A nearly logarithmic lower bound on the randomized competitive ratio for the metrical task systems problem is presented. This implies a similar lower bound for the extensively stu...
We describe algorithms to explore the space of all possible reconciliations between a gene tree and a species tree. We propose an algorithm for generating a random reconciliation, ...
Partitive set families are families of sets that can be quite large, but have a compact, recursive representation in the form of a tree. This tree is a common generalization of PQ...
Fixpoint expressions built from functional signatures interpreted over arbitrary complete lattices are considered. A generic notionof automatonis defined and shown, by means of a ...
We study combinatorial prediction markets where agents bet on the sum of values at any tree node in a hierarchy of events, for example the sum of page views among all the children...