In this paper we examine the diffusion of competing rumors in social networks. Two players select a disjoint subset of nodes as initiators of the rumor propagation, seeking to maxi...
A central issue in principal component analysis (PCA) is choosing the number of principal components to be retained. By interpreting PCA as density estimation, this paper shows ho...
This paper deals with ranking and selection problem via simulation. We present an optimal computing budget allocation technique which can select the best of k simulated designs. T...
This paper studies sentiment analysis of conditional sentences. The aim is to determine whether opinions expressed on different topics in a conditional sentence are positive, nega...
We develop a generic framework for the analysis of programs with recursive procedures and dynamic process creation. To this end we combine the approach of weighted pushdown systems...