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Concave function
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Concave
, Concave downwards
, Concave functions
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In mathematics, a concave function is the negative of a convex function. A concave function is also synonymously called concave downwards, concave…
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Highly Cited
2010
Highly Cited
2010
Nearly unbiased variable selection under minimax concave penalty
Cun-Hui Zhang
2010
Corpus ID: 88519565
We propose MC+, a fast, continuous, nearly unbiased and accurate method of penalized variable selection in high-dimensional…
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Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
On the Convergence of the Concave-Convex Procedure
Bharath K. Sriperumbudur
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G. Lanckriet
NIPS
2009
Corpus ID: 10354732
The concave-convex procedure (CCCP) is a majorization-minimization algorithm that solves d.c. (difference of convex functions…
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
The Concave-Convex Procedure (CCCP)
A. Yuille
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Anand Rangarajan
NIPS
2001
Corpus ID: 6538459
We introduce the Concave-Convex procedure (CCCP) which constructs discrete time iterative dynamical systems which are guaranteed…
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Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
On Asset Pricing and the Bid-Ask Spread
Gady Jacoby
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D. J. Fowler
2001
Corpus ID: 32771407
Amihud and Mendelsons (1986) ground-breaking model predicts an increasing and concave relation between expected return and…
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Optimal Capital Structure, Endogenous Bankruptcy, and the Term Structure of Credit Spreads
H. Leland.
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K. Toft.
1996
Corpus ID: 15611952
This paper examines the optimal capital structure of a firm which can choose both the amount and maturity of its debt. Bankruptcy…
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Highly Cited
1996
Highly Cited
1996
Clustering via Concave Minimization
P. Bradley
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O. Mangasarian
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W. N. Street
NIPS
1996
Corpus ID: 11328500
The problem of assigning m points in the n-dimensional real space Rn to k clusters is formulated as that of determining k centers…
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Highly Cited
1985
Highly Cited
1985
The Nash bargaining solution in economic modelling
K. Binmore
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A. Rubinstein
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A. Wolinsky
1985
Corpus ID: 466910
This article establishes the relationship between the static axiomatic theory of bargaining and the sequential strategic approach…
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Highly Cited
1983
Highly Cited
1983
A Complete Characterization of Optimal Growth Paths in an Aggregated Model with a Non-Concave Production Function
W. Dechert
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K. Nishimura
1983
Corpus ID: 55052476
The convexity of technology has played a crucial role in economic analyses of optimal one-sector growth problems. For example…
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Highly Cited
1980
Highly Cited
1980
Inequalities: Theory of Majorization and Its Applications
A. W. Marshall
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I. Olkin
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B. Arnold
1980
Corpus ID: 37387169
Although they play a fundamental role in nearly all branches of mathematics, inequalities are usually obtained by ad hoc methods…
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Highly Cited
1973
Highly Cited
1973
On logarithmic concave measures and functions
A. Prékopa
1973
Corpus ID: 16824305
The purpose of the present paper is to give a new proof for the main theorem proved in [3] and develop further properties of…
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