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CHI
2006
ACM
16 years 4 months ago
The paradox of the assisted user: guidance can be counterproductive
This paper investigates the influence of interface styles on problem solving performance. It is often assumed that performance on problem solving tasks improves when users are ass...
Christof van Nimwegen, Daniel D. Burgos, Herre van...
139
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PODS
2008
ACM
178views Database» more  PODS 2008»
16 years 3 months ago
The chase revisited
We revisit the classical chase procedure, studying its properties as well as its applicability to standard database problems. We settle (in the negative) the open problem of decid...
Alin Deutsch, Alan Nash, Jeffrey B. Remmel
124
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PERCOM
2006
ACM
16 years 3 months ago
Dominating Connectivity and Reliability of Heterogeneous Sensor Networks
Consider a placement of heterogeneous, wireless sensors that can vary the transmission range by increasing or decreasing power. The problem of determining an optimal assignment of ...
Kenneth A. Berman, Fred S. Annexstein, Aravind Ran...
139
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WSDM
2010
ACM
188views Data Mining» more  WSDM 2010»
16 years 1 months ago
Anatomy of the Long Tail: Ordinary People with Extraordinary Tastes
The success of "infinite-inventory" retailers such as Amazon.com and Netflix has been ascribed to a "long tail" phenomenon. To wit, while the majority of their...
Andrei Z. Broder, Bo Pang, Evgeniy Gabrilovich, Sh...
129
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ICCAD
2008
IEEE
170views Hardware» more  ICCAD 2008»
16 years 19 days ago
A polynomial time approximation scheme for timing constrained minimum cost layer assignment
Abstract— As VLSI technology enters the nanoscale regime, interconnect delay becomes the bottleneck of circuit performance. Compared to gate delays, wires are becoming increasing...
Shiyan Hu, Zhuo Li, Charles J. Alpert