During the workshop entitled “Discrete Tomography”, held in Volkrange on March 22, 1999, A. Kuba presented the open problem of reconstructing discrete sets satisfying the properties of connectivity and convexity by projections taken along many directions. In this paper, we study this problem, considering a similar property of discrete sets: the Q-convexity. In fact this property contains a cert...

During the workshop entitled “Discrete Tomography”, held in Volkrange on March 22, 1999, A. Kuba presented the open problem of reconstructing discrete sets satisfying the properties of connectivity and convexity by projections taken along many directions. In this paper, we study this problem, considering a similar property of discrete sets: the Q-convexity. In fact this property contains a cert...

This paper looks at axioms for convexity, and shows how they can be applied to discrete spaces. Two structures for a discrete geometry are considered: oriented matroids, and cell complexes. Oriented matroids are shown to have a structure which naturally satisfies the axioms for being a convex geometry. Cell complexes are shown to give rise to various different notions of convexity, one of which...

We show the convergence of 1+λ-ES with standard step-size update-rules on a large family of fitness functions without any convexity assumption or quasi-convexity assumptions ([3, 6]). The result provides a rule for choosing λ and shows the consistency of halting criteria based on thresholds on the step-size. The family of functions under work is defined through a conditionnumber that generalize...

The problem of convexity runs deeply in economic theory. For example, increasing returns or upward slopes (convexity) and diminishing returns or downward slopes (concavity) of certain supply, demand, production and utility relations are often assumed in economics. Quite frequently, however, the observations have lost convexity (or concavity) due to errors of the measuring process. We derive the...

The problem of convexity runs deeply in economic theory. For example, increasing returns or upward slopes (convexity) and diminishing returns or downward slopes (concavity) of certain supply, demand, production and utility relations are often assumed in economics. Quite frequently, however, the observations have lost convexity (or concavity) due to errors of the measuring process. We derive the...

The purpose of this paper is finding the essential attributes underlying the convexity theorems for momentum maps. It is shown that they are of a topological nature; more specifically, we show that convexity follows if the map is open onto its image and has the so-called local convexity data property. These conditions are satisfied in all the classical convexity theorems and hence they can, in ...

Many optimization problems in queueing theory have functions with integer and real variables. Convexity results for these functions can be obtained by fixing either the integer or the real variable where bounds of the considered function play an important role. Tokgöz, Maalouf and Kumin [11] introduces the concept of mixed convexity for functions with real and integer variables and obtain conve...

This paper applies a unified and integrative financial engineering perspective to key derived concepts in traditional fixed income analysis, with the purpose of enhancing conceptual insights and motivating computational applications. The emphasis on annuity factors and their impact on duration and convexity differs from the focus prevailing in related discussions. By decomposing the cashflow st...

Duality Theory of production imposes a number of simplifying assumptions regarding the production technology, including various maintained convexity assumptions. Emphasizing the technological information content of alternative models, this paper challenges some widely held views on the role of convexity. The role of convexity in Duality Theory is asymmetric: While convexity is of importance in ...