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VLDB
1991
ACM
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15 years 10 months ago
An Iterative Method for Distributed Database Design
The development of a distributed database systemrequires effective solutions to many complex and interrelated design problems. The cost dependenciesbetween query optimization and ...
Rex Blankinship, Alan R. Hevner, S. Bing Yao
AAAI
2008
15 years 9 months ago
Memetic Networks: Analyzing the Effects of Network Properties in Multi-Agent Performance
We explore the relationship between properties of the network defined by connected agents and the global system performance. This is achieved by means of a novel class of optimiza...
Ricardo M. Araujo, Luís C. Lamb
GECCO
2010
Springer
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15 years 6 months ago
Consultant-guided search algorithms for the quadratic assignment problem
Abstract. Consultant-Guided Search (CGS) is a recent swarm intelligence metaheuristic for combinatorial optimization problems, inspired by the way real people make decisions based ...
Serban Iordache
IOR
2007
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15 years 6 months ago
Bounds, Heuristics, and Approximations for Distribution Systems
This paper develops simple approximate methods to analyze a two-stage stochastic distribution system consisting of one warehouse and multiple retailers. We consider local and cent...
Guillermo Gallego, Özalp Özer, Paul H. Z...
TMC
2012
13 years 9 months ago
Message Drop and Scheduling in DTNs: Theory and Practice
Abstract—In order to achieve data delivery in Delay Tolerant Networks (DTN), researchers have proposed the use of store-carryand-forward protocols: a node there may store a messa...
Amir Krifa, Chadi Barakat, Thrasyvoulos Spyropoulo...