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ICAPR
2005
Springer
15 years 9 months ago
2005
Springer
We propose a novel approach for finding text in images by using ridges at several scales. A text string is modelled by a ridge at a coarse scale representing its center line and n...
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EDBT
2009
ACM
15 years 11 months ago
2009
ACM
Materialized views (MV) can significantly improve the query performance of relational databases. In this paper, we consider MVs to optimize complex scenarios where many heterogen...
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INFOCOM
1997
IEEE
15 years 8 months ago
1997
IEEE
Replication is a commonly proposed solution to problems of scale associated with distributed services. However, when a service is replicated, each client must be assigned a server...
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CEC
2007
IEEE
15 years 10 months ago
2007
IEEE
Abstract— We recast the problem of unconstrained continuous evolutionary optimization as inference in a fixed graphical model. This approach allows us to address several pervasi...
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DMIN
2008
15 years 5 months ago
2008
Abstract - The rapid advances of wireless and web technologies enable the mobile users to request various kinds of services via mobile devices at anytime and anywhere. To provide t...