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SODA
2010
ACM
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16 years 3 months ago
Correlation Robust Stochastic Optimization
We consider a robust model proposed by Scarf, 1958, for stochastic optimization when only the marginal probabilities of (binary) random variables are given, and the correlation be...
Shipra Agrawal, Yichuan Ding, Amin Saberi, Yinyu Y...
CIAC
2010
Springer
263views Algorithms» more  CIAC 2010»
16 years 3 months ago
The Complexity of Computing Minimal Unidirectional Covering Sets
Abstract. Given a binary dominance relation on a set of alternatives, a common thread in the social sciences is to identify subsets of alternatives that satisfy certain notions of ...
Dorothea Baumeister, Felix Brandt, Felix Fischer, ...
SI3D
2009
ACM
16 years 29 days ago
Perceptually consistent example-based human motion retrieval
Large amount of human motion capture data have been increasingly recorded and used in animation and gaming applications. Efficient retrieval of logically similar motions from a l...
Zhigang Deng, Qin Gu, Qing Li
COCO
2009
Springer
128views Algorithms» more  COCO 2009»
16 years 22 days ago
Inapproximability of Vertex Cover and Independent Set in Bounded Degree Graphs
We study the inapproximability of Vertex Cover and Independent Set on degree d graphs. We prove that: • Vertex Cover is Unique Games-hard to approximate to within a factor 2−(...
Per Austrin, Subhash Khot, Muli Safra
ISAAC
2009
Springer
114views Algorithms» more  ISAAC 2009»
16 years 21 days ago
Good Programming in Transactional Memory
Abstract. In a multicore transactional memory (TM) system, concurrent execution threads interact and interfere with each other through shared memory. The less interference a progra...
Raphael Eidenbenz, Roger Wattenhofer