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AAAI
1998
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Solving Very Large Weakly Coupled Markov Decision Processes
We present a technique for computing approximately optimal solutions to stochastic resource allocation problems modeled as Markov decision processes (MDPs). We exploit two key pro...
Nicolas Meuleau, Milos Hauskrecht, Kee-Eung Kim, L...
SODA
2003
ACM
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Online learning in online auctions
We consider the problem of revenue maximization in online auctions, that is, auctions in which bids are received and dealt with one-by-one. In this note, we demonstrate that resul...
Avrim Blum, Vijay Kumar, Atri Rudra, Felix Wu
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USITS
2003
15 years 8 months ago
Why Do Internet Services Fail, and What Can Be Done About It?
In 1986 Jim Gray published his landmark study of the causes of failures of Tandem systems and the techniques Tandem used to prevent such failures [6]. Seventeen years later, Inter...
David L. Oppenheimer, Archana Ganapathi, David A. ...
DARE
2000
124views more  DARE 2000»
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Video card game: an augmented environment for user centred design discussions
In User Centred Design, the integration of knowledge of users work practice, preferences etc. into the design process is crucial to success. For this reason, video recording has b...
Jacob Buur, Astrid Soendergaard
MASCOTS
1998
15 years 8 months ago
Pro-active Performance Management of Distributed Applications
Self-managing systems able to dynamically re-configure with respect to time-varying workload mixes and changing system resource availability are of growing importance in heterogen...
Alois Ferscha, James Johnson, Gabriele Kotsis, Cos...