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UAI
1998
15 years 8 months ago
Context-specific approximation in probabilistic inference
There is evidence that the numbers in probabilistic inference don't really matter. This paper considers the idea that we can make a probabilistic model simpler by making fewe...
David Poole
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APLAS
2009
ACM
16 years 1 months ago
Large Spurious Cycle in Global Static Analyses and Its Algorithmic Mitigation
We present a simple algorithmic extension of the classical call-strings approach to mitigate substantial performance degradation caused by spurious interprocedural cycles. Spuriou...
Hakjoo Oh
ICDE
2010
IEEE
193views Database» more  ICDE 2010»
16 years 1 months ago
Schema covering: a step towards enabling reuse in information integration
Abstract—We introduce schema covering, the problem of identifying easily understandable common objects for describing large and complex schemas. Defining transformations between...
Barna Saha, Ioana Stanoi, Kenneth L. Clarkson
HICSS
2003
IEEE
98views Biometrics» more  HICSS 2003»
16 years 1 days ago
On the Limits of Bottom-Up Computer Simulation: Towards a Nonlinear Modeling Culture
1 In the complexity and simulation communities there is growing support for the use of bottom-up computer-based simulation in the analysis of complex systems. The presumption is th...
Kurt A. Richardson
MIS
2001
Springer
151views Multimedia» more  MIS 2001»
15 years 11 months ago
A Data Model for Querying Wavelet Features in Image Databases
Multimedia databases deal with storage and retrieval of complex descriptors of image contents, called features. Traditional techniques consider features as “black boxes,” ofte...
Simone Santini, Amarnath Gupta