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MFCS
1990
Springer
15 years 7 months ago
One-Way Functions in Complexity Theory
We introduce the notion of associative one-way functions and prove that they exist if and only if P 6= NP. As evidence of their utility, we present two novel protocols that apply ...
Alan L. Selman
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INFOCOM
2010
IEEE
15 years 1 months ago
An Axiomatic Theory of Fairness in Network Resource Allocation
We present a set of five axioms for fairness measures in resource allocation. A family of fairness measures satisfying the axioms is constructed. Well-known notions such as -fairne...
Tian Lan, David Kao, Mung Chiang, Ashutosh Sabharw...
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FOCS
2009
IEEE
15 years 10 months ago
Approximability of Combinatorial Problems with Multi-agent Submodular Cost Functions
Abstract— Applications in complex systems such as the Internet have spawned recent interest in studying situations involving multiple agents with their individual cost or utility...
Gagan Goel, Chinmay Karande, Pushkar Tripathi, Lei...
SP
2003
IEEE
15 years 9 months ago
Hardening Functions for Large Scale Distributed Computations
Many recent large-scale distributed computing applications utilize spare processor cycles of personal computers that are connected to the Internet. The resulting distributed compu...
Doug Szajda, Barry G. Lawson, Jason Owen
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EVOW
2008
Springer
15 years 5 months ago
Implicit Fitness Functions for Evolving a Drawing Robot
We describe an approach to artificially evolving a drawing robot using implicit fitness functions, which are designed to minimise any direct reference to the line patterns made by ...
Jon Bird, Phil Husbands, Martin Perris, Bill Bigge...