3 papers
math.PR2018
On the distribution of the hitting time for the N-urn Ehrenfest model
Cheng Xin, Minzhi Zhao, Qiang Yao +1
In this paper, we consider the N-urn Ehrenfest model. By utilizing an auxiliary continuous-time Markov chain, we obtain the explicit formula for the Laplace transform of the hittin…
math.PR2018
Phase Transition for the Contact Process in a Random Environment on Zd*Z+
Qiang Yao
We review the results in Chen & Yao(2009,2012) which concern the contact process in a static random environment on the half space Z^d*Z^+ and make some addition to them. Furthermor…
cs.CV2017
An Optimized Union-Find Algorithm for Connected Components Labeling Using GPUs
Jun Chen, Qiang Yao, Houari Sabirin +3
In this paper, we report an optimized union-find (UF) algorithm that can label the connected components on a 2D image efficiently by employing the GPU architecture. The proposed me…