We prove new lower bounds for learning intersections of halfspaces, one of the most important concept classes in computational learning theory. Our main result is that any statist...
We analyze the output process of finite capacity birth-death Markovian queues. We develop a formula for the asymptotic variance rate of the form + vi where is the rate of outputs...
In this paper we introduce a new random mapping model, T ^D n , which maps the set {1, 2, ..., n} into itself. The random mapping T ^D n is constructed using a collection of excha...
Even though an effective cost-based query optimizer is of utmost importance for the efficient evaluation of XQuery expressions in native XML database systems, such a component is...
This paper considers grasps and fixtures whose contacts react according to force-displacement laws consistent with friction constrains at the contacts. The passive force closure s...