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GRAPHICSINTERFACE
2009
15 years 4 months ago
Sketch-based path design
We present Drive, a system for the conceptual layout of 3D path networks. Our sketch-based interface allows users to efficiently author path layouts with minimal instruction. Our ...
James McCrae, Karan Singh
PE
2011
Springer
321views Optimization» more  PE 2011»
15 years 1 months ago
Quasi-birth-and-death processes with restricted transitions and its applications
In this paper we identify a class of Quasi-Birth-and-Death (QBD) processes where the transitions to higher (resp. lower) levels are restricted to occur only from (resp. to) a subs...
Juan F. Pérez, Benny Van Houdt
ECRTS
2010
IEEE
15 years 7 months ago
Improved Tardiness Bounds for Global EDF
The Earliest Deadline First scheduling algorithm (EDF) is known to not be optimal under global scheduling on multiprocessor platforms. Results have been obtained that bound the ma...
Jeremy P. Erickson, UmaMaheswari Devi, Sanjoy K. B...
ICRA
2007
IEEE
222views Robotics» more  ICRA 2007»
16 years 1 months ago
Autonomous Vision-based Landing and Terrain Mapping Using an MPC-controlled Unmanned Rotorcraft
In this paper, we present a vision-based terrain mapping and analysis system, and a model predictive control (MPC)based flight control system, for autonomous landing of a helicop...
Todd Templeton, David Hyunchul Shim, Christopher G...
SIGECOM
2004
ACM
120views ECommerce» more  SIGECOM 2004»
16 years 4 days ago
Robust incentive techniques for peer-to-peer networks
Lack of cooperation (free riding) is one of the key problems that confronts today’s P2P systems. What makes this problem particularly difficult is the unique set of challenges ...
Michal Feldman, Kevin Lai, Ion Stoica, John Chuang