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SPAA
2009
ACM
16 years 1 months ago
Optimizing transactions for captured memory
In this paper, we identify transaction-local memory as a major source of overhead from compiler instrumentation in software transactional memory (STM). Transaction-local memory is...
Aleksandar Dragojevic, Yang Ni, Ali-Reza Adl-Tabat...
BIBE
2008
IEEE
142views Bioinformatics» more  BIBE 2008»
15 years 10 months ago
Optimizing performance, cost, and sensitivity in pairwise sequence search on a cluster of PlayStations
— The Smith-Waterman algorithm is a dynamic programming method for determining optimal local alignments between nucleotide or protein sequences. However, it suffers from quadrati...
Ashwin M. Aji, Wu-chun Feng
CCGRID
2006
IEEE
15 years 10 months ago
Optimal Replica Placement Strategy for Hierarchical Data Grid Systems
Grid computing is an important mechanism for utilizing distributed computing resources. These resources are distributed in different geographical locations, but are organized to p...
Pangfeng Liu, Jan-Jan Wu
GECCO
2010
Springer
191views Optimization» more  GECCO 2010»
15 years 8 months ago
Initialization parameter sweep in ATHENA: optimizing neural networks for detecting gene-gene interactions in the presence of sma
Recent advances in genotyping technology have led to the generation of an enormous quantity of genetic data. Traditional methods of statistical analysis have proved insufficient i...
Emily Rose Holzinger, Carrie C. Buchanan, Scott M....
CPHYSICS
2006
204views more  CPHYSICS 2006»
15 years 3 months ago
Genetically controlled random search: a global optimization method for continuous multidimensional functions
A new stochastic method for locating the global minimum of a multidimensional function inside a rectangular hyperbox is presented. A sampling technique is employed that makes use ...
Ioannis G. Tsoulos, Isaac E. Lagaris