We examine the problem of retrieving the top-m ranked items from a large collection, randomly distributed across an n-node system. In order to retrieve the top m overall, we must ...
Private approximation of search problems deals with finding approximate solutions to search problems while disclosing as little information as possible. The focus of this work is ...
—Initialization is an indispensable process for wireless sensor networks since newly deployed sensors lack a reliable infrastructure for communication. Many efforts have been mad...
The literature on algorithmic mechanism design is mostly concerned with game-theoretic versions of optimization problems to which standard economic money-based mechanisms cannot b...
Abstract. With the explosive growth of multimedia data, video presentation has become an important technology for fast browsing of video content. In this paper, we present a novel ...
Bo Yang, Tao Mei, Lifeng Sun, Shi-Qiang Yang, Xian...