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IPSN
2009
Springer
15 years 11 months ago
Approximating sensor network queries using in-network summaries
In this work we present new in-network techniques for communication efficient approximate query processing in wireless sensornets. We use a model-based approach that constructs a...
Alexandra Meliou, Carlos Guestrin, Joseph M. Helle...
APPROX
2009
Springer
163views Algorithms» more  APPROX 2009»
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The Power of Preemption on Unrelated Machines and Applications to Scheduling Orders
Abstract. Scheduling jobs on unrelated parallel machines so as to minimize the makespan is one of the basic, well-studied problems in the area of machine scheduling. In the first ...
José R. Correa, Martin Skutella, José...
WEBDB
2009
Springer
112views Database» more  WEBDB 2009»
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Querying DAG-shaped Execution Traces Through Views
The question whether a given set of views, defined by queries, can be used to answer another query, arises in several contexts such as query optimization, data integration and se...
Maya Ben-Ari, Tova Milo, Elad Verbin
AGILE
2009
Springer
210views GIS» more  AGILE 2009»
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Detecting Hotspots in Geographic Networks
We study a point pattern detection problem on networks, motivated by geographical analysis tasks, such as crime hotspot detection. Given a network N (for example, a street, train,...
Kevin Buchin, Sergio Cabello, Joachim Gudmundsson,...
COMPGEOM
2004
ACM
15 years 10 months ago
The number of lines tangent to arbitrary convex polyhedra in 3D
We prove that the lines tangent to four possibly intersecting convex polyhedra in   3 with n edges in total form Θ(n2 ) connected components in the worst case. In the generic ca...
Hervé Brönnimann, Olivier Devillers, V...