Normal mapping is a variant of bump mapping that is commonly used in computer games. It models complex surface variations by explicitly storing a surface normal in a texture map. ...
The MapReduce programming model simplifies large-scale data processing on commodity clusters by having users specify a map function that processes input key/value pairs to generate...
Abstract. The need to compress data into synopses of summarized information often arises in many application scenarios, where the aim is to retrieve aggregate data efficiently, pos...
Filippo Furfaro, Giuseppe M. Mazzeo, Domenico Sacc...
Predictive accuracy claims should give explicit descriptions of the steps followed, with access to the code used. This allows referees and readers to check for common traps, and t...
Estimating the arrival rate function of a non-homogeneous Poisson process based on observed arrival data is a problem naturally arising in many applications. Cubic spline function...
Farid Alizadeh, Jonathan Eckstein, Nilay Noyan, G&...