A strong direct product theorem (SDPT) states that solving n instances of a problem requires ˝.n/ times the resources for a single instance, even to achieve success probability 2 ...
The notion of warrant or justification is one of the central concepts in formal models of argumentation. The dialectical definition of warrant is expressed in terms of recursive...
Background modeling for dynamic scenes is an important problem in the context of real time video surveillance systems. Several nonparametric background models have been proposed t...
Xingzhi Luo, Suchendra M. Bhandarkar, Wei Hua, Hai...
Creating comprehensive simulation models can be expensive and time consuming. This paper discusses our efforts to develop a general methodology that will allow users to quickly an...
Abstract. We propose various models for lobbying in a probabilistic environment, in which an actor (called “The Lobby”) seeks to influence the voters’ preferences of voting ...