Policy teaching considers a Markov Decision Process setting in which an interested party aims to influence an agent’s decisions by providing limited incentives. In this paper, ...
We study the problem of finding the minimum size DNF formula for a function f : {0, 1}d → {0, 1} given its truth table. We show that unless NP ⊆ DTIME(npoly(log n) ), there i...
Despite great efforts on the design of ultra-reliable components, the increase of system size and complexity has outpaced the improvement of component reliability. As a result, fa...
Jiexing Gu, Ziming Zheng, Zhiling Lan, John White,...
This report examines how the VeriSign Managed Security Services team (MSS) has successfully extended agile software development practices to deal with a complex, multi-product dev...
Analyzing accidents is a vital exercise in the development of safety-critical software systems to prevent past accidents from reoccurring in the future. Current practices such as ...
Tariq Mahmood, Edmund Kazmierczak, Tim Kelly, Denn...