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ISI
2006
Springer
15 years 6 months ago
2006
Springer
Abstract. Those who want to conceal the content of their communications can do so by replacing words that might trigger attention by other words or locutions that seem more ordinar...
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MANSCI
2008
15 years 6 months ago
2008
Coproduction systems, in which multiple products are produced simultaneously in a single production run, are prevalent in many industries. Such systems typically produce a random ...
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EOR
2007
15 years 6 months ago
2007
In this paper, we study the procurement problem faced by a buyer who needs to purchase a variety of goods from suppliers applying a so-called total quantity discount policy. This ...
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SIGECOM
2008
ACM
15 years 6 months ago
2008
ACM
For the problem of allocating one or more items among a group of competing agents, the Vickrey-Clarke-Groves (VCG) mechanism is strategy-proof and efficient. However, the VCG mech...
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INTERNET
2007
15 years 6 months ago
2007
Replication and caching mechanisms are often employed to enhance the performance of Web applications. In this article, we present a qualitative and quantitative analysis of state-...