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STOC
2007
ACM
137views Algorithms» more  STOC 2007»
16 years 2 months ago
Testing k-wise and almost k-wise independence
In this work, we consider the problems of testing whether a distribution over {0, 1}n is k-wise (resp. ( , k)-wise) independent using samples drawn from that distribution. For the...
Noga Alon, Alexandr Andoni, Tali Kaufman, Kevin Ma...
CONCUR
2009
Springer
15 years 8 months ago
Probabilistic Weighted Automata
Nondeterministic weighted automata are finite automata with numerical weights on transitions. They define quantitative languages L that assign to each word w a real number L(w). ...
Krishnendu Chatterjee, Laurent Doyen, Thomas A. He...
ESWS
2007
Springer
15 years 8 months ago
Understanding Large Volumes of Interconnected Individuals by Visual Exploration
Abstract. Ontologies are now used within an increasing number of realworld applications. So far, significant effort has been spend in building tools to support users in creating,...
Olaf Noppens, Thorsten Liebig
SIGMOD
1998
ACM
97views Database» more  SIGMOD 1998»
15 years 6 months ago
Cost Based Query Scrambling for Initial Delays
Remote data access from disparate sources across a widearea network such as the Internet is problematic due to the unpredictable nature of the communications medium and the lack o...
Tolga Urhan, Michael J. Franklin, Laurent Amsaleg
COLT
2008
Springer
15 years 3 months ago
Adapting to a Changing Environment: the Brownian Restless Bandits
In the multi-armed bandit (MAB) problem there are k distributions associated with the rewards of playing each of k strategies (slot machine arms). The reward distributions are ini...
Aleksandrs Slivkins, Eli Upfal