A simple variant of a priority queue, called a soft heap, is introduced. The data structure supports the usual operations: insert, delete, meld, and findmin. Its novelty is to beat...
In a semi-structured database there is no clear separation between the data and the schema, and the degree to which it is structured depends on the application. Semi-structured da...
The SCOP (Structural Classification of Proteins) database is a comprehensive ordering of all proteins of known structure, according to their evolutionary and structural relationsh...
Loredana Lo Conte, Steven E. Brenner, Tim J. P. Hu...
This paper investigates an adaptive constructive method for solving nurse rostering problems. The constraints considered in the problems are categorised into three classes: those t...
Peter Brucker, Edmund K. Burke, Timothy Curtois, R...