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1997
ACM
125views Algorithms» more  STOC 1997»
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An Interruptible Algorithm for Perfect Sampling via Markov Chains
For a large class of examples arising in statistical physics known as attractive spin systems (e.g., the Ising model), one seeks to sample from a probability distribution π on an...
James Allen Fill
SIGCOMM
1996
ACM
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Removal Policies in Network Caches for World-Wide Web Documents
World-Wide Web proxy servers that cache documents can potentially reduce three quantities: the number of requests that reach popular servers, the volume of network trac resulting ...
Marc Abrams, Charles R. Standridge, Ghaleb Abdulla...
ACMICEC
2007
ACM
115views ECommerce» more  ACMICEC 2007»
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An economic model of portal competition under privacy concerns
Due to inherent privacy concerns, online personalization services such as those offered through toolbars and desktop widgets are characterized by "no-free-disposal" (NFD...
Ramnath K. Chellappa, Raymond G. Sin
EMMCVPR
2007
Springer
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An Automatic Portrait System Based on And-Or Graph Representation
Abstract. In this paper, we present an automatic human portrait system based on the And-Or graph representation. The system can automatically generate a set of life-like portraits ...
Feng Min, Jin-Li Suo, Song Chun Zhu, Nong Sang
ESA
2007
Springer
153views Algorithms» more  ESA 2007»
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Tradeoffs and Average-Case Equilibria in Selfish Routing
We consider the price of selfish routing in terms of tradeoffs and from an average-case perspective. Each player in a network game seeks to send a message with a certain length by...
Martin Hoefer, Alexander Souza