CS Technical Reports
The file that you are reading contains the list of our 2021 reports. Links from this list lead to pdf files. Lists of reports from the previous years can be found by clicking on:
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Freedom of Will, Physics, and Human Intelligence: An Idea
Miroslav Svitek, Vladik Kreinovich, and Nguyen Hoang Phuong
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-79 in pdf -
Why Normalized Difference Vegetation Index (NDVI)?
Francisco Zapata, Eric Smith, Vladik Kreinovich, and Nguyen Hoang Phuong
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-78 in pdf -
Blessings, God, Sacrifices: Possible Rational Explanations of Biblical Ideas
Olga Kosheleva and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-77 in pdf -
Why 70/100 Is Satisfactory? Why Five Letter Grades? Why Other Academic Conventions?
Christian Servin, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-76 in pdf -
Why Moving Fast and Breaking Things Makes Sense?
Francisco Zapata, Eric Smith, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-75 in pdf -
While, In General, Uncertainty Quantification (UQ) Is NP-Hard, Many Practical UQ Problems Can Be Made Feasible
Ander Gray, Scott Ferson, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-74 in pdf -
Uncertainty: Ideas Behind Neural Networks Lead Us Beyond KL-Decomposition and Interval Fields
Michael Beer, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-73 in pdf -
Correcting Interval-Valued Expert Estimates: Empirical Formulas Explained
Laura A. Berrout Ramos, Vladik Kreinovich, and Kittawit Autchariyapanitkul
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-72 in pdf -
How to Gauge Students' Ability to Collaborate?
Christian Servin, Olga Kosheleva, Shahnaz Shahbazova, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-71 in pdf -
How to Work? How to Study? Shall We Cram for the Exams? And How Is This Related to Life on Earth?
Olga Kosheleva, Vladik Kreinovich, and Nguyen Hoang Phuong
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-70 in pdf -
Predicting (Economic) Trends: Why Signature Method in Machine Learning
Vladik Kreinovich and Chon Van Le
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-69 in pdf -
Why Quantum Techniques Are a Good First Approximation to Economic Phenomena, and What Next
Vladik Kreinovich and Olga Kosheleva
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-68 in pdf -
What Is the Uncertainty of the Result of Data Processing: Fuzzy Analogue of the Central Limit Theorem
Julio C. Urenda, Olga Kosheleva, Shahnaz Shahbazova, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-67 in pdf -
What Fuzzy and Quantum Computing Can Learn from the Success of Deep Learning
Shahnaz Shahbazova and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-66 in pdf -
So how to make group decisions? Arrow's Impossibility Theorem 70 years after
Hung T. Nguyen, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-65 in pdf -
Is It Fair That Advanced Workers Get Paid Disproportionally More: Economic Analysis
Olga Kosheleva and Sean R. Aguilar
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-64 in pdf -
How Multi-View Techniques Can Help In Processing Uncertainty
Olga Kosheleva and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-63 in pdf -
Why Daubechies wavelets are so successful
Solymar Ayala Cortez, Laxman Bokati, Aaron Velasco, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-62 in pdf -
Why neural networks in the first place: a theoretical explanation
Jonatan Contreras, Martine Ceberio, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-61 in pdf -
Why Rectified Linear Neurons: Two Convexity-Related Explanations
Jonatan Contreras, Martine Ceberio, Olga Kosheleva, Vladik Kreinovich, and Nguyen Hoang Phuong
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-60 in pdf -
Many Known Quantum Algorithms Are Optimal: Symmetry-Based Proofs
Vladik Kreinovich, Oscar Galindo, and Olga Kosheleva
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-59 in pdf | UTEP-CS-21-59a in pdf -
Why Cauchy Membership Functions
Javier Viana, Stephan Ralescu, Kelly Cohen, Anca Ralescu, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-58 in pdf | UTEP-CS-21-58b in pdf -
Green Computing: Three Examples of How Non-Trivial Mathematical Analysis Can Help
Olga Kosheleva and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-57 in pdf -
Extension to Multidimensional Problems of a Fuzzy-based Explainable & Noise-Resilient Algorithm
Javier Viana, Stephan Ralescu, Kelly Cohen, Anca Ralescu, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-56 in pdf -
How to Teach Advanced Highly Motivated Students: Teaching Strategy of Iosif Yakovlevich Verebeichik
Olga Kosheleva and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-55 in pdf -
Shall We Ignore All Intermediate Grades?
