This paper proposes a simple voting scheme for off-line recognition of handprinted numerals. One of the main features of the proposed scheme is that this is not script dependent. ...
We study how to efficiently diffuse updates to a large distributed system of data replicas, some of which may exhibit arbitrary (Byzantine) failures. We assume that strictly fewer...
Abstract. A substantial number of micropayment schemes in the literature are based on distributing the cost of a digital signature over several successive micropayments (e.g. Paywo...
An electronic cash (e-cash) scheme lets a user withdraw money from a bank and then spend it anonymously. E-cash can be used only if it can be securely and fairly exchanged for ele...
Wireless digital video broadcasting has experienced much success in recent years with some industrial systems deployed. We study in this paper how to recover lost packets in video...