25 years ago, Jianbo Shi introduced Normalized Cuts (spectral clustering), a graph-theoretic approach to perceptual grouping that became a staple in unsupervised image segmentation. While the original ...

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Basic Allowance for Subsistence (BAS) pays for the cost of a military member's meals when dining at their permanent duty station. Although BAS is meant to offset the cost of a member's meals, it doesn ...

The Defense Department announced the 2026 BAH rates Dec. 11, 2025, in information provided to Military.com. The average Basic Allowance for Housing, or BAH, will increase by 4.2%. Rates go up with the ...