Christian Servin, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-54 in pdf -
Revolt Pimenov Taught Us How to Be Scientists
Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-53 in pdf -
Order Relations Are Ubiquitously Fundamental: Alexandrov(-Zeeman) Theorem Extended from Space-Time Physics to Logical Reasoning and Decision Making
Vladik Kreinovich, Olga Kosheleva, Laxman Bokati, and Laura Berrout
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-52 in pdf -
Five Revolutionary Ideas in the 1950s-70s Science: 90th Birthday of Revolt Pimenov
Olga Kosheleva and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-51 in pdf -
Why Too Much Interaction Between Different Parts of the Brain Leads To Unhappiness
Ricardo Alvarez, Yamel Hernandez, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-50 in pdf -
Godel's Proof of Existence of God Revisited
Olga Kosheleva and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-49 in pdf -
How Accurate Are Fuzzy Control Recommendations: Interval-Valued Case
Juan Carlos Figueroa Garcia and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-48 in pdf | UTEP-CS-21-48a in pdf -
Why Chomsky Normal Form: A Pedagogical Note
Olga Kosheleva and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-47 in pdf -
Is Our World Becoming Less Quantum?
Lidice Castro and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-46 in pdf -
What Is Wrong with Micromanagement: Economic View
Sean R. Aguilar and Olga Kosheleva
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-45 in pdf -
Randomized Tax Deadlines Can Help Economy
Julio C. Urenda and Olga Kosheleva
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-44 in pdf | UTEP-CS-21-44b in pdf -
Why Semi-Supervised Learning Makes Sense: A Pedagogical Note
Olga Kosheleva and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-43 in pdf -
What Is 1/0 from the Practical Viewpoint: A Pedagogical Note
Olga Kosheleva and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-42 in pdf -
Why, in Deep Learning, Non-Smooth Activation Function Works Better Than Smooth Ones
Daniel Cruz, Ricardo Godoy, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-41 in pdf -
Why Decimal System? Why Communities With More Than 150 Folks Tend to Split? New Consequences of the Seven Plus Minus Two Law
Leonardo Orea Amador and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-40 in pdf -
Why oo Is a Reasonable Symbol for Infinity
Olga Kosheleva and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-39 in pdf -
Why Dilated Convolutional Neural Networks: A Proof of Their Optimality
Jonatan Contreras, Martine Ceberio, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-38 in pdf | UTEP-CS-21-38a in pdf | UTEP-CS-21-38b in pdf | UTEP-CS-21-38c in pdf -
Lev Landau's Marital Advice Explained
Olga Kosheleva and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-37 in pdf -
Selfish Gene Theory Explains Oedipus Complex
Olga Kosheleva and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-36 in pdf -
Low-Complexity Zonotopes Can Enhance Uncertainty Quantification (UQ)
Olga Kosheleva and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-35 in pdf -
Fuzzy Techniques, Laplace Indeterminacy Principle, and Maximum Entropy Approach Explain Lindy Effect and Help Avoid Meaningless Infinities in Physics
Julio Urenda, Sean Aguilar, Olga Kosheleva and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-34 in pdf | UTEP-CS-21-34a in pdf -
Limit Theorems as Blessing of Dimensionality: Neural-Oriented Overview
Olga Kosheleva and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-33 in pdf | UTEP-CS-21-33a in pdf -
Baudelaire's Ideas of Vagueness and Uniqueness in Art: Algorithm-Based Explanations
Luc Longpre, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-32 in pdf -
How to Best Write Research Papers: Basic English? Sophisticated English?
Martine Ceberio, Christian Servin, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-31 in pdf -
Additional Spatial Dimensions Can Help Speed Up Computations
Luc Longpre, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-30 in pdf -
Dimension Compactification Naturally Follows from First Principles
Julio C. Urenda, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-29 in pdf -
Why Base-20, Base-40, and Base-60 Number Systems?
Sean R. Aguilar, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-28 in pdf -
How General Is Fuzzy Decision Making?
Olga Kosheleva and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-27 in pdf | UTEP-CS-21-27a in pdf -
Why Kappa Regression?
