Abstract –In this paper, a new problem, consensus estimation, is formulated, whose setting is complementary to the well-known CEO problem. In particular, a set of nodes are emplo...
Networked appliances can simplify our lives, but interacting with them can be difficult in itself. KitchenSense is an early prototype of a networked kitchen full of sensors that u...
We present a general framework for approximating several NP-hard problems that have two underlying properties in common. First, the problems we consider can be formulated as intege...
Business-to-business e-contracting has gained attention in recent years as a way to improve traditional paper contracting. However, a complete framework specifying the aspects of ...
In the approximation of linear elliptic operators in mixed form, it is well known that the so-called inf-sup and ellipticity in the kernel properties are sufficient (and, in a sens...