Abstract: In this paper, we provide an algorithm for evaluating the system state distribution for any multi-state consecutive-k-out-of-n:G system including the decreasing multi-state G system, the ...

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Abstract: We consider simultaneously approximating all the columns of a data matrix in terms of few selected columns of another matrix that is sometimes called “the dictionary”. The challenge is to ...

Holding a big bottle of water and a bag of steamed buns, and with uncombed hair and a slightly awkward way of speaking, Wei Dongyi does not seem like a typical university teacher. Wei, an assistant ...

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