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ICALP
2007
Springer
16 years 1 months ago
Estimating Sum by Weighted Sampling
We study the classic problem of estimating the sum of n variables. The traditional uniform sampling approach requires a linear number of samples to provide any non-trivial guarante...
Rajeev Motwani, Rina Panigrahy, Ying Xu 0002
ICB
2007
Springer
205views Biometrics» more  ICB 2007»
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Embedded Palmprint Recognition System on Mobile Devices
There are increasing requirements for mobile personal identification, e.g. to protect identity theft in wireless applications. Based on built-in cameras of mobile devices, palmprin...
Yufei Han, Tieniu Tan, Zhenan Sun, Ying Hao
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ICB
2007
Springer
134views Biometrics» more  ICB 2007»
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Singular Points Analysis in Fingerprints Based on Topological Structure and Orientation Field
Abstract. As an important feature of fingerprints, singular points (includingcores and deltas) not only represent the local ridge pattern characteristics, but also determine the to...
Jie Zhou, Jinwei Gu, David Zhang
ICCS
2007
Springer
16 years 1 months ago
Providing Fault-Tolerance in Unreliable Grid Systems Through Adaptive Checkpointing and Replication
Abstract. As grids typically consist of autonomously managed subsystems with strongly varying resources, fault-tolerance forms an important aspect of the scheduling process of appl...
Maria Chtepen, Filip H. A. Claeys, Bart Dhoedt, Fi...
ICDT
2007
ACM
126views Database» more  ICDT 2007»
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Combining Incompleteness and Ranking in Tree Queries
Abstract. In many cases, users may want to consider incomplete answers to their queries. Often, however, there is an overwhelming number of such answers, even if subsumed answers a...
Benny Kimelfeld, Yehoshua Sagiv
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