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UAI
2008
15 years 8 months ago
Refractor Importance Sampling
In this paper we introduce Refractor Importance Sampling (RIS), an improvement to reduce error variance in Bayesian network importance sampling propagation under evidential reason...
Haohai Yu, Robert van Engelen
AAAI
2006
15 years 8 months ago
A New Approach to Distributed Task Assignment using Lagrangian Decomposition and Distributed Constraint Satisfaction
We present a new formulation of distributed task assignment, called Generalized Mutual Assignment Problem (GMAP), which is derived from an NP-hard combinatorial optimization probl...
Katsutoshi Hirayama
COMCOM
2008
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15 years 6 months ago
Efficient placement of proxies for hierarchical reliable multicast
The primary focus of this paper is the design of efficient algorithm for the calculation of solution to the placement of proxies for performance optimization in hierarchical relia...
Liansheng Tan, Li Jin, Yi Pan
JC
2007
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Simple Monte Carlo and the Metropolis algorithm
We study the integration of functions with respect to an unknown density. Information is available as oracle calls to the integrand and to the nonnormalized density function. We ar...
Peter Mathé, Erich Novak
EWC
2010
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15 years 4 months ago
Design of tensegrity structures using parametric analysis and stochastic search
Tensegrity structures are lightweight structures composed of cables in tension and struts in compression. Since tensegrity systems exhibit geometrically nonlinear behavior, findin...
Landolf Rhode-Barbarigos, Himanshu Jain, Prakash K...