum Dynamical Semigroups And Quantum Boundary Theory., B. V. Rajarama Bhat Dr. Mar 1994

Markov Dilation Of Nonconservative Quantum Dynamical Semigroups And Quantum Boundary Theory., B. V. Rajarama Bhat Dr.

Doctoral Theses

In classical probability theory, based on Kolmogorov consistency theorem, one can associate a Markov process to any one parameter semigroup of stochastic matrices or transition probability operators. It is indeed the foundation for the theory of Markov processes. Here a quantum version of this theorem has been established. This effectively answers some of the questions raised by P. A. Meyer in his book (see page 220 of (Me).It is widely agreed upon that irreversible dynamics in the quantum setting is de- scribed by contractive semigroups of completely positive maps on C" algebras ([Kr). (AL]). In other words these semigroups, known …

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Discrete Singularity Method And Its Application To Incompressible Flows., S K. Venkatesan Dr. Feb 1994

Discrete Singularity Method And Its Application To Incompressible Flows., S K. Venkatesan Dr.

Doctoral Theses

The smooth flow of a fluid has sprung many surprises. A flow which at an instant of time is quite regular and orderly could produce on the slightest of disturbance a complex bewildering varieties of flows, broadly termed as turbulence. Direct numerical simulation of the Navier-Stokes equations have shown that it is quite possible that these turbulent flows are solutions of the Navier-Stokes equations. In fact it is by now well recognized that many non-linear systems produce chaos quite similar to turbulence. However the large number of scales and their complex interactions involved make turbulence difficult to understand. Direct numerical …

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Hypergroup Graphs And Subfactors., A. K. Vijayarajan Dr. Feb 1994

Hypergroup Graphs And Subfactors., A. K. Vijayarajan Dr.

Doctoral Theses

The main theme of this t hesis is hypergroups. In this thesis the the- ory of hypergroups is applied to study the relation between certain graphs and subfactors of II, factors in the context of principal graphs associated with the inclusions of II, factors. More general classes of hypergroups are iutroduced, new examples of hypergroups associated to certain graphs are coustructed and classification of small order hypergroups is discussed.The text of the thesis is arranged in four chapters. The first chapter is on preliminaries of the theory of hypergroups, the second on the appli- cation of the theory of hyjrrgroups …

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Some Limit Theorem On Conditional U-Statistics And Censored Data Non Parametric Regression., Arusharka Sen Dr. Feb 1994

Some Limit Theorem On Conditional U-Statistics And Censored Data Non Parametric Regression., Arusharka Sen Dr.

