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VLDB
1999
ACM
140views Database» more  VLDB 1999»
15 years 4 months ago
Combining Histograms and Parametric Curve Fitting for Feedback-Driven Query Result-size Estimation
This paper aims to improve the accuracy of query result-size estimations in query optimizers by leveraging the dynamic feedback obtained from observations on the executed query wo...
Arnd Christian König, Gerhard Weikum
ACMACE
2006
ACM
15 years 5 months ago
Motivated reinforcement learning for non-player characters in persistent computer game worlds
Massively multiplayer online computer games are played in complex, persistent virtual worlds. Over time, the landscape of these worlds evolves and changes as players create and pe...
Kathryn Elizabeth Merrick, Mary Lou Maher
CORR
2007
Springer
131views Education» more  CORR 2007»
14 years 11 months ago
How to use the Scuba Diving metaphor to solve problem with neutrality ?
Abstract. We proposed a new search heuristic using the scuba diving metaphor. This approach is based on the concept of evolvability and tends to exploit neutrality which exists in ...
Philippe Collard, Sébastien Vérel, M...
GECCO
2006
Springer
124views Optimization» more  GECCO 2006»
15 years 3 months ago
On evolving buffer overflow attacks using genetic programming
In this work, we employed genetic programming to evolve a "white hat" attacker; that is to say, we evolve variants of an attack with the objective of providing better de...
Hilmi Günes Kayacik, Malcolm I. Heywood, A. N...
GECCO
2000
Springer
127views Optimization» more  GECCO 2000»
15 years 3 months ago
Evolving Molecules for Drug Design Using Genetic Algorithms via Molecular Trees
We present a new representation for a genetic algorithm to evolve molecular structures representing possible drugs that bind to a given protein target receptor. Our representation...
Gerard Kian-Meng Goh, James A. Foster