The Boolean semantics of SQL queries cannot adequately capture the "fuzzy" preferences and "soft" criteria required in non-traditional data retrieval applicati...
Chengkai Li, Min Wang, Lipyeow Lim, Haixun Wang, K...
Abstract— In [1], we have recently proposed a general approach for approximating the power sum of Log–Normal Random Variables (RVs) by using the Pearson system of distributions...
Marco Di Renzo, Fabio Graziosi, Fortunato Santucci
Program dynamic optimization, adaptive to runtime behavior changes, has become increasingly important for both performance and energy savings. However, most runtime optimizations o...
In this paper, we model Probabilistic Packet Marking (PPM) schemes for IP traceback as an identification problem of a large number of markers. Each potential marker is associated ...
Any automated decision support software must tailor its actions or recommendations to the preferences of different users. Thus it requires some representation of user preferences ...