In a multi-armed bandit problem, at each time step, an algorithm chooses one of the possible arms and observes its rewards. The goal is to maximize the sum of rewards over all time steps (or to minimize the regret). In the conventional formulation of the problem, the algorithm has no prior knowledge about the arms. Many applications, however, provide some data about the arms even before the alg...

A historic site shows different times in a space by reflecting the social values, economic conditions, and culture of a particular period. However, current paper-based static documents, such as descriptive lists, words, and simple marked maps, for describing the historic sites are lack the capability to depict the meanings and changes of the historic sites in a spatial and temporal manner. When...

‎We prove that the historic set for ratio‎ ‎of Birkhoff average is either empty or full of Hausdorff dimension in a class of one dimensional‎ ‎non-uniformly hyperbolic dynamical systems.

iran is located in a high-risk seismic zone of earthquakes. it has thousands of valuable historic buildings, mostly made of unreinforced masonry, which is quite vulnerable to natural hazards, especially earthquakes. the conservation and seismic upgrading of these buildings is vital for their survival. however, resources are limited and some sort of prioritization is needed in order to allocate ...

Global Positioning Systems are becoming increasingly pervasive. The forensic acquisition and analysis of these units is of great interest as it has the potential to yield historic locational data for these units. Analysis of the TomTom one satellite navigation unit has resulted in a method to reliably extract historic data from these devices in a forensically sound manner.

INTRODUCTION For over two hundred years, the United States relied on ships as connective links of a nation. Vessels crossing the Atlantic, Caribbean, and Pacific Oceans, and our inland waters made fundamental contributions to colonial settlement, development of trade, exploration, national defense, and territorial expansion. Unfortunately, we have lost much of this maritime tradition, and most ...

Livestock grazing is the most ubiquitous land use in western North America, yet it rarely has been studied in a controlled manner because of the lack of large areas free of grazing. We compared the ecological effects of three grazing treatments—long-term protection, short-term protection, and currently grazed—at Chaco Culture National Historic Park in northern New Mexico. Chaco has a long histo...