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DIALM
2008
ACM
135views Algorithms» more  DIALM 2008»
13 years 7 months ago
Symmetric range assignment with disjoint MST constraints
If V is a set of n points in the unit square [0, 1]2 , and if R : V + is an assignment of positive real numbers (radii) to to those points, define a graph G(R) as follows: {v, w}...
Eric Schmutz
ECCC
2000
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13 years 5 months ago
Randomized Approximation Schemes for Scheduling Unrelated Parallel Machines
We consider the problem of Scheduling n Independent Jobs on m Unrelated Parallel Machines, when the number of machines m is xed. We address the standard problem of minimizing the ...
Pavlos Efraimidis, Paul G. Spirakis
RECOMB
2008
Springer
14 years 6 months ago
Computation of Median Gene Clusters
Whole genome comparison based on gene order has become a popular approach in comparative genomics. An important task in this field is the detection of gene clusters, i.e. sets of g...
Sebastian Böcker, Katharina Jahn, Julia Mixta...
UAI
1997
13 years 7 months ago
A Scheme for Approximating Probabilistic Inference
This paper describes a class ofprobabilistic approximation algorithms based on bucket elimination which o er adjustable levels of accuracy ande ciency. We analyzethe approximation...
Rina Dechter, Irina Rish
VLDB
2007
ACM
166views Database» more  VLDB 2007»
14 years 6 months ago
Supporting Time-Constrained SQL Queries in Oracle
The growing nature of databases, and the flexibility inherent in the SQL query language that allows arbitrarily complex formulations, can result in queries that take inordinate am...
Ying Hu, Seema Sundara, Jagannathan Srinivasan