Sciweavers

13137 search results - page 373 / 2628
» A Science of Software Design
Sort
View
FOCS
2007
IEEE
16 years 1 months ago
Buy-at-Bulk Network Design with Protection
We consider approximation algorithms for buy-at-bulk network design, with the additional constraint that demand pairs be protected against edge or node failures in the network. In...
Spyridon Antonakopoulos, Chandra Chekuri, F. Bruce...
ACSC
2006
IEEE
16 years 24 days ago
Interaction design for a mobile context-aware system using discrete event modelling
This paper describes our experience when applying formal methods in the design of the tourist information system TIP, which presents context-sensitive information to mobile users ...
Annika Hinze, Petra Malik, Robi Malik
PDC
2006
ACM
16 years 21 days ago
Make it so! Jean-Luc Picard, Bart Simpson and the design of e-public services
In this paper, we report on a project applying participatory design methods to include people who have experience of social exclusion (in one form or another) in designing possibl...
Andy Dearden, Angela Lauener, Frances Slack, Chris...
FOCS
2005
IEEE
16 years 10 days ago
Mechanism Design via Machine Learning
We use techniques from sample-complexity in machine learning to reduce problems of incentive-compatible mechanism design to standard algorithmic questions, for a wide variety of r...
Maria-Florina Balcan, Avrim Blum, Jason D. Hartlin...
SIGCSE
2005
ACM
133views Education» more  SIGCSE 2005»
16 years 9 days ago
Designing, implementing, and analyzing a placement test for introductory CS courses
An introductory CS1 course presents problems for educators and students due to students’ diverse background in programming knowledge and exposure. Students who enroll in CS1 als...
Leen-Kiat Soh, Ashok Samal, Suzette Person, Gwen N...