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IPPS
2007
IEEE
15 years 7 months ago
Adaptive Distributed Database Replication Through Colonies of Pogo Ants
We address the problem of optimizing the distribution of partially replicated databases over a computer network. Replication is used to increase data availability in the presence ...
Sarah Abdul-Wahid, Razvan Andonie, Joseph Lemley, ...
ICWS
2007
IEEE
15 years 2 months ago
Improved Adaptation of Web Service Compositions Using Value of Changed Information
Workflows often operate in volatile environments in which the component services’ QoS changes frequently. Optimally adapting to these changes becomes an important problem that ...
Girish Chafle, Prashant Doshi, John Harney, Sumit ...
CIAC
2003
Springer
98views Algorithms» more  CIAC 2003»
15 years 6 months ago
Improving Customer Proximity to Railway Stations
Abstract. We consider problems of (new) station placement along (existing) railway tracks, so as to increase the number of users. We prove that, in spite of the NP-hardness for the...
Evangelos Kranakis, Paolo Penna, Konrad Schlude, D...
DATE
2009
IEEE
106views Hardware» more  DATE 2009»
15 years 8 months ago
Optimal sizing of configurable devices to reduce variability in integrated circuits
This paper describes a systematic approach that facilitates yield improvement of integrated circuits at the post-manufacture stage. A new Configurable Analogue Transistor (CAT) st...
Peter Wilson, Reuben Wilcock
CVPR
2006
IEEE
16 years 3 months ago
Efficient Optimal Kernel Placement for Reliable Visual Tracking
This paper describes a novel approach to optimal kernel placement in kernel-based tracking. If kernels are placed at arbitrary places, kernel-based methods are likely to be trappe...
Zhimin Fan, Ming Yang, Ying Wu, Gang Hua, Ting Yu