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2009
ACM
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Cloud technologies for bioinformatics applications
Executing large number of independent tasks or tasks that perform minimal inter-task communication in parallel is a common requirement in many domains. In this paper, we present o...
Xiaohong Qiu, Jaliya Ekanayake, Scott Beason, Thil...
HPCC
2009
Springer
15 years 11 months ago
On the Performance of Commit-Time-Locking Based Software Transactional Memory
Compared with lock-based synchronization techniques, Software Transactional Memory (STM) can significantly improve the programmability of multithreaded applications. Existing res...
Zhengyu He, Bo Hong
ICB
2009
Springer
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Active Fingerprint Ridge Orientation Models
This paper proposes a statistical model for fingerprint ridge orientations. The active fingerprint ridge orientation model (AFROM) iteratively deforms to fit the orientation fi...
Surinder Ram, Horst Bischof, Josef A. Birchbauer
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MCS
2009
Springer
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Random Ordinality Ensembles A Novel Ensemble Method for Multi-valued Categorical Data
Abstract. Data with multi-valued categorical attributes can cause major problems for decision trees. The high branching factor can lead to data fragmentation, where decisions have ...
Amir Ahmad, Gavin Brown
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GI
2001
Springer
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Optimal Provisioning and Pricing of Differentiated Services Using QoS Class Promotion
Abstract: This paper introduces a new method for optimally provisioning and pricing differentiated services, that maximizes profit and maintains a small blocking probability. Reso...
Errin W. Fulp, Douglas S. Reeves