Estimates of predicate selectivities by database query optimizers often differ significantly from those actually encountered during query execution, leading to poor plan choices a...
There has been considerable interest in similarity join in the research community recently. Similarity join is a fundamental operation in many application areas, such as data inte...
We study a problem of dynamic pricing faced by a vendor with limited inventory, uncertain about demand, aiming to maximize expected discounted revenue over an infinite time horiz...
In this work a new optimization method, called the heuristic Kalman algorithm (HKA), is presented. This new algorithm is proposed as an alternative approach for solving continuous,...
One reasonable categorization of coordination models is into data sharing or message passing, based on whether the information necessary to coordination is persistently stored and...