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We calculate the Bernstein-Sato polynomial (i.e. b-function) of a hyperplane arrangement with a reduced equation by using a generalization of Malgrange's formula together with a solution of Aomoto's conjecture due to Esnault, Schechtman, Viehweg. We show that the roots are greater than -2 and the multiplicity of -1 coincides with the (effective) dimension. We also get an estimate of the multiplicities of the roots in terms of the multiplicities of the arrangement at the dense edges, and give a method to calculate the b-function at least in the case of three variables with generic multiplicity at most 3 and with degree at most 7.

We give derivations of some basic results for the Bernstein approximation in $n$ variables that are useful in investigating copulas. It is shown that Bernstein approximations of copulas are again copulas. We exhibit a stochastic interpretation for the Bernstein approximation of a copula.

This paper deals with approximating properties of the newly defined $q$-generalization of the genuine Bernstein-Durrmeyer polynomials in the case $q>1$, whcih are no longer positive linear operators on $C[0,1]$. Quantitative estimates of the convergence, the Voronovskaja type theorem and saturation of convergence for complex genuine $q$-Bernstein-Durrmeyer polynomials attached to analytic functions in compact disks are given. In particular, it is proved that for functions analytic in $\left\{ z\in\mathbb{C}:\left\vert z\right\vert q,$ the rate of approximation by the genuine $q$-Bernstein-Durrmeyer polynomials ($q>1$) is of order $q^{-n}$ versus $1/n$ for the classical genuine Bernstein-Durrmeyer polynomials. We give explicit formulas of Voronovskaja type for the genuine $q$-Bernstein-Durrmeyer for $q>1$.

The main object of this paper is to construct a new generating function of the (q-) Bernstein type polynomials. We establish elementary properties of this function. By using this generating function, we derive recurrence relation and derivative of the (q-) Bernstein type polynomials. We also give relations between the (q-) Bernstein type polynomials, Hermite polynomials, Bernoulli polynomials of higher-order and the second kind Stirling numbers. By applying Mellin transformation to this generating function, we define interpolation of the (q-) Bernstein type polynomials. Moreover, we give some applications and questions on approximations of (q-) Bernstein type polynomials, moments of some distributions in Statistics.

We prove two identities for multivariate Bernstein polynomials on simplex, which are considered on a pointwise. In this paper, we study good approximations of Bernstein polynomials for every continuous functions on simplex and the higher dimensional q-analogues of Bernstein polynomials on simplex

The aim of this paper is to give a new approach to modified q-Bernstein polynomials for functions of two variables. By using these type polynomials, we derive recurrence formulas and some new interesting identities related to the second kind Stirling numbers and generalized Bernoulli polynomials. Moreover, we give the generating function and interpolation function of these modified q-Bernstein polynomials of two variables and also give the derivatives of these polynomials and their generating function.

Many applications in risk analysis, especially in environmental sciences, require the estimation of the dependence among multivariate maxima. A way to do this is by inferring the Pickands dependence function of the underlying extreme-value copula. A nonparametric estimator is constructed as the sample equivalent of a multivariate extension of the madogram. Shape constraints on the family of Pickands dependence functions are taken into account by means of a representation in terms of a specific type of Bernstein polynomials. The large-sample theory of the estimator is developed and its finite-sample performance is evaluated with a simulation study. The approach is illustrated by analyzing clusters consisting of seven weather stations that have recorded weekly maxima of hourly rainfall in France from 1993 to 2011.

In this work we present an explicit representation of the orthonormal Bernstein polynomials and demonstrate that they can be generated from a linear combination of non-orthonormal Bernstein polynomials. In addition, we report a set of $n$ Sturm-Liouville eigenvalue equations, where each of the $n$ eigenvalue equations have the orthonormal Bernstein polynomials of degree $n$ as their solution set. We also show that each of the $n$ Sturm-Liouville operators are naturally self-adjoint. While the orthonormal Bernstein polynomials can be used in a variety of different applications, we demonstrate the utility of these polynomials here by using them in a generalized Fourier series to approximate curves and surfaces. Using the orthonormal Bernstein polynomial basis, we show that highly accurate approximations to curves and surfaces can be obtained by using small sized basis sets. Finally, we demonstrate how the orthonormal Bernstein polynomials can be used to find the set of control points of Bezier curves or Bezier surfaces that best approximate a function.

