Multiple description coding (MDC) is source coding for multiple channels such that a decoder which receives an arbitrary subset of the channels may produce a useful reconstruction...
XML is an emerging standard for data representation and exchange on the World-Wide Web. Due to the nature of information on the Web and the inherent flexibility of XML, we expect...
Sleeping is an important method to reduce energy consumption in many information and communication systems. In this paper we focus on a typical server under dynamic load, where en...
Ioannis Kamitsos, Lachlan L. H. Andrew, Hongseok K...
: A new approach to optimize multi-level logic circuits is introduced. Given a multi-level circuit, the synthesis method optimizes its area, simultaneously enhancing its random pat...
Mitrajit Chatterjee, Dhiraj K. Pradhan, Wolfgang K...
The Valued (VCSP) framework is a generic optimization framework with a wide range of applications. Soft arc consistency operations transform a VCSP into an equivalent problem by s...