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ALGORITHMICA
2010
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On Metric Clustering to Minimize the Sum of Radii
Abstract Given an n-point metric (P,d) and an integer k > 0, we consider the problem of covering P by k balls so as to minimize the sum of the radii of the balls. We present a r...
Matt Gibson, Gaurav Kanade, Erik Krohn, Imran A. P...
SMA
2010
ACM
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Efficient simplex computation for fixture layout design
Designing a fixture layout of an object can be reduced to computing the largest simplex and the resulting simplex is classified using the radius of the largest inscribed ball cent...
Yu Zheng, Ming C. Lin, Dinesh Manocha
ASIACRYPT
2008
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
Graph Design for Secure Multiparty Computation over Non-Abelian Groups
Recently, Desmedt et al. studied the problem of achieving secure n-party computation over non-Abelian groups. They considered the passive adversary model and they assumed that the...
Xiaoming Sun, Andrew Chi-Chih Yao, Christophe Tart...
SPDP
1990
IEEE
13 years 8 months ago
Randomized fault-detecting leader election in a bi-directional ring
Abstract. This article presents a randomized algorithm for leader election which uses bidirectionality of an asynchronous ring to force a node to "commit" to a coin flip ...
N. R. Wagner
ISAAC
1994
Springer
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Unifying Themes for Network Selection
In this paper we present efficient deterministic and randomized algorithms for selection on any interconnection network when the number of input keys (n) is the number of processo...
Sanguthevar Rajasekaran, Wang Chen, Shibu Yooseph
COMPGEOM
1997
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Time-Series Similarity Problems and Well-Separated Geometric Sets
Given a pair of nonidentical complex objects, de ning and determining how similar they are to each other is a nontrivial problem. In data mining applications, one frequently nee...
Béla Bollobás, Gautam Das, Dimitrios...
RANDOM
1999
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
A Randomized Time-Work Optimal Parallel Algorithm for Finding a Minimum Spanning Forest
We present a randomized algorithm to nd a minimum spanning forest (MSF) in an undirected graph. With high probability, the algorithm runs in logarithmic time and linear work on an...
Seth Pettie, Vijaya Ramachandran
IPPS
1999
IEEE
13 years 8 months ago
Better Deterministic Routing on Meshes
Optimal randomized and deterministic algorithms have been given for k-k routing on two-dimensional nn meshes. The deterministic algorithm is based on "column-sort" and e...
Jop F. Sibeyn
FOCS
1999
IEEE
13 years 8 months ago
Taking a Walk in a Planar Arrangement
We present a randomized algorithm for computing portions of an arrangement of n arcs in the plane, each pair of which intersect in at most t points. We use this algorithm to perfo...
Sariel Har-Peled
SPAA
2000
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
An experimental study of a simple, distributed edge coloring algorithm
We conduct an experimental analysis of a distributed, randomized algorithm for edge coloring graphs. The algorithm is extremely simple, yet, according to the probabilistic analysi...
Madhav V. Marathe, Alessandro Panconesi, Larry D. ...