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WSC
2008
15 years 8 months ago
A preliminary study of optimal splitting for rare-event simulation
Efficiency is a big concern when using simulation to estimate rare-event probabilities, since a huge number of simulation replications may be needed in order to obtain a reasonabl...
John F. Shortle, Chun-Hung Chen
SBBD
2004
82views Database» more  SBBD 2004»
15 years 7 months ago
Optimizing Ranking Calculation in Web Search Engines: a Case Study
Web search engines compete to offer the fastest responses with highest relevance. However, as Web collections grow, it becomes more difficult to achieve this purpose. As most user...
Miguel Costa, Mário J. Silva
AAAI
2000
15 years 7 months ago
Depth-First Branch-and-Bound versus Local Search: A Case Study
Depth-first branch-and-bound (DFBnB) is a complete algorithm that is typically used to find optimal solutions of difficult combinatorial optimization problems. It can also be adap...
Weixiong Zhang
SPIESR
2000
92views Database» more  SPIESR 2000»
15 years 7 months ago
ViBE video database system: an update and further studies
In this paper we extend the shot transition detection component of the ViBE video database system to include gradual scene changes. ViBE Video Indexing and Browsing Environment, a...
Cüneyt M. Taskiran, Charles A. Bouman, Edward...
SIGMETRICS
2002
ACM
161views Hardware» more  SIGMETRICS 2002»
15 years 6 months ago
Performance study of dispatching algorithms in multi-tier web architectures
The number and heterogeneity of requests to Web sites are increasing also because the Web technology is becoming the preferred interface for information systems. Many systems host...
Mauro Andreolini, Michele Colajanni, Ruggero Morse...