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DC
2008
14 years 9 months ago
Approximate distributed top- k queries
We consider a distributed system where each node keeps a local count for items (similar to elections where nodes are ballot boxes and items are candidates). A top-k query in such ...
Boaz Patt-Shamir, Allon Shafrir
STOC
2006
ACM
92views Algorithms» more  STOC 2006»
15 years 10 months ago
On the importance of idempotence
Range searching is among the most fundamental problems in computational geometry. An n-element point set in Rd is given along with an assignment of weights to these points from so...
Sunil Arya, Theocharis Malamatos, David M. Mount
COMPGEOM
2005
ACM
14 years 11 months ago
Cache-oblivious r-trees
We develop a cache-oblivious data structure for storing a set S of N axis-aligned rectangles in the plane, such that all rectangles in S intersecting a query rectangle or point ca...
Lars Arge, Mark de Berg, Herman J. Haverkort
EDBT
2009
ACM
207views Database» more  EDBT 2009»
15 years 27 days ago
Evaluating probability threshold k-nearest-neighbor queries over uncertain data
In emerging applications such as location-based services, sensor monitoring and biological management systems, the values of the database items are naturally imprecise. For these ...
Reynold Cheng, Lei Chen 0002, Jinchuan Chen, Xike ...
ALT
2008
Springer
15 years 6 months ago
Optimally Learning Social Networks with Activations and Suppressions
In this paper we consider the problem of learning hidden independent cascade social networks using exact value injection queries. These queries involve activating and suppressing a...
Dana Angluin, James Aspnes, Lev Reyzin