Abstract—We investigate some basic questions about the interaction of regular and rational relations on words. The primary motivation comes from the study of logics for querying ...
Query optimization in RDF Stores is a challenging problem as SPARQL queries typically contain many more joins than equivalent relational plans, and hence lead to a large join orde...
In certain applications, it is important for a remote server to securely determine whether or not two mobile devices are in close physical proximity. In particular, in the context ...
Graph-based methods form a main category of semisupervised
learning, offering flexibility and easy implementation
in many applications. However, the performance of
these methods...
Wei Liu (Columbia University), Shih-fu Chang (Colu...
Many rural roads lack sharp, smoothly curving edges and a homogeneous surface appearance, hampering traditional vision-based road-following methods. However, they often have stron...