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Time vs. Truth: Age-Distortion Tradeoffs and Strategies for Distributed Inference

In 1948, Claude Shannon laid the foundations of information theory, which grew out of a study to find the ultimate limits of source compression, and of reliable communication. Since then, information theory has proved itself not only as a quest to find the ...

EPFL2023

Is There a Cap on Longevity? A Statistical Review

Anthony Christopher Davison, Léo Raymond-Belzile

There is sustained and widespread interest in understanding the limit, if there is any, to the human life span. Apart from its intrinsic and biological interest, changes in survival in old age have implications for the sustainability of social security sys ...

ANNUAL REVIEWS2022

The n-term Approximation of Periodic Generalized Levy Processes

Michaël Unser, Julien René Fageot, John Paul Ward

In this paper, we study the compressibility of random processes and fields, called generalized Levy processes, that are solutions of stochastic differential equations driven by d-dimensional periodic Levy white noises. Our results are based on the estimati ...

2020

Content Based Status Updates

Emre Telatar, Rajai Nasser, Elie Najm

Consider a stream of status updates generated by a source, where each update is of one of two types: high priority or ordinary (low priority). These updates are to be transmitted through a network to a monitor. However, the transmission policy of each pack ...

IEEE-INST ELECTRICAL ELECTRONICS ENGINEERS INC2020

Generating Sparse Stochastic Processes Using Matched Splines

Michaël Unser, Shayan Aziznejad, Leello Tadesse Dadi

We provide an algorithm to generate trajectories of sparse stochastic processes that are solutions of linear ordinary differential equations driven by Levy white noises. A recent paper showed that these processes are limits in law of generalized compound-P ...

2020

Limit Behaviour of the Voter Model, Exclusion Process and Regenerative Chains

Samuel Schöpfer

Though the following topics seem unlinked, most of the tools used in this thesis are related to random walks and renewal theory. After introducing the voter model, we consider the parabolic Anderson model with the voter model as catalyst. In GÄRTNER, DEN H ...

EPFL2012

Proximity Results and Faster Algorithms for Integer Programming Using the Steinitz Lemma

Friedrich Eisenbrand

We consider integer programming problems in standard form max{c(T)x : Ax = b, x >= 0, x is an element of Z(n)} where A is an element of Z(mxn), b is an element of Z(m), and c is an element of Z(n). We show that such an integer program can be solved in time ...

ASSOC COMPUTING MACHINERY2020

Regularized economic model predictive control with barrier functions

Colin Neil Jones, Altug Bitlislioglu

In this article, we consider the use of barrier functions as a regularizing cost in economic model predictive control (EMPC). We focus on a specific variant, EMPC with generalized terminal constraints (G-EMPC), as it is suitable for tackling large-scale pr ...

WILEY2020

Reliability Analysis of Data Storage Systems

Vinodh Venkatesan

Modern data storage systems are extremely large and consist of several tens or hundreds of nodes. In such systems, node failures are daily events, and safeguarding data from them poses a serious design challenge. The focus of this thesis is on the data rel ...

EPFL2012

Compressibility of Deterministic and Random Infinite Sequences

Michaël Unser, Arash Amini

We introduce a definition of the notion of compressibility for infinite deterministic and i.i.d. random sequences which is based on the asymptotic behavior of truncated subsequences. For this purpose, we use asymptotic results regarding the distribution of ...

IEEE2011

The Contact Process : Competition Models and Boolean Networks

Daniel Rodrigues Valesin

This work is a study of three interacting particle systems that are modified versions of the contact process. The contact process is a spin system defined on a graph and is commonly taken as a model for the spread of an infection in a population; transmiss ...

EPFL2011

The asymmetric multitype contact process

Thomas Mountford, Daniel Rodrigues Valesin

We study the multitype contact process on Z(d) under the assumption that one of the types has a birth rate that is larger than that of the other type, and larger than the critical value of the standard contact process. We prove that, if initially present, ...

ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV2019

On Jump-Diffusive Driving Noise Sources: Some Explicit Results and Applications

Max-Olivier Hongler, Roger Filliger

We study some linear and nonlinear shot noise models where the jumps are drawn from a compound Poisson process with jump sizes following an Erlang-m distribution. We show that the associated Master equation can be written as a spatial mth order partial dif ...

Springer2019

Power Law and Exponential Decay of Intercontact Times between Mobile Devices

Jean-Yves Le Boudec, Milan Vojnovic

We examine the fundamental properties that determine the basic performance metrics for opportunistic communications. We first consider the distribution of intercontact times between mobile devices. Using a diverse set of measured mobility traces, we find a ...

2010

Geometric calibration of Colour and Stereo Surface Imaging System of ESA's Trace Gas Orbiter

François Fleuret, Anton Ivanov, Stepan Tulyakov

There are many geometric calibration methods for "standard" cameras. These methods, however, cannot be used for the calibration of telescopes with large focal lengths and complex off-axis optics. Moreover, specialized calibration methods for the telescopes ...

Elsevier2018

Power law and exponential decay of inter contact times between mobile devices

Jean-Yves Le Boudec, Milan Vojnovic

We examine the fundamental properties that determine the basic performance metrics for opportunistic communications. We first consider the distribution of intercontact times between mobile devices. Using a diverse set of measured mobility traces, we find a ...

2007

Great Balls of Fire: A probabilistic approach to quantify the hazard related to ballistics – A case study at La Fossa volcano, Vulcano Island, Italy

Pierino Lestuzzi

We present a probabilistic approach to quantify the hazard posed by volcanic ballistic projectiles (VBP) and their potential impact on the built environment. A model named Great Balls of Fire (GBF) is introduced to describe ballistic trajectories of VBPs a ...

Elsevier Science Bv2016

Statistical characterization of spatiotemporal sediment dynamics in the Venice lagoon

Andrea Rinaldo

Characterizing the dynamics of suspended sediment is crucial when investigating the long-term evolution of tidal landscapes. Here we apply a widely tested mathematical model which describes the dynamics of cohesive and noncohesive sediments, driven by the ...

Amer Geophysical Union2016

Dimensionality Reduction in Dynamic Optimization under Uncertainty

Napat Rujeerapaiboon

Dynamic optimization problems affected by uncertainty are ubiquitous in many application domains. Decision makers typically model the uncertainty through random variables governed by a probability distribution. If the distribution is precisely known, then ...

EPFL2016

Max-stable processes and stationary systems of Levy particles

Sebastian Engelke

We study stationary max-stable processes {n(t): t is an element of R} admitting a representation of the form n(t) = max(i is an element of N) (U-i +Y-i(t)), where Sigma(infinity)(i=1) delta U-i is a Poisson point process on R with intensity e(-u)du, and Y1 ...

Elsevier2015