Extracting useful information from large data sets can be a daunting task. Topological methods for analysing data sets provide a powerful technique for extracting such information. Persistent homology ...

The open-pit mining problem is to determine the contours of a mine, based on economic data and engineering feasibility requirements, to yield maximum possible net income. This practical problem needs ...

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series C (Applied Statistics) An algorithm is presented for filling in least squares estimates of m missing values in any analysis of variance design. The ...