Let n and d be positive integers, let k be a field and let P(n,d;k) be the space of the polynomials in n variables of degree at most d with coefficients in k. Let B(n,d) be the set of the Bernstein-Sato polynomials of all polynomials in P(n,d;k) as k varies over all fields of characteristic 0. G. Lyubeznik proved that B(n,d) is a finite set and asked if, for a fixed k, the set of the polynomials corresponding to each element of B(n,d) is a constructible subset of P(n,d;k). In this paper we give an affirmative answer to Lyubeznik's question by showing that the set in question is indeed constructible and defined over Q, i.e. its defining equations are the same for all fields k. Moreover, we construct an algorithm that for each pair (n,d) produces a complete list of the elements of B(n,d) and, for each element of this list, an explicit description of the constructible set of polynomials having this particular Bernstein-Sato polynomial.

In characteristic zero, the Bernstein-Sato polynomial of a hypersurface can be described as the minimal polynomial of the action of an Euler operator on a suitable D-module. We consider the analogous D-module in positive characteristic, and use it to define a sequence of Bernstein-Sato polynomials (corresponding to the fact that we need to consider also divided powers Euler operators). We show that the information contained in these polynomials is equivalent to that given by the F-jumping exponents of the hypersurface, in the sense of Hara and Yoshida.

We apply a new method to solve fractional partial differential equations (FPDEs) with proportional delays. The method is based on expanding the unknown solution of FPDEs with proportional delays by the basis of Bernstein polynomials with unknown control points and uses operational matrices with the least-squares method to convert the FPDEs with proportional de lays to an algebraic system in terms of Bernstein coefficients (control points) approximating the solution of FPDEs. We use the Caputo derivatives of de gree 0 < α ≤ 1 as the fractional derivatives in our work. The main advantage of using this technique is that the method can easily be employed to a variety of FPDEs with or without proportional delays, and also the method offers a very simple and flexible framework for direct approximating of the solution of FPDEs with proportional delays. The convergence analysis of the present method is discussed. We show the effectiveness and superiority of the method by comparing the results obtained by our method with the results of some available methods in two numerical examples.

We present an elementary proof of a conjecture by I. Ra\c{s}a which is an inequality involving Bernstein basis polynomials and convex functions. It was affirmed in positive very recently by the use of stochastic convex orderings. Moreover, we derive the corresponding results for Mirakyan-Favard-Sz\'asz operators and Baskakov operators.

In this paper, we use the blending functions of Bernstein polynomials with shifted knots for construction of Bezier curves and surfaces. We study the nature of degree elevation and degree reduction for Bezier Bernstein functions with shifted knots. Parametric curves are represented using these modified Bernstein basis and the concept of total positivity is applied to investigate the shape properties of the curve. We get Bezier curve defined on [0, 1] when we set the parameter \alpha=\beta to the value 0. We also present a de Casteljau algorithm to compute Bernstein Bezier curves and surfaces with shifted knots. The new curves have some properties similar to Bezier curves. Furthermore, some fundamental properties for Bernstein Bezier curves and surfaces are discussed.

Let n,k be the positive integers, and let S_{k}(n) be the sums of the k-th power of positive integers up to n. By means of that we consider the evaluation of the sum of more general series by Bernstein polynomials. Additionally we show the reality of our idea with some examples.

The rapid development of q-calculus has led to the discovery of new generalizations of Bernstein polynomials and Genocchi polynomials involving q-integers. The present paper deals with weighted q-Bernstein polynomials and q-Genocchi numbers with weight alpha and beta. We apply the method of generating function and p-adic q-integral representation on Zp, which are exploited to derive further classes of Bernstein polynomials and q-Genocchi numbers and polynomials. To be more precise we summarize our results as follows, we obtain some combinatorial relations between q-Genocchi numbers and polynomials with weight alpha and beta. Furthermore, we derive an integral representation of weighted q-Bernstein polynomials of degree n on Zp. Also we deduce a fermionic p-adic q-integral representation of product weighted q-Bernstein polynomials of different degrees n1,n2,...on Zp and show that it can be written with q-Genocchi numbers with weight alpha and beta which yields a deeper insight into the effectiveness of this type of generalizations. Our new generating function possess a number of interesting properties which we state in this paper.

Recently, Kim-Jang-Yi have introduced q-Bernstein polynomials. From these q-Berstein polynomials, we investigte some properties related to q-Stirling numbes and q-Bernoulli numbes.

