In this paper, the authors propose a scheme for human face recognition in complex environments. The proposed scheme consists of three phases: moving object removal, face detection and face recognition. It could be applied to certain specific environments such as computer users in office,...

Recently distortion risk measure has been an interesting tool for the insurer to reflect its attitude toward risk when forming the optimal reinsurance strategy. Under the distortion risk measure, this paper discusses the reinsurance design with unbinding premium constraint and the ceded loss...

We investigate vulnerability of complex networks including model networks and real-world networks subject to path-based attacks. Specifically, we remove approximately the longest simple path from a network iteratively until there are no paths left in the network. We propose two algorithms, the...

Centrality is a fundamental measure in network analysis. Specifically, centrality of a path describes the importance of the path with respect to the remaining part of the network. In this paper, we propose a tunable path centrality (TPC) measure, which quantifies the centrality of a path by...

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Many economists find it necessary to forecast inflation locally or nationally based on the annual Consumer Price Index (CPI) value before the figures are released from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. There is no regular “official release date,” although the BLS usually targets the 20th of...