Doctoral Theses

In Statistics, a classical problem is that of estimating the regression function which is defined as m{t) := E(Y|X = ), te R, for two random variables X and Y such that EY < 0o. The estimators are constructed iased on a sample {(Xi, Yi.)}, 1sis n,n 2 1, from the distribution of (X, Y). Throughout this thesis, we assume X and Y to be real-valued for the sake of convenience. The classical approach to this problem is to assume a parametrized, polynomial form for nt-), i.e., m(t) := Bo + E-1 P,ti, p 21, and obtain estimates of the unknown paraineters Bo, Bj,, 1sjsp. Later, with the development of techıniques for non-parametrie density estimation, it was sought to extend these techniques to regression estimation. Heuristically, the two problems can be seen to be related as follows : let fi(-) be the marginal density of X and note that E1(X S x) = h(t)dt, z € R, whereas EY 1(X Sx) = m(t)fi(t)dt, x E MR. (1.0.2) In other wordds, (1.0.1) can be looked upon as a special case of (1.0.2), with Y = 1. + similarity, as we shall see later on, has been the underlying theme in Chapters 2 and 4 of the present work.) The following non-parametric regression estimator was proposed independently by Nadaraya (1964) and Watson (1964): "(): := m.(Y,)/m.(1, ), te R, (1.0.3) where m,(Y, t) = (nan)- E-, Y;K((t - X:)/an). (1.0.4) m,(1,1) (na,)-E, K((I - X)/a,). Here K(), the so-called kernel function, is chosen to satiafy various analytical conditions (typically, K(-) is taken to be a density function), and a, 1 0 are the bandwidths which go to zero sufficiently slowly (e.g., na,0o as n00) in order to ensure consistency of the estimator mW (). The intuition behind such an estimator is that m,(Y,) is an estimator of mt-)fi() while m,(1,) cstimates the density fa(-). See Prakasa Rao (1983), Chapters 1-4. for an introduction to non-parametric density and regression estimation. Now, m(t) is a functional of the conditional distribution of Y, given X = t. A natu- ral generalisation of the regression estimation problem seems to be the estimation of the following functionals: mh(t1,....tk) := E{h(Y1,.....Yk) | X1, = t1.,Xk. = tk), (t....) € R*, k 2 1, (1.0.5) where h: R*- R is such that Elh(Y...., Y) < 0. A similar generalisation led Hoelfding (1948) from the sample mcan to the theory of so-called U-statistics, in the uncondilional set-up. The estimation of (1.0.5) were considerexl, for the first time in published form, in Stute (1991) where the following conditional U-statistics were proposed as estimators;where Fn(-) := n-1E, 1(Xi; < ) denotes the empirical distribution function (c.d.f Bochynek discussed the asymptotic normality of conditional U- and V-statistics and pei formed simulation studies on them. Stute (1991) established weak and strong pointwis consistency and asymptotic normality of U(t). Liero (1991) studied uniform strong con sistency of conditional U-statistics and established asymptotic normality of the integrate squared error (ISE) statistic:for suitable A c R* and weight function w(-). We quote the following examples to illustrate the possible use of conditional U-statistics See Stute (1991) and Bochynek (1987) for other examples. Throughout this thesis, our set up will be as foliows: {(Xn, Yn)}n>ı is a bi-variate i.i.d sequence, with (X1, Y1) having join density f(,-) and X, having marginal density fi(-). Consequently,

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Multivalued Approach For Uncertainty Management., Deba Prasad Mandal Dr. Feb 1994

Multivalued Approach For Uncertainty Management., Deba Prasad Mandal Dr.

Doctoral Theses

Real life problems are rarely free from uncertainty which usually emerges from the deficiencies of information available from a situation. The defi- ciencies may result from incomplete, imprecise, not fully reliable, vague or contradictory information depending on the problem. Management of uncer- tainty in a decision making system has been an important research problem for many years.Until the inception of the concept of fuzzy set theory in 1965 (1), the theory of probability and statistics was the primary mathematical tool for modeling uncertainty in a system/situation. Fuzzy set theory has shown enormous proinise in handling uncertaintics to a reasonable extent …

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Study Of Moduli Of Bundles., Indranil Biswas Dr. Feb 1994

Study Of Moduli Of Bundles., Indranil Biswas Dr.

Doctoral Theses

Hitchin (Hi2) realized the importance of studying pairs (E,∅) where E is a vector bundle and ∅ is a homomorphism of E into EOL for a fixed line bundle L. When C is a smooth pro jective algebraic curve this has since been studied quite extensively. One can construct a covering of C in this situation and the given data can be completely recovered by this covering map and a line bundle on the covering curve (see Beauville, Narasimhan and Ramanan (BNR]). When L is the canonical bundle this procedure gives a completely integrable system on the cotangent bundle of …

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Parametric Homotopy Principle Of Some Practical Differential Relations., Mahuya Datta Dr. Feb 1994

Parametric Homotopy Principle Of Some Practical Differential Relations., Mahuya Datta Dr.

