This paper presents a graph cut approach to the image segmentation task. Considering the image to be a directed graph with two nodes representing the source (object) and the sink (background), the ...

In contrast to previous analyses of the atom of kinship as a signed graph in which the ideal combinations of relations are predicted from the theory of structural balance, this article suggests a ...

Advances in Applied Probability, Vol. 50, No. 1 (2018), pp. 272-301 (30 pages) We consider a family of directed exponential random graph models parametrized by edges and outward stars. Much of the ...

The concept of blockchain as a standalone technology started gaining popularity in 2015. Prior to that, it was just known as a data structure underlying Bitcoin technology. In Satoshi Nakamoto’s white ...