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The solution of ak-extremal problem is defined as the set of pairs (x *i , θi),i = 1, ⋯ ,k, where x *t isi th local minimum andθ i is the volume of the set of attraction of this minimum. A Bayesian estimate ofk and (θ 1 , ⋯ , θ k ) is constructed.
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This paper has been written while the author was a CNR visiting professor at the Institute of Mathematics of the Milano University.
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Zieliński, R. A statistical estimate of the structure of multi-extremal problems. Mathematical Programming 21, 348–356 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01584254
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