25 citations · 39 across the 3 of their papers we have counts for
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math.NT2018
Choosing 1 of N with and without lucky numbers
Matthew Brand
How many fair coin tosses to choose 1 of options with uniform probability? Although a probability problem, the solution is essentially number-theoretic, with special roles for…
stat.ML2017★ 25 cited
Convergent Block Coordinate Descent for Training Tikhonov Regularized Deep Neural Networks
Ziming Zhang, Matthew Brand
By lifting the ReLU function into a higher dimensional space, we develop a smooth multi-convex formulation for training feed-forward deep neural networks (DNNs). This allows us to…
cs.AI2012★ 14 cited
Marginalizing Out Future Passengers in Group Elevator Control
Daniel N. Nikovski, Matthew Brand
Group elevator scheduling is an NP-hard sequential decision-making problem with unbounded state spaces and substantial uncertainty. Decision-theoretic reasoning plays a surprisingl…