We investigate some interesting properties of Bernstein polynomials associated with boson p-adic integrals on Zp.

We show that the probability that a multilinear polynomial $f$ of independent random variables exceeds its mean by $\lambda$ is at most $e^{-\lambda^2 / (R^q Var(f))}$ for sufficiently small $\lambda$, where $R$ is an absolute constant. This matches (up to constants in the exponent) what one would expect from the central limit theorem. Our methods handle a variety of types of random variables including Gaussian, Boolean, exponential, and Poisson. Previous work by Kim-Vu and Schudy-Sviridenko gave bounds of the same form that involved less natural parameters in place of the variance.

Let X be a complex analytic manifold. Given a closed subspace $Y\subset X$ of pure codimension p>0, we consider the sheaf of local algebraic cohomology $H^p_{[Y]}({\cal O}_X)$, and ${\cal L}(Y,X)\subset H^p_{[Y]}({\cal O}_X)$ the intersection homology D_X-Module of Brylinski-Kashiwara. We give here an algebraic characterization of the spaces Y such that L(Y,X) coincides with $H^p_{[Y]}({\cal O}_X)$, in terms of Bernstein-Sato functional equations.

We prove the $\Lambda$-variation diminishing property of the Bernstein and Kantorovich polynomials. Next we apply this result to characterize the space $C\Lambda BV_c$ as the closure of the space of polynomials in the $\Lambda BV$ norm. A new proof of the separability of $C\Lambda BV_c$ is given.

Main purpose of this paper is to reconstruct generating function of the Bernstein type polynomials. Some properties this generating functions are given. By applying this generating function, not only derivative of these polynomials but also recurrence relations of these polynomials are found. Interpolation function of these polynomials is also constructed via Mellin Transformation. This function interpolates these polynomials at negative integers which are given explicitly. Moreover, relations between these polynomials, the generalized Stirling numbers, and Bernoulli polynomials of higher order are given. Furthermore some applications associated with B\'ezier curve are given.

In this paper, we give p-adic q-integral representation for the Kim's q-Bernstein polynomials and we give some interesting formulae realted to Carlitz's q-Bernoulli numbers.

In the present paper, we propose the modified q-Bernstein polynomials of degree n, which are different q-Bernstein polynomials of Phillips(see [4]). From these the modified q-Bernstein polynomials of degree n, we derive some interesting recurrence formulae for the modified q-Bernstein polynomials.

We present a quite efficient method to compute the roots of Bernstein-Sato polynomials of homogeneous polynomials in the case where their associated projective hypersurfaces have only weighted homogeneous isolated singularities (so that their local Bernstein-Sato polynomials are uniquely determined by weights) and a certain condition is satisfied. In the three variable case, the last condition holds except for polynomials of quite special type (that is, extremely degenerated ones) as far as calculated. The computation of roots is reduced to that of the Hilbert series of the graded Milnor algebras, which can be done instantly by computers (unless the degree is huge) although it takes much longer to get the Bernstein-Sato polynomial itself (that is, with multiplicities) using a computer program in general. For the proof of the formula, we prove the $E_2$-degeneration of the pole order spectral sequence.

We show that there is a pair of homogeneous polynomials such that the sets of roots of their Bernstein-Sato polynomials which are strictly supported at the origin are different although the sets of roots which are not strictly supported at the origin are the same and moreover their graded Milnor algebras have the same Hilbert series. This shows that the roots of the Bernstein-Sato polynomials strictly supported at the origin cannot be determined uniquely by the Hilbert series of the Milnor algebras. This is contrary to certain hyperplane arrangement cases. It also implies that a nonzero torsion element with pure degree in the Milnor algebra does not necessarily contribute to a root of the Bernstein-Sato polynomial in an expected way. This example is found by using Macaulay2 and RISA/ASIR.

Dual Bernstein polynomials of one or two variables have proved to be very useful in obtaining B\'{e}zier form of the $L^2$-solution of the problem of best polynomial approximation of B\'{e}zier curve or surface. In this connection, the B\'{e}zier coefficients of dual Bernstein polynomials are to be evaluated at a reasonable cost. In this paper, a set of recurrence relations satisfied by the B\'{e}zier coefficients of dual bivariate Bernstein polynomials is derived and an efficient algorithm for evaluation of these coefficients is proposed. Applications of this result to some approximation problems of Computer Aided Geometric Design (CAGD) are discussed.

