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CP
2010
Springer
13 years 3 months ago
An Empirical Study of Optimization for Maximizing Diffusion in Networks
Abstract. We study the problem of maximizing the amount of stochastic diffusion in a network by acquiring nodes within a certain limited budget. We use a Sample Average Approximati...
Kiyan Ahmadizadeh, Bistra N. Dilkina, Carla P. Gom...
IASTEDSE
2004
13 years 6 months ago
Does active guidance improve software inspections? A preliminary empirical study
Inspections are an established quality assurance technique. In order to optimize the inspection approach, different reading techniques, such as checklist-based reading and scenari...
Christian Denger, Marcus Ciolkowski, Filippo Lanub...
ISESE
2005
IEEE
13 years 10 months ago
A comparative study on the re-documentation of existing software: code annotations vs. drawing editors
During software evolution, programmers spend a lot of time and effort in the comprehension of the internal code structure. Such an activity is often required because the available...
Marco Torchiano, Filippo Ricca, Paolo Tonella
SAT
2010
Springer
165views Hardware» more  SAT 2010»
13 years 3 months ago
An Empirical Study of Optimal Noise and Runtime Distributions in Local Search
This paper presents a detailed empirical study of local search for Boolean satisfiability (SAT), highlighting several interesting properties, some of which were previously unknown...
Lukas Kroc, Ashish Sabharwal, Bart Selman
PE
2007
Springer
118views Optimization» more  PE 2007»
13 years 4 months ago
An empirical study of reliable multicast protocols over Ethernet-connected networks
Recent advances in multicasting over the Internet present new opportunities for improving communication performance in clusters of workstations. The standard IP multicast, however...
Ryan G. Lane, Scott Daniels, Xin Yuan