Julio C. Urenda, Orsolya Csiszar, Gabor Csiszar, Jozsef Dombi, Gyorgy Eigner, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-26 in pdf | UTEP-CS-21-26a in pdf -
What Is the True Formula for Soil Permeability? Not Clear
Edgar Daniel Rodriguez Velasquez and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-25 in pdf -
How Void Ratio Depends on Grain Size In Soil Mechanics: Theoretical Explanation
Edgar Daniel Rodriguez Velasquez and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-24 in pdf -
The UTEP Corpus of Dissatisfaction in Spoken Dialog
Jonathan E. Avila, Nigel G. Ward, and Aaron Alarcon
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-23 in pdf -
Why Romans Sometimes Wrote 8 as VIII, And Sometimes as IIX: A Possible Explanation
Olga Kosheleva and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-22 in pdf -
Mexican Folk Arithmetic Algorithm Makes Perfect Sense
Julio C. Urenda, Christian Servin, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-21 in pdf | UTEP-CS-21-21a in pdf -
Why Fuzzy Techniques in Explainable AI? Which Fuzzy Techniques in Explainable AI?
Kelly Cohen, Laxman Bokati, Martine Ceberio, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-20 in pdf | UTEP-CS-21-20a in pdf -
What Teachers Can Learn from Machine Learning
Christian Servin, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-19 in pdf | UTEP-CS-21-19a in pdf -
Fuzzy Logic Beyond Traditional "And"-Operations
Vladik Kreinovich and Olga Kosheleva
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-18 in pdf | UTEP-CS-21-18a in pdf -
Zadeh's Vision, Modern Physics, and the Future of Computing
Vladik Kreinovich and Olga Kosheleva
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-17 in pdf | UTEP-CS-21-17a in pdf -
Why T-Duality: A Simple Explanation
Olga Kosheleva and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-16 in pdf -
Why Do We Need Two Doses of Covid-19 Vaccine: A Qualitative Explanation
Laxman Bokati, Julio Urenda, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-15 in pdf -
Fuzzy Logic Leads to a More Adequate Way of Processing Likert-Scale Values: Case Study of Burnout
Francisco Zapata, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-14 in pdf | UTEP-CS-21-14a in pdf -
What Is the Logic Behind Cistercian Numbers?
Olga Kosheleva and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-13 in pdf -
Can Ideas Behind Ancient Egyptian Fractions Speed up Modern Computers?
Olga Kosheleva and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-12 in pdf -
How to Gauge Reliability of a Binary Classification Result: A Simple Case
Olga Kosheleva and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-11 in pdf -
Each Realistic Continuous Functional Dependence Implies a Relation Between Some Variables: A Theoretical Explanation of a Fuzzy-Related Empirical Phenomenon
Olga Kosheleva and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-10 in pdf | UTEP-CS-21-10b in pdf -
Tents of Israel Revisited: Audio Privacy
Julio C. Urenda, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-09 in pdf -
How To Guarantee Fairness Of Grading Without Sacrificing Privacy?
Vladik Kreinovich, Olga Kosheleva, and Christian Servin
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-08 in pdf -
When to Stop Computing and Start Investing
Sean R. Aguilar and Olga Kosheleva
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-07 in pdf -
Why Homogeneous Membranes Lead to Optimal Water Desalination: A Possible Explanation
Julio Urenda, Martine Ceberio, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-06 in pdf -
How Much For a Set: General Case of Decision Making Under Set-Valued Uncertainty
Laxman Bokati, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-05 in pdf | UTEP-CS-21-05b in pdf -
Scale-Invariant Functions: Theoretical Explanation of Empirical Marchenko-Pastur-Type Distributions
Vladik Kreinovich, Kevin Alvarez, and Chon Van Le
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-04 in pdf -
Why Question-Based Reasoning Leads to Constructive Approach to Knowledge
Olga Kosheleva and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-03 in pdf -
Why Gradient Descent -- Not the Best Optimization Technique -- Works Best in Neural Networks: Qualitative Explanation
Jonatan Contreras, Martine Ceberio, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-02 in pdf -
How to Estimate Time Needed for Software Migration
Francisco Zapata, Olga Kosheleva, and Vladik Kreinovich
link to abstract | UTEP-CS-21-01 in pdf