Examples of figurative language can range from the explicit and the obvious to the implicit and downright enigmatic. Some simpler forms, like simile, often wear their meanings on...
In a yes/no voting game, a set of voters must determine whether to accept or reject a given alternative. Weighted voting games are a well-studied subclass of yes/no voting games, ...
Edith Elkind, Leslie Ann Goldberg, Paul W. Goldber...
Solving relaxed problems is a commonly used technique in heuristic search to derive heuristic estimates. In heuristic planning, this is usually done by expanding a planning (reach...
Raquel Fuentetaja, Daniel Borrajo, Carlos Linares ...
Operating system lockup errors can render a computer unusable by preventing the execution other programs. Watchdog timers can be used to recover from a lockup by resetting the pro...
Francis M. David, Jeffrey C. Carlyle, Roy H. Campb...
Abstract. We give a (ln n + 1)-approximation for the decision tree (DT) problem. An instance of DT is a set of m binary tests T = (T1, . . . , Tm) and a set of n items X = (X1, . ....