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PPOPP
2003
ACM
15 years 3 months ago
Using generative design patterns to generate parallel code for a distributed memory environment
A design pattern is a mechanism for encapsulating the knowledge of experienced designers into a re-usable artifact. Parallel design patterns reflect commonly occurring parallel co...
Kai Tan, Duane Szafron, Jonathan Schaeffer, John A...
ICDE
1994
IEEE
140views Database» more  ICDE 1994»
15 years 2 months ago
Mariposa: A New Architecture for Distributed Data
We describe the design of Mariposa, an experimental distributed data management system that provides high performance in an environment of high data mobility and heterogeneous hos...
Michael Stonebraker, Paul M. Aoki, Robert Devine, ...
ATAL
2010
Springer
14 years 11 months ago
Worst-case efficiency ratio in false-name-proof combinatorial auction mechanisms
This paper analyzes the worst-case efficiency ratio of falsename-proof combinatorial auction mechanisms. False-nameproofness generalizes strategy-proofness by assuming that a bidd...
Atsushi Iwasaki, Vincent Conitzer, Yoshifusa Omori...
WSDM
2010
ACM
166views Data Mining» more  WSDM 2010»
15 years 7 months ago
Ranking Mechanisms in Twitter-Like Forums
We study the problem of designing a mechanism to rank items in forums by making use of the user reviews such as thumb and star ratings. We compare mechanisms where forum users rat...
Anish Das Sarma, Atish Das Sarma, Sreenivas Gollap...
HCI
2009
14 years 7 months ago
Distributed Intelligence and Scaffolding in Support of Cognitive Health
Computers have dramatically changed the social landscape and living practices in the 21st century. Most of those changes have empowered typically abled adults, while it is only in ...
Stefan Carmien, Randal A. Koene