— In this paper we present a new algorithm for the Layout Optimization Problem: this concerns the placement of circular, weighted objects inside a circular container, the two obj...
Abstract—This paper considers a broadband cellular orthogonal frequency-division multiple-access (OFDMA) system with relay nodes operating in decode-and-forward and half-duplex m...
In this paper we compare four selection strategies in evolutionary optimization of information retrieval (IR) in a question answering setting. The IR index has been augmented by li...
Abstract— A methodology for designing data center infrastructure for E-commerce sites is developed. It differs from existing methodologies in that it evaluates and compares alter...
This paper addresses the problem of optimizing the playback delay experienced by a population of heterogeneous clients, in video streaming applications. We consider a typical broa...