In this paper we introduce a new random mapping model, T ^D n , which maps the set {1, 2, ..., n} into itself. The random mapping T ^D n is constructed using a collection of excha...
The probability that a term appears in relevant documents ( ) is a fundamental quantity in several probabilistic retrieval models, however it is difficult to estimate without rele...
Abstract—Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Enhanced Collision Avoidance (CSMA/ECA) is a distributed MAC protocol that allows collision-free access to the medium in WLAN. The onl...
In recent years, sparse representation originating from signal compressed sensing theory has attracted increasing interest in computer vision research community. However, to our b...
Even though an effective cost-based query optimizer is of utmost importance for the efficient evaluation of XQuery expressions in native XML database systems, such a component is...