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FSTTCS
2010
Springer
13 years 2 months ago
Determining the Winner of a Dodgson Election is Hard
Computing the Dodgson Score of a candidate in an election is a hard computational problem, which has been analyzed using classical and parameterized analysis. In this paper we reso...
Michael R. Fellows, Bart M. P. Jansen, Daniel Loks...
CORR
2010
Springer
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13 years 4 months ago
MapReduce for Integer Factorization
Abstract. Integer factorization is a very hard computational problem. Currently no ecient algorithm for integer factorization is publicly known. However, this is an important probl...
Javier Tordable
AIPS
2009
13 years 5 months ago
Ant Search Strategies For Planning Optimization
In this paper a planning framework based on Ant Colony Optimization techniques is presented. It is well known that finding optimal solutions to planning problems is a very hard co...
Marco Baioletti, Alfredo Milani, Valentina Poggion...
ACL
1998
13 years 5 months ago
Alignment of Multiple Languages for Historical Comparison
An essential step in comparative reconstruction is to align corresponding phonological segments in the words being compared. To do this, one must search among huge numbers of pote...
Michael A. Covington
AAAI
2000
13 years 5 months ago
An Algorithm for Multi-Unit Combinatorial Auctions
We present a novel algorithm for computing the optimal winning bids in a combinatorial auction (CA), that is, an auction in which bidders bid for bundles of goods. All previously ...
Kevin Leyton-Brown, Yoav Shoham, Moshe Tennenholtz
AAAI
2006
13 years 5 months ago
Compiling Uncertainty Away: Solving Conformant Planning Problems using a Classical Planner (Sometimes)
Even under polynomial restrictions on plan length, conformant planning remains a very hard computational problem as plan verification itself can take exponential time. This heavy ...
Héctor Palacios, Hector Geffner
AIIA
2009
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
Optimal Planning with ACO
In this paper a planning framework based on Ant Colony Optimization techniques is presented. Optimal planning is a very hard computational problem which has been coped with differe...
Marco Baioletti, Alfredo Milani, Valentina Poggion...