For two given point sets, we present a very simple (almost trivial) algorithm to translate one set so that the Hausdor distance between the two sets is not larger than a constant ...
Motivated by applications in batch scheduling of jobs in manufacturing systems and distributed computing, we study two related problems. Given is a set of jobs {J1, . . . , Jn}, w...
We present a parameter free approach that utilizes multiple cues for image segmentation. Beginning with an image, we execute a sequence of bottom-up aggregation steps in which pix...
Database outsourcing is an important emerging trend which involves data owners delegating their data management needs to an external service provider. Since a service provider is a...
It has been almost three decades since Nolan proposed his stages hypothesis. Since then several studies on the stages of growth theory appeared in the academic literature. Despite...