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JMLR
2010
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15 years 3 months ago
A Quasi-Newton Approach to Nonsmooth Convex Optimization Problems in Machine Learning
We extend the well-known BFGS quasi-Newton method and its memory-limited variant LBFGS to the optimization of nonsmooth convex objectives. This is done in a rigorous fashion by ge...
Jin Yu, S. V. N. Vishwanathan, Simon Günter, ...
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CCCG
2008
15 years 6 months ago
The Embroidery Problem
We consider the problem of embroidering a design pattern, given by a graph G, using a single minimum length thread. We give an exact polynomial-time algorithm for the case that G ...
Esther M. Arkin, George Hart, Joondong Kim, Irina ...
ICDE
2006
IEEE
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16 years 6 months ago
On the Inverse Classification Problem and its Applications
In this paper, we discuss the inverse classification problem, in which we desire to define the features of an incomplete record in such a way that will result in a desired class l...
Charu C. Aggarwal, Chen Chen, Jiawei Han
ICHIT
2009
Springer
15 years 11 months ago
A genetic algorithm approach for a constrained employee scheduling problem as applied to employees at mall type shops
In this application of artificial intelligence to a real-world problem, the constrained scheduling of employee resourcing for a mall type shop is solved by means of a genetic algo...
Adrian Brezulianu, Monica Fira, Lucian Fira
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CIMCA
2005
IEEE
15 years 10 months ago
Ant Colony System for Optimizing Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows
Research on the optimization of Vehicle Routing Problem with Time Windows (VRPTW) is a significant investigation area of ant colony system (ACS). This paper proposes an enhanced AC...
Xuan Tan, Xuyao Luo, W. N. Chen, Jun Zhang