External sorting--the process of sorting a file that is too large to fit into the computer's internal memory and must be stored externally on disks--is a fundamental subroutin...
The RAD51 gene is a eukaryotic homolog of recA, a critical component in homologous recombination and DNA repair pathways in Escherichia coli. We have cloned the RAD51 homolog from...
We describe a new method for performing a nonlinear form of Principal Component Analysis. By the use of integral operator kernel functions, we can e ciently compute principal comp...
Previous analyses of scalable streaming protocols for delivery of stored multimedia have largely focused on how the server bandwidth required for full-file delivery scales as the ...
Abstract. In the multiarmed bandit problem, a gambler must decide which arm of K nonidentical slot machines to play in a sequence of trials so as to maximize his reward. This class...