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SODA
2010
ACM
174views Algorithms» more  SODA 2010»
14 years 7 months ago
Differentially Private Combinatorial Optimization
Consider the following problem: given a metric space, some of whose points are "clients," select a set of at most k facility locations to minimize the average distance f...
Anupam Gupta, Katrina Ligett, Frank McSherry, Aaro...
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APPROX
2009
Springer
142views Algorithms» more  APPROX 2009»
15 years 4 months ago
Truthful Mechanisms via Greedy Iterative Packing
An important research thread in algorithmic game theory studies the design of efficient truthful mechanisms that approximate the optimal social welfare. A fundamental question is ...
Chandra Chekuri, Iftah Gamzu
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CORR
2010
Springer
109views Education» more  CORR 2010»
14 years 9 months ago
Hybrid tractability of soft constraint problems
The constraint satisfaction problem (CSP) is a central generic problem in artificial intelligence. Considerable effort has been made in identifying properties which ensure tractabi...
Martin C. Cooper, Stanislav Zivný
CIKM
2010
Springer
14 years 8 months ago
Learning to rank relevant and novel documents through user feedback
We consider the problem of learning to rank relevant and novel documents so as to directly maximize a performance metric called Expected Global Utility (EGU), which has several de...
Abhimanyu Lad, Yiming Yang
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IPSN
2009
Springer
15 years 4 months ago
Simultaneous placement and scheduling of sensors
We consider the problem of monitoring spatial phenomena, such as road speeds on a highway, using wireless sensors with limited battery life. A central question is to decide where ...
Andreas Krause, Ram Rajagopal, Anupam Gupta, Carlo...