The next chapter for trading algorithms: Insight over access

How are leading firms redefining their competitive advantage in electronic fixed income trading? Explore the next frontier ...

Cryo-EM helps identify the mechanisms of dental plaque formation

Periodontal (gum) disease is one of the most prevalent diseases worldwide, caused by the bacterium Porphyromonas gingivalis ...
Nature

What is the expectation maximization algorithm?

Probabilistic models, such as hidden Markov models or Bayesian networks, are commonly used to model biological data. Much of their popularity can be attributed to the existence of efficient and robust ...
IEEE

Reliable Space-Mapping Optimization Integrated With EM-Based Adjoint Sensitivities

Abstract: We present a robust space mapping (SM) algorithm exploiting electromagnetic (EM)-based adjoint sensitivities for microwave design optimization. Our approach utilizes low-cost EM-based ...
IEEE

Weighted Contrastive Learning With Hard Negative Mining for Positive and Unlabeled Learning

Abstract: Positive and unlabeled (PU) learning aims to train a suitable classifier simply based on a set of positive data and unlabeled data. The state-of-the-art methods usually formulate PU learning ...
National Bureau of Economic Research

Are Emily and Greg More Employable than Lakisha and Jamal? A Field Experiment on Labor Market Discrimination

We perform a field experiment to measure racial discrimination in the labor market. We respond with fictitious resumes to help-wanted ads in Boston and Chicago newspapers. To manipulate perception of ...
GitHub

HGS-CVRP: A modern implementation of the Hybrid Genetic Search for the CVRP

This is a modern implementation of the Hybrid Genetic Search (HGS) with Advanced Diversity Control of [1], specialized to the Capacitated Vehicle Routing Problem (CVRP). This algorithm has been ...