3 papers
cs.CV2013
Developing and Analyzing Boundary Detection Operators Using Probabilistic Models
David Sher
Most feature detectors such as edge detectors or circle finders are statistical, in the sense that they decide at each point in an image about the presence of a feature, this paper…
cs.AI2013
Appropriate and Inappropriate Estimation Techniques
David Sher
Mode {also called MAP} estimation, mean estimation and median estimation are examined here to determine when they can be safely used to derive {posterior) cost minimizing estimates…
cs.AI2013
Towards a Normative Theory of Scientific Evidence
David Sher
A scientific reasoning system makes decisions using objective evidence in the form of independent experimental trials, propositional axioms, and constraints on the probabilities of…