Doctoral Theses

A system uf r-th order partial differential inequalities is a subspace in the space of r-jets of CT" maps between manifolds. The problem of homotopy classification of C solutions of such systems is stauliel in this thesis. The text roughly divides into two parts. In the first part, the problem is considered in an equivariant setting when the system is open and invariant under the action of a compact L.ie group, but may not be invariant under the action of the pseudogroup of equivariant local diffeomorphisms. The second part concerns a non-equivariant set-up without the openness condition on the systern. …

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Hyperinvariant Subspaces Of The Harmonic Dirichlet Space, William T. Ross, Stefan Richter, Carl Sundberg Jan 1994

Hyperinvariant Subspaces Of The Harmonic Dirichlet Space, William T. Ross, Stefan Richter, Carl Sundberg

Department of Math & Statistics Faculty Publications

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On Image Segmentation Using Neural Networks And Fuzzy Sets., Ashish Ghosh Dr. Nov 1993

On Image Segmentation Using Neural Networks And Fuzzy Sets., Ashish Ghosh Dr.

Doctoral Theses

During the last five decades or even more a large number of researchers are trying to design intelligent systems to perform tasks at which human beings are more efficient at present. One of the most important behavioral tasks in which human beings show their expertise is image analysis or recognition; where a large amount of pictorial data is processed in a very small amount of time (called real time). Widespread attempts have been made to develop intelligent systems (under different names, like pattern recognition system, image under- standing system, computer vision system etc.) for pictorial pattern analysis and recognition. The …

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Stacking Ellipses -- Revisited, Calvin Jongsma Nov 1993

Stacking Ellipses -- Revisited, Calvin Jongsma

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

Response to the article “Stacking Ellipses” by Richard E. Pfiefer in The College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 22, No. 4 (Sep., 1991), pp. 312-313.

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On Markov Processes Charecterised Via Martingale Problem., Abhay G. Bhatt Dr. Oct 1993

On Markov Processes Charecterised Via Martingale Problem., Abhay G. Bhatt Dr.

Doctoral Theses

Martingale approach to the study of finite dimensional diffusions was initiated by Stroock-Varadhan, who coined the term martingale problem. Their success led to a similar approach being used to study Markov processes occuring in other areas such as infinite particle systems, branching processes, genetic models, density dependent population processes, random evolutions etc.Suppose X is a Markov process corresponding to a semigroup (T)e20 with generator L. Then all the information about X is contained in L. We also have thatMf(t) := f(X(t)) – ∫t0 Lf(X(s))dsis a martingale for every f ∈ D(L). i.e. X is a solution to the martingale problem …

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Σary, Moorhead State University, Mathematics Department Oct 1993

Σary, Moorhead State University, Mathematics Department

Math Department Newsletters

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Classification Of The Tor-Algebras Of Codimension Four Almost Complete Intersections, Andrew R. Kustin Sep 1993

Classification Of The Tor-Algebras Of Codimension Four Almost Complete Intersections, Andrew R. Kustin

Faculty Publications

Let (R, m, k) be a local ring in which 2 is a unit. Assume that every element of k has a square root in k . We classify the algebras Tor'(R/J, k) as J varies over all grade four almost complete intersection ideals in R. The analogous classification has already been found when J varies over all grade four Gorenstein ideals [21], and when J varies over all ideals of grade at most three [5, 30]. The present paper makes use of the classification, in [21], of the Tor-algebraso f codimension four Gorenstein rings, as well as the (usually …

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Coxeter Groups And Positive Matrices., Arbind Kumar Lal Dr. Aug 1993

Coxeter Groups And Positive Matrices., Arbind Kumar Lal Dr.

