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SIGMOD
2011
ACM
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14 years 9 months ago
Sampling based algorithms for quantile computation in sensor networks
We study the problem of computing approximate quantiles in large-scale sensor networks communication-efficiently, a problem previously studied by Greenwald and Khana [12] and Shri...
Zengfeng Huang, Lu Wang, Ke Yi, Yunhao Liu
ICDE
2001
IEEE
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16 years 8 months ago
Cache-Aware Query Routing in a Cluster of Databases
We investigate query routing techniques in a cluster of databases for a query-dominant environment. The objective is to decrease query response time. Each component of the cluster...
Uwe Röhm, Klemens Böhm, Hans-Jörg S...
INFOCOM
2009
IEEE
16 years 1 months ago
Minimizing the Cost of Mine Selection Via Sensor Networks
— In this paper, we study sensor enabled landmine networks by formulating a minimum-cost mine selection problem. The problem arises in a target defence scenario, where the object...
Changlei Liu, Guohong Cao
CIKM
2009
Springer
16 years 1 months ago
Fast and effective histogram construction
Histogram construction or sequence segmentation is a basic task with applications in database systems, information retrieval, and knowledge management. Its aim is to approximate a...
Felix Halim, Panagiotis Karras, Roland H. C. Yap
ISAAC
2009
Springer
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16 years 1 months ago
Computing a Smallest Multi-labeled Phylogenetic Tree from Rooted Triplets
Abstract. We investigate the computational complexity of a new combinatorial problem of inferring a smallest possible multi-labeled phylogenetic tree (MUL tree) which is consistent...
Sylvain Guillemot, Jesper Jansson, Wing-Kin Sung