What if instead of defining a mesh as a series of vertices and edges in a 3D space, you could describe it as a single function? The easiest function would return the signed distance to the closest ...

For those who model CAD models regularly, a pair of calipers is essential as it allows reasonably accurate measurements to fit a specific part. However, [Jason Harris] is taking that concept to the ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Malmquist indexes of productivity are generally estimated using index number techniques or non-parametric frontier approaches. The aim of this ...

Many common distance functions do not meet one or more of these conditions. For example, Kullback-Leibler divergence meets only condition 1. Symmetric Kullback-Leibler distance meets conditions 1 and ...

The Data Science Lab Wasserstein Distance Using C# and Python Dr. James McCaffrey of Microsoft Research shows how to compute the Wasserstein distance and explains why it is often preferable to ...