[EM] Monotone method inspiration approach?

[Forest Simmons]

.5 + .5*sign(x)

El lun., 17 de ene. de 2022 4:57 p. m., Daniel Carrera <dcarrera at gmail.com>
escribió:

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> On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 4:40 PM Kristofer Munsterhjelm <
> km_elmet at t-online.de> wrote:
>
>> These if-then clauses may be difficult to put into mathematical
>> expression form, but I found this (which may seem a bit ugly at first):
>>         f(A) = g(H(fpA - fpC) * H(fpB-fpC) * A>B,
>>                  H(fpA - fpB) * H(fpC-fpB) * A>C)
>>
>> where H is the step function H(x) = 1 if x > 0, 0 otherwise,
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>
> Btw, if you want to make a plot of that, I recommend you replace the
> Heavyside function with one that is equal to 0.5 when x is exactly 0.
> Otherwise, when fpB == fpC you'll see f(A) suddenly crash to 0 for no
> apparent reason and you'll be left scratching your head.
>
>
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> Dr. Daniel Carrera
> Postdoctoral Research Associate
> Iowa State University
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