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PE
2010
Springer
13 years 3 months ago
2010
Springer
We introduce Bayesian Expansion (BE), an approximate numerical technique for passage time distribution analysis in queueing networks. BE uses a class of Bayesian networks to appro...
ISAAC
2003
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2003
Springer
Abstract. In this paper, we propose a Markov chain for sampling a random vector distributed according to a discretized Dirichlet distribution. We show that our Markov chain is rapi...
ECML
2006
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
2006
Springer
Abstract We propose in this paper a novel approach to the classification of discrete sequences. This approach builds a model fitting some dynamical features deduced from the learni...
STOC
1997
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
1997
ACM
For a large class of examples arising in statistical physics known as attractive spin systems (e.g., the Ising model), one seeks to sample from a probability distribution π on an...
WSC
2008
13 years 7 months ago
2008
Staffing and scheduling optimization in large multiskill call centers is time-consuming, mainly because it requires lengthy simulations to evaluate performance measures and their ...