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CORR
2010
Springer
70views Education» more  CORR 2010»
13 years 2 months ago
A Generalized Coupon Collector Problem
This paper provides analysis to a generalized version of the coupon collector problem, in which the collector gets d coupons each run and he chooses the one that he has the least ...
Weiyu Xu, Ao Kevin Tang
VTC
2010
IEEE
125views Communications» more  VTC 2010»
13 years 3 months ago
Solving the Coupon Collector's Problem for the Safety Beaconing in the IEEE 802.11p WAVE
—For the WAVE applications built on safety beacons, it is imperative that the neighboring vehicle information be collected as quickly and efficiently as possible. But the unreli...
Hyundoc Seo, Sangki Yun, Hyogon Kim
MOBICOM
2009
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Neighbor discovery in wireless networks and the coupon collector's problem
—Neighbor discovery1 is one of the first steps in the initialization of a wireless ad hoc network. In this paper, we design and analyze practical algorithms for neighbor discove...
Sudarshan Vasudevan, Donald F. Towsley, Dennis Goe...
FUN
2010
Springer
306views Algorithms» more  FUN 2010»
13 years 9 months ago
Leveling-Up in Heroes of Might and Magic III
We propose a model for level-ups in Heroes of Might and Magic III, and give an O 1 ε2 ln 1 δ learning algorithm to estimate the probabilities of secondary skills induced by any ...
Dimitrios I. Diochnos
COLT
2008
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
When Random Play is Optimal Against an Adversary
We analyze a sequential game between a Gambler and a Casino. The Gambler allocates bets from a limited budget over a fixed menu of gambling events that are offered at equal time i...
Jacob Abernethy, Manfred K. Warmuth, Joel Yellin