In this paper we present a novel approach for multispectral image contextual classification by combining iterative combinatorial optimization algorithms. The pixel-wise decision rule is defined using a Bayesian approach ...

The goal of this work is to analyze the returns to education in the hourly wages in Brazil for the period of 2011 to 2015, last five years of PNAD data. Even thought the relationship between years of education and wages ...

The Potts model is frequently used to describe the behavior of image classes, since it allows to incorporate contextual information linking neighboring pixels in a simple way. Its isotropic version has only one real parameter ...

This article addresses the various properties and different methods of estimation of the unknown parameters of Gompertz distribution. Although, our main focus is on estimation from both frequentist and Bayesian point of ...

This dissertation consists of two essays in which I use simulation methods to study the structural parameters estimates from econometric models considering the complexity of water and commodity markets. In the first chapter, ...

The development of genetic maps for auto-incompatible species, such as the yellow passion fruit (Passiflora edulis Sims f.flavicarpa Deg.) is restricted due to the unfeasibility of obtaining traditional mapping populations ...