Model updating based on intelligent algorithms has achieved great success in structural damage detection (SDD). But the appropriate selection of objective functions remains unclear and becomes an ...

Abstract: In this paper, we propose objective functions to estimate the principal contact between a unknown manipulated target object and its unknown surroundings from the motion of the object. We ...

In linear programming, the objective function is the function that it is desired to maximize or minimize. The human interaction equivalent is what matters most. Agreement on that, and on the steps to ...

Abstract: In this paper, we study the problem of Novel Class Discovery (NCD). NCD aims at inferring novel object categories in an unlabeled set by leveraging from prior knowledge of a labeled set ...

The 8-queens problems asks us to place 8 queens on a chessboard so that no two can capture one another; that is, no two are on the same row, column, or diagonal.

The Oregon Department of Education (ODE) recently encouraged teachers to register for training that encourages "ethnomathematics" and argues, among other things, that White supremacy manifests itself ...

There’s an old adage in business: “Don’t tell me your priorities; show me your budget, and I’ll tell you what your priorities are.” In today’s data-driven environment, in which efficient resource ...