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FOCS
1995
IEEE
15 years 9 months ago
Free Bits, PCPs and Non-Approximability - Towards Tight Results
This paper continues the investigation of the connection between probabilistically checkable proofs PCPs the approximability of NP-optimization problems. The emphasis is on prov...
Mihir Bellare, Oded Goldreich, Madhu Sudan
STOC
2003
ACM
114views Algorithms» more  STOC 2003»
16 years 6 months ago
Testing subgraphs in directed graphs
Let H be a fixed directed graph on h vertices, let G be a directed graph on n vertices and suppose that at least n2 edges have to be deleted from it to make it H-free. We show tha...
Noga Alon, Asaf Shapira
RECOMB
2005
Springer
16 years 6 months ago
The Factor Graph Network Model for Biological Systems
Abstract. We introduce an extended computational framework for studying biological systems. Our approach combines formalization of existing qualitative models that are in wide but ...
Irit Gat-Viks, Amos Tanay, Daniela Raijman, Ron Sh...
STOC
2004
ACM
145views Algorithms» more  STOC 2004»
16 years 6 months ago
Using mixture models for collaborative filtering
A collaborative filtering system at an e-commerce site or similar service uses data about aggregate user behavior to make recommendations tailored to specific user interests. We d...
Jon M. Kleinberg, Mark Sandler
STOC
2004
ACM
157views Algorithms» more  STOC 2004»
16 years 6 months ago
Derandomizing homomorphism testing in general groups
The main result of this paper is a near-optimal derandomization of the affine homomorphism test of Blum, Luby and Rubinfeld (Journal of Computer and System Sciences, 1993). We sho...
Amir Shpilka, Avi Wigderson