We present a fast marching level set method for monotonically advancing fronts, which leads to an extremely fast scheme for solving the Eikonal equation. Level set methods are numerical techniques for computing the position of propagating fronts. They rely on an initial value partial differential

of the bilinear objective function under a monotonicity assumption, the polyhedrality of the solution set of a monotone XLCP, and an error bound result for a nondegenerate XLCP. We also present a finite, sequential linear programming algorithm for solving the nonmonotone XLCP.

, monotone linear complementarity, and convex programming over sets that can be characterized by self-concordant barrier functions.

to minimize the conventional least squares error while the other minimizes the generalized Kullback-Leibler divergence. The monotonic convergence of both algorithms can be proven using an auxiliary function analogous to that used for proving convergence of the ExpectationMaximization algorithm

under that attribute, sorted by grade (highest grade first). There is some monotone aggregation function, or combining rule, such as min or average, that combines the individual grades to obtain an overall grade. To determine the top k objects (that have the best overall grades), the naive algorithm

We show that various inverse problems in signal recovery can be formulated as the generic problem of minimizing the sum of two convex functions with certain regularity properties. This formulation makes it possible to derive existence, uniqueness, characterization, and stability results in a

. The results obtained show simple and multiple hysteresis phenomena and limit cycle activity. The latter is particularly interesting since the frequency ofthe limit cycle oscillationis found to be a monotonic function of stimulus intensity. Finally, it is proved that the existence of limit cycle dynamics

with ambiguities regarding the processes by which individuals adapt to changing levels in stimulation. Individuals' levels of activation decrease markedly as a function of familiarity with a given stimulus situation. However, after a period of rest, re-presentation of the same stimulus situation will once

for use when the alternative distribution differs from the hypothetical distribution in the shape of the density function. In this paper, we consider a test based on the spacings designed for the case when the ratio of the two density functions is a Acce. piece-wise monotone function. This paper deals

with time stamps. For the case when a minimum duration of the subtrajectories is specified and the subtrajectories must start at corresponding times, we give a linear-time algorithm. The algorithm is based on a result of independent interest: We present a linear-time algorithm to find, for a piece-wise