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CPHYSICS
2006
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15 years 3 months ago
Genetically controlled random search: a global optimization method for continuous multidimensional functions
A new stochastic method for locating the global minimum of a multidimensional function inside a rectangular hyperbox is presented. A sampling technique is employed that makes use ...
Ioannis G. Tsoulos, Isaac E. Lagaris
WSC
2004
15 years 4 months ago
Optimal Computing Budget Allocation for Multi-Objective Simulation Models
Simulation plays a vital role in identifying the best system design from among a set of competing designs. To improve simulation efficiency, ranking and selection techniques are o...
Loo Hay Lee, Ek Peng Chew, Suyan Teng, David Golds...
VLDB
2005
ACM
112views Database» more  VLDB 2005»
15 years 8 months ago
Content-Based Routing: Different Plans for Different Data
Query optimizers in current database systems are designed to pick a single efficient plan for a given query based on current statistical properties of the data. However, different...
Pedro Bizarro, Shivnath Babu, David J. DeWitt, Jen...
SQJ
2002
106views more  SQJ 2002»
15 years 2 months ago
Energy Metric for Software Systems
Acknowledging the intense requirement for low power operation in most portable computing systems, this paper introduces the notion of energy efficient software design and proposes ...
Alexander Chatzigeorgiou, George Stephanides
SODA
2001
ACM
108views Algorithms» more  SODA 2001»
15 years 4 months ago
Entropy-preserving cuttings and space-efficient planar point location
Point location is the problem of preprocessing a planar polygonal subdivision S into a data structure in order to determine efficiently the cell of the subdivision that contains a...
Sunil Arya, Theocharis Malamatos, David M. Mount