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SIGMOD
2007
ACM
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16 years 7 months ago
Making database systems usable
Database researchers have striven to improve the capability of a database in terms of both performance and functionality. We assert that the usability of a database is as importan...
H. V. Jagadish, Adriane Chapman, Aaron Elkiss, Mag...
ICALT
2008
IEEE
16 years 1 months ago
A Learning Environment for Promoting Structured Algebraic Thinking in Children
Although the notion of generality is central in mathematics and science, being able to identify and express general patterns and/or articulating structures is one of the main difď...
Sergio Gutiérrez Santos, Manolis Mavrikis, ...
FOCS
2006
IEEE
16 years 28 days ago
Improved approximation algorithms for multidimensional bin packing problems
In this paper we introduce a new general framework for set covering problems, based on the combination of randomized rounding of the (near-)optimal solution of the Linear Programm...
Nikhil Bansal, Alberto Caprara, Maxim Sviridenko
SMI
2005
IEEE
16 years 14 days ago
Local Mesh Operators: Extrusions Revisited
In this paper, we present a set of generalized “local” mesh operators. Local operators are those that operate on a single face without affecting the rest of the mesh. Boundary...
Eric Landreneau, Ergun Akleman, Vinod Srinivasan
FROCOS
2005
Springer
16 years 12 days ago
Connecting Many-Sorted Structures and Theories Through Adjoint Functions
In a previous paper, we have introduced a general approach for connecting two many-sorted theories through connection functions that behave like homomorphisms on the shared signatu...
Franz Baader, Silvio Ghilardi