For homogeneous polynomials with 1-dimensional singular loci, we present a new method to compute the roots of Bernstein-Sato polynomials which are supported at the origin, if certain conditions are satisfied. We calculate the dimensions of certain $E_r$-terms of the pole order spectral sequence for the top degree forms without using induction for $r\le 3$. This is more systematic than the method of Dimca and Sticlaru using syzygies for differential forms of the second highest degree. We can detect the $E_3$-degeneration of some part of the spectral sequence if certain relations among the dimensions of $E_3$-terms hold. For the moment there are no examples with this condition unsatisfied. This can be used to determine the roots of Bernstein-Sato polynomial supported at the origin if another condition holds in order to avoid a difficulty coming from an assumption in a theorem we have to use. In the 3 variable case, except for polynomials of rather special types, the last condition is satisfied in the case of examples where we were able to compute the dimensions of relevant terms of the spectral sequences.

We introduce the notion of Bernstein-Sato polynomial of an arbitrary variety (which is not necessarily reduced nor irreducible), using the theory of V-filtrations of M. Kashiwara and B. Malgrange. We prove that the decreasing filtration by multiplier ideals coincides essentially with the restriction of the V-filtration. This implies a relation between the roots of the Bernstein-Sato polynomial and the jumping coefficients of the multiplier ideals, and also a criterion for rational singularities in terms of the maximal root of the polynomial in the case of a reduced complete intersection. These are generalizations of the hypersurface case. We can calculate the polynomials explicitly in the case of monomial ideals.

We introduce here a generalization of the modified Bernstein polynomials for Jacobi weights using the $q$-Bernstein basis proposed by G.M. Phillips to generalize classical Bernstein Polynomials. The function is evaluated at points which are in geometric progression in $]0,1[$. Numerous properties of the modified Bernstein Polynomials are extended to their $q$-analogues: simultaneous approximation, pointwise convergence even for unbounded functions, shape-preserving property, Voronovskaya theorem, self-adjointness. Some properties of the eigenvectors, which are $q$-extensions of Jacobi polynomials, are given.

We give a combinatorial description of the roots of the Bernstein-Sato polynomial of a monomial ideal using the Newton polyhedron and some semigroups associated to the ideal.

The present paper deals with Bernstein polynomials and Frobenius-Euler numbers and polynomials. We apply the method of generating function and fermionic p-adic integral representation on Zp, which are exploited to derive further classes of Bernstein polynomials and Frobenius-Euler numbers and polynomials. To be more precise we summarize our results as follows, we obtain some combinatorial relations between Frobenius-Euler numbers and polynomials. Furthermore, we derive an integral representation of Bernstein polynomials of degree n on Zp . Also we deduce a fermionic p-adic integral representation of product Bernstein polynomials of different degrees n1, n2,...on Zp and show that it can be written with Frobenius-Euler numbers which yields a deeper insight into the effectiveness of this type of generalizations. Our applications possess a number of interesting properties which we state in this paper.

The aim of this paper is to give a new approach to modified q-Bernstein polynomials for functions of several variables. By using these polynomials, recurrence formulas and some new interesting identities related to the second Stirling numbers and generalized Bernoulli polynomials are derived. Moreover, the generating function and interpolation function of these polynomials of several variables and also the derivatives of these polynomials and their generating function are given.

In this paper polarized valon distribution is derived from unpolarized valon distribution. In driving polarized valon distribution some unknown parameters exist which must be determined by fitting to experimental data. Here we have used Bernstein polynomial method to fit QCD predictions for the moments of $g_1^p$ structure function, to suitably the constructed appropriate average quantities of the E143 and SMC experimental data. After calculating polarized valon distributions and all parton distributions in a valon, polarized parton density in a proton are available. The results are used to evaluate the spin components of proton. It turns out that the results of polarized structure function are in good agreement with all available experimental data on $g_{1}^p$ of proton.

