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...
Many applications require finding objects closest to a specified location that contains a set of keywords. For example, online yellow pages allow users to specify an address and a ...
We consider the operator mapping problem for in-network stream processing, i.e., the application of a tree of operators in steady-state to multiple data objects that are continuou...
Anne Benoit, Henri Casanova, Veronika Rehn-Sonigo,...
This paper presents an analysis of the design of classifiers for use in a hierarchical object recognition approach. In this approach, a cascade of classifiers is arranged in a tr...
Bjoern Stenger, Arasanathan Thayananthan, Philip H...
The result of simulation of an idealized thin wet film connecting fixed points in the Euclidean plane is a length-minimizing curve. Gradually increasing the exterior pressure we ar...