In this paper problem of finite-time optimal state feedback control for a class of time-varying linear parameter-varying (LPV) systems with a known delay in the state vector under quadratic cost functional is investigated via a successive approximation algorithm. The method of successive approximation algorithm results an iterative scheme, which successively improves any initial control law ult...

We define texture mapping as an optimization problem for which the goal is to preserve the maximum amount of information in the mapped texture. We derive a solution that is optimal in the least-squares sense and that corresponds to the pseudo-inverse of the texturemapping transformation. In practice, a first-order approximation of the least-squares solution is used as an initial estimate for th...

Coded distributed computing was recently introduced to mitigate the effect of stragglers on systems. This paper combines ideas approximate and coded further accelerate computation. We propose successive approximation coding (SAC) techniques that realize a tradeoff between accuracy speed, allowing system produce approximations increase in over time. If sufficient number compute nodes finish thei...