The main aim of this paper is to provide a unified approach to deriving identities for the Bernstein polynomials using a novel generating function. We derive various functional equations and differential equations using this generating function. Using these equations, we give new proofs both for a recursive definition of the Bernstein basis functions and for derivatives of the nth degree Bernstein polynomials. We also find some new identities and properties for the Bernstein basis functions. Furthermore, we discuss analytic representations for the generalized Bernstein polynomials through the binomial or Newton distribution and Poisson distribution with mean and variance. Using this novel generating function, we also derive an identity which represents a pointwise orthogonality relation for the Bernstein basis functions. Finally, by using the mean and the variance, we generalize Szasz-Mirakjan type basis functions.

In this paper we investigate some properties for the q-Euler numbers ans polymials. From these properties we give some identities on the Bernstein polymials and q-Euler polynpmials.

We give direct and inverse theorems for the weighted approximation of functions with endpoint singularities by combinations of Bernstein polynomials by the $r$th Ditzian-Totik modulus of smoothness $\omega_\phi^{r}(f,t)_w$ where $\phi$ is an admissible step-weight function.

During the Conference on Ulam's Type Stability (Rytro, Poland, 2014), Ioan Rasa recalled his 25-years-old problem concerning some inequality involving the Bernstein polynomials. We offer the complete solution (in positive). As a~tool we use stochastic orderings (which we prove for binomial distributions) as well as so-called concentration inequality. Our methods allow us to pose (and solve) the extended version of the problem in question.

In Computer Aided Geometric Design, the Bernstein-Bezier form is the usual way to store a polynomial defined on a triangle. We perform backward and forward error analysis of the de Casteljau algorithm and of the algorithm proposed by Schumaker and Volk for evaluating such polynomials. The obtained results are also compared with the corresponding results for the bivariate Homer algorithm.

We describe the roots of the Bernstein-Sato polynomial of a monomial ideal using reduction mod p and invariants of singularities in positive chracteristic. We give in this setting a positive answer to a problem of Takagi, Watanabe and the second author, concerning the dependence on the characteristic for these invariants of singularities.

The first aim of this paper is to prove a Gr\"uss-Voronovskaya estimate for Bernstein and for a class of Bernstein-Durrmeyer polynomials on $[0, 1]$. Then, Gr\"uss and Gr\"uss-Voronovskaya estimates for their corresponding operators of complex variable on compact disks are obtained. Finally, the results are extended to Bernstein-Faber polynomials attached to compact sets in the complex plane.

Method of parameterizing and smoothing the unknown underling distributions using Bernstein polynomials is proposed, verified and investigated. Any distribution with bounded and smooth enough density can be approximated by the proposed model. The approximating model turns out to be a mixture of beta distributions beta$(i+1, m-i+1)$, $i=0,\ldots, m$, for some optimal degree $m$. A simple change-point estimating method for choosing optimal degree $m$ of the Bernstein polynomials is also presented. The proposed methods give maximum likelihood density estimate which is consistent in $L_2$ distance at an almost parametric rate under some conditions. Simulation study shows that one can benefit from both the smoothness and the accuracy by using the proposed method. The proposed model can also be used to estimate some functional of the unknown distribution such as population mean. As illustration, the proposed methods are applied to three different type data sets including a microarray data set.

We introduce multivariate generalizations of the Bernstein-Szego polynomials, which are associated to the root systems of the complex simple Lie algebras. The multivariate polynomials in question generalize Macdonald's Hall-Littlewood polynomials associated with root systems. For the root system of type A1 (corresponding to the Lie algebra SL (2;C)) the classic Bernstein-Szego polynomials are recovered.

In this paper we consider the extended q-Bernstein polynomials which are constructed by T. Kim and we investigate some properties.

This is the second part of a work dedicated to the study of Bernstein-Sato polynomials for several analytic functions depending on parameters. In this part, we give constructive results generalizing previous ones obtained by the author in the case of one function. We also make an extensive study of an example for which we give an expression of a generic (and under some conditions, a relative) Bernstein-Sato polynomial.

We introduce and study invariants of singularities in positive characteristic called F-thresholds. They give an analogue of the jumping coefficients of multiplier ideals in characteristic zero. We discuss the connection between the invariants of an ideal in characteristic zero and the invariants of the different reduction mod p of this ideal. Our main point is that this relation depends on arithmetic properties of p. We also describe a new connection between invariants mod p and the roots of the Bernstein-Sato polynomial.

