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Python physics lesson 19: Learn how Monte Carlo approximates pi

Explore Python Physics Lesson 19 and learn how the Monte Carlo method can approximate Pi with simple yet powerful simulations. In this lesson, we break down the Monte Carlo technique step by step, ...
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Efficient Approximation Algorithms for Several Positive Influence Dominating Set Problems in Social Networks

Abstract: Identifying positive influence dominating set (PIDS) with the smallest cardinality can produce positive effect with the minimal cost on a social network. The purpose of this article is to ...
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Fast Approximation of Persistence Diagrams with Guarantees

Abstract: This paper presents an algorithm for the efficient approximation of the saddle-extremum persistence diagram of a scalar field. Vidal et al. introduced recently a fast algorithm for such an ...