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WINE
2009
Springer
93views Economy» more  WINE 2009»
16 years 1 months ago
On Stackelberg Pricing with Computationally Bounded Consumers
In a Stackelberg pricing game a leader aims to set prices on a subset of a given collection of items, such as to maximize her revenue from a follower purchasing a feasible subset o...
Patrick Briest, Martin Hoefer, Luciano Gualà...
INFOCOM
2002
IEEE
15 years 11 months ago
Restoration Algorithms for Virtual Private Networks in the Hose Model
—A Virtual Private Network (VPN) aims to emulate the services provided by a private network over the shared Internet. The endpoints of e connected using abstractions such as Virt...
Giuseppe F. Italiano, Rajeev Rastogi, Bülent ...
SIGMOD
1998
ACM
96views Database» more  SIGMOD 1998»
15 years 11 months ago
Wavelet-Based Histograms for Selectivity Estimation
Query optimization is an integral part of relational database management systems. One important task in query optimization is selectivity estimation, that is, given a query P, we ...
Yossi Matias, Jeffrey Scott Vitter, Min Wang
ESA
2008
Springer
108views Algorithms» more  ESA 2008»
15 years 8 months ago
Two-Stage Robust Network Design with Exponential Scenarios
Abstract. We study two-stage robust variants of combinatorial optimization problems like Steiner tree, Steiner forest, and uncapacitated facility location. The robust optimization ...
Rohit Khandekar, Guy Kortsarz, Vahab S. Mirrokni, ...
CORR
2008
Springer
114views Education» more  CORR 2008»
15 years 6 months ago
Algorithmic Pricing via Virtual Valuations
Algorithmic pricing is the computational problem that sellers (e.g., in supermarkets) face when trying to set prices for their items to maximize their profit in the presence of a ...
Shuchi Chawla, Jason D. Hartline, Robert Kleinberg