In this paper we prove that the Bernstein-Sato polynomial of any free divisor for which the $D[s]$-module $D[s] h^s$ admits a Spencer logarithmic resolution satisfies the symmetry property $b(-s-2) = \pm b(s)$. This applies in particular to locally quasi-homogeneous free divisors, or more generally, to free divisors of linear Jacobian type. We also prove that the Bernstein-Sato polynomial of an integrable logarithmic connection $E$ and of its dual $E^*$ with respect to a free divisor of linear Jacobian type are related by the equality $b_{E}(s)=\pm b_{E^*}(-s-2)$. Our results are based on the behaviour of the modules $D[s] h^s$ and $D[s] E[s]h^s $ under duality.

In this paper, we deal with the problem of synthesizing static output feedback controllers for stabilizing polynomial systems. Our approach jointly synthesizes a Lyapunov function and a static output feedback controller that stabilizes the system over a given subset of the state-space. Specifically, our approach is simultaneously targeted towards two goals: (a) asymptotic Lyapunov stability of the system, and (b) invariance of a box containing the equilibrium. Our approach uses Bernstein polynomials to build a linear relaxation of polynomial optimization problems, and the use of a so-called "policy iteration" approach to deal with bilinear optimization problems. Our approach can be naturally extended to synthesizing hybrid feedback control laws through a combination of state-space decomposition and Bernstein polynomials. We demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach on a series of numerical benchmark examples.

In this paper, we use the blending functions of Lupa\c{s} type (rational) $(p,q)$-Bernstein operators based on $(p,q)$-integers for construction of Lupa\c{s} $(p,q)$-B$\acute{e}$zier curves (rational curves) and surfaces (rational surfaces) with shape parameters. We study the nature of degree elevation and degree reduction for Lupa\c{s} $(p,q)$-B$\acute{e}$zier Bernstein functions. Parametric curves are represented using Lupa\c{s} $(p,q)$-Bernstein basis. We introduce affine de Casteljau algorithm for Lupa\c{s} type $(p,q)$-Bernstein B$\acute{e}$zier curves. The new curves have some properties similar to $q$-B$\acute{e}$zier curves. Moreover, we construct the corresponding tensor product surfaces over the rectangular domain $(u, v) \in [0, 1] \times [0, 1] $ depending on four parameters. We also study the de Casteljau algorithm and degree evaluation properties of the surfaces for these generalization over the rectangular domain. We get $q$-B$\acute{e}$zier surfaces for $(u, v) \in [0, 1] \times [0, 1] $ when we set the parameter $p_1=p_2=1.$ In comparison to $q$-B$\acute{e}$zier curves and surfaces based on Lupa\c{s} $q$-Bernstein polynomials, our generalization gives us more flexibility in controlling the shapes of curves and surfaces. We also show that the $(p,q)$-analogue of Lupa\c{s} Bernstein operator sequence $L^{n}_{p_n,q_n}(f,x)$ converges uniformly to $f(x)\in C[0,1]$ if and only if $00$ fixed and $p \neq 1,$ the sequence $L^{n}_{p,q}(f,x)$ converges uniformly to $f(x)~ \in C[0,1]$ if and only if $f(x)=ax+b$ for some $a, b \in \mathbb{R}.$

Shape restricted regressions, including isotonic regression and concave regression as special cases, are studied using priors on Bernstein polynomials and Markov chain Monte Carlo methods. These priors have large supports, select only smooth functions, can easily incorporate geometric information into the prior, and can be generated without computational difficulty. Algorithms generating priors and posteriors are proposed, and simulation studies are conducted to illustrate the performance of this approach. Comparisons with the density-regression method of Dette et al. (2006) are included.

This paper is the widely extended version of the publication, appeared in Proceedings of ISSAC'2009 conference \citep*{ALM09}. We discuss more details on proofs, present new algorithms and examples. We present a general algorithm for computing an intersection of a left ideal of an associative algebra over a field with a subalgebra, generated by a single element. We show applications of this algorithm in different algebraic situations and describe our implementation in \textsc{Singular}. Among other, we use this algorithm in computational $D$-module theory for computing e. g. the Bernstein-Sato polynomial of a single polynomial with several approaches. We also present a new method, having no analogues yet, for the computation of the Bernstein-Sato polynomial of an affine variety. Also, we provide a new proof of the algorithm by Brian\c{c}on-Maisonobe for the computation of the $s$-parametric annihilator of a polynomial. Moreover, we present new methods for the latter computation as well as optimized algorithms for the computation of Bernstein-Sato polynomial in various settings.