: Retrenchment is introduced as a liberalisation of refinement intended to address some of the shortcomings of refinement as sole means of progressing from simple abstract models t...
Abstract. Understanding program behavior is at the foundation of program optimization. Techniques for automatic recognition of program constructs characterize the behavior of code ...
This research addresses a major gap in our conceptual understanding of synaptic and brain-like network dynamics. Over the course of several years we have designed and implemented ...
Frederick C. Harris Jr., Mark C. Ballew, Jason Bau...
The game of Hex is a two-player game with simple rules, a deep underlying mathematical beauty, and a strategic complexity comparable to that of Chess and Go. The massive game-tree...
Local search algorithms often get trapped in local optima. Algorithms such as tabu search and simulated annealing 'escape' local optima by accepting nonimproving moves. ...
Laura Barbulescu, Jean-Paul Watson, L. Darrell Whi...