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CORR
2008
Springer
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15 years 4 months ago
Distributed Parameter Estimation in Sensor Networks: Nonlinear Observation Models and Imperfect Communication
The paper studies the problem of distributed static parameter (vector) estimation in sensor networks with nonlinear observation models and imperfect inter-sensor communication. We...
Soummya Kar, José M. F. Moura, Kavita Raman...
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JACM
2012
13 years 7 months ago
Continuous sampling from distributed streams
A fundamental problem in data management is to draw and maintain a sample of a large data set, for approximate query answering, selectivity estimation, and query planning. With la...
Graham Cormode, S. Muthukrishnan, Ke Yi, Qin Zhang
LICS
2012
IEEE
13 years 7 months ago
A Higher-Order Distributed Calculus with Name Creation
—This paper introduces HOpiPn, the higher-order pi-calculus with passivation and name creation, and develops an equivalence theory for this calculus. Passivation [Schmitt and Ste...
Adrien Piérard, Eijiro Sumii
STOC
2003
ACM
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16 years 4 months ago
A tight bound on approximating arbitrary metrics by tree metrics
In this paper, we show that any n point metric space can be embedded into a distribution over dominating tree metrics such that the expected stretch of any edge is O(log n). This ...
Jittat Fakcharoenphol, Satish Rao, Kunal Talwar
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INFOCOM
2008
IEEE
15 years 11 months ago
Approximation Algorithms for Computing Capacity of Wireless Networks with SINR Constraints
—A fundamental problem in wireless networks is to estimate its throughput capacity - given a set of wireless nodes, and a set of connections, what is the maximum rate at which da...
Deepti Chafekar, V. S. Anil Kumar, Madhav V. Marat...