Doctoral Theses

In this thesis, we study positive matrices (matrices whose entries are nonnegative as well as matrices which are positive semidefinite) with Coxeter groups as the underlying theme. For an exposition on Coxeter groups see Humphreys (1990).A Cozeter system consists of a pair (W, s); where W is a group and S is a set which consists of the generators of the group W. The elements of the set S have only the relations of the form (ss')m(s.) 1; where m(s, s) 1, m(s, s') = m(s,s) 2 2 for s s in S. In case no relation occurs for a …

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Σary, Moorhead State University, Mathematics Department May 1993

Σary, Moorhead State University, Mathematics Department

Math Department Newsletters

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On The Distribution Of Sums Of Residues, Jerrold R. Griggs Apr 1993

On The Distribution Of Sums Of Residues, Jerrold R. Griggs

Faculty Publications

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Survival Function Estimation Under Random Censoring., Debajyoti Dhar Dr. Feb 1993

Survival Function Estimation Under Random Censoring., Debajyoti Dhar Dr.

Doctoral Theses

Statistical methods for life data analysis are used to measure, compare and predict characteristics of the distribution of the time to some particular event of interest, often called failure after a length of time, called life time. Failure can occur at most once for an individual. Examples of failure time include the lifetimes of machine components in industrial reliability, the duration of strikes or periods of unemployment in economic studies, the time taken by subjects to complete specified tasks in psychological experiments, the lengths of tracks photographic plates in particle physics and the on survival time of patients in clinical …

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Generalised Inverses Of Matrices Over Rings., K. Manjunatha Prasad Dr. Feb 1993

Generalised Inverses Of Matrices Over Rings., K. Manjunatha Prasad Dr.

Doctoral Theses

For a complex or a real matrix A, a matrix G is called a generalized inverse ( or g-inverse) of A if(1) AGA = AThe theory of generalized inverses over the field of complex numbers is well- studied in the literature (see (2), (11), (33), and (62) for an extensive bibliography). Even for matrices over a general field the above equation carries over. In fact, even for matrices over a general ring, equation (1) makes sense. Hence one can talk of g-inverses of matrices over general rings. Some work on g-inverses of matrices over fields also can be found in …

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On Some Measurement Problem In Economics., Nachiketa Chattopadhyay Dr. Feb 1993

On Some Measurement Problem In Economics., Nachiketa Chattopadhyay Dr.

Doctoral Theses

In many branches of economie theory, quantitative relationships play a major role. Translating actions of individuals or groups of individuals, in the various soci- etal processes of production, distribution or consumption, into measurable or quan- tifiable notions has been one of the most important problems. When we take the society as a whole, diverse economic activities of ita memhers need to be collectively presented and it has given rise to interesting aggregation problems. Economists have tried to solve these problems by constructing social index numbers. Simi- larly, quantifying actions of individual units (for example, a firm /a consumer) has brought …

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Besov-Spaces On Domains In Rd, Ronald A. Devore, Robert C. Sharpley Feb 1993

Besov-Spaces On Domains In Rd, Ronald A. Devore, Robert C. Sharpley

Faculty Publications

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Only Problems, Not Solutions! (Fourth Edition), Florentin Smarandache Jan 1993

Only Problems, Not Solutions! (Fourth Edition), Florentin Smarandache

Branch Mathematics and Statistics Faculty and Staff Publications

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Labeling Graphs With A Condition At Distance 2, Jerrold R. Griggs, Roger K. Yeh Nov 1992

Labeling Graphs With A Condition At Distance 2, Jerrold R. Griggs, Roger K. Yeh

Faculty Publications

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Σary, Moorhead State University, Mathematics Department May 1992

Σary, Moorhead State University, Mathematics Department

Math Department Newsletters

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Logical "Paradox": A Response To Fallacies, Flaws, And Flimflam #36, Calvin Jongsma May 1992

Logical "Paradox": A Response To Fallacies, Flaws, And Flimflam #36, Calvin Jongsma

Faculty Work Comprehensive List

Response to "Fallacies, Flaws, and Flimflam" by Ed Barbeau in The College Mathematics Journal, Vol. 23, No. 3 (May, 1992), pp. 203-206. Fallacies, Flaws, and Flimflam is a column in The College Mathematics Journal edited by Ed Barbeau of the Department of Mathematics at the University of Toronto.

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