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SIAMCOMP
2000
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On Interpolation and Automatization for Frege Systems
The interpolation method has been one of the main tools for proving lower bounds for propositional proof systems. Loosely speaking, if one can prove that a particular proof system ...
Maria Luisa Bonet, Toniann Pitassi, Ran Raz
SIAMCOMP
2000
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On the Relative Complexity of Resolution Refinements and Cutting Planes Proof Systems
An exponential lower bound for the size of tree-like cutting planes refutations of a certain family of conjunctive normal form (CNF) formulas with polynomial size resolution refuta...
Maria Luisa Bonet, Juan Luis Esteban, Nicola Gales...
SIAMCOMP
2000
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Robust Plane Sweep for Intersecting Segments
In this paper, we reexamine in the framework of robust computation the Bentley
Jean-Daniel Boissonnat, Franco P. Preparata
SIAMCOMP
2000
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Motion Planning of Legged Robots
We study the problem of computing the free space F of a simple legged robot called the spider robot. The body of this robot is a single point and the legs are attached to the body....
Jean-Daniel Boissonnat, Olivier Devillers, Sylvain...
SIAMCOMP
2000
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Complexity of Some Problems Concerning Varieties and Quasi-Varieties of Algebras
In this paper we consider the complexity of several problems involving finite algebraic structures. Given finite algebras A and B, these problems ask the following. (1) Do A and B ...
Clifford Bergman, Giora Slutzki
SIAMCOMP
2000
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A Finite State Version of the Kraft--McMillan Theorem
The main result is a finite-state version of the Kraft
Frédérique Bassino, Marie-Pierre B&e...
SIAMCOMP
2000
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Application-Controlled Paging for a Shared Cache
We propose a provably efficient application-controlled global strategy for organizing a cache of size k shared among P application processes. Each application has access to informa...
Rakesh D. Barve, Edward F. Grove, Jeffrey Scott Vi...
SIAMCOMP
2000
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On Quiescent Reliable Communication
We study the problem of achieving reliable communication with quiescent algorithms (i.e., algorithms that eventually stop sending messages) in asynchronous systems with process cra...
Marcos Kawazoe Aguilera, Wei Chen, Sam Toueg
SIAMCOMP
2000
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Binary Space Partitions for Fat Rectangles
We consider the practical problem of constructing binary space partitions (BSPs) for a set S of n orthogonal, nonintersecting, two-dimensional rectangles in R3 such that the aspect...
Pankaj K. Agarwal, Edward F. Grove, T. M. Murali, ...