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CCR
2016
10 years 1 months ago
It's a Match!: Near-Optimal and Incremental Middlebox Deployment
The virtualization and softwarization of modern computer networks offers new opportunities for the simplified management and flexible placement of middleboxes as e.g. firewall...
Tamás Lukovszki, Matthias Rost, Stefan Schm...
CCR
2016
10 years 1 months ago
In-Band Synchronization for Distributed SDN Control Planes
Control planes of forthcoming Software-Defined Networks (SDNs) will be distributed: to ensure availability and faulttolerance, to improve load-balancing, and to reduce overheads,...
Liron Schiff, Stefan Schmid, Petr Kuznetsov
CCE
2016
10 years 1 months ago
An adjustable robust optimization approach to scheduling of continuous industrial processes providing interruptible load
To ensure the stability of the power grid, backup capacities are called upon when electricity supply does not meet demand due to unexpected changes in the grid. As part of the dem...
Qi Zhang, Michael F. Morari, Ignacio E. Grossmann,...
CCE
2016
10 years 1 months ago
Mixed-integer bilevel optimization for capacity planning with rational markets
We formulate the capacity expansion planning as a bilevel optimization to model the hierarchical decision structure involving industrial producers and consumers. The formulation i...
Pablo Garcia-Herreros, Lei Zhang, Pratik Misra, Er...
CCE
2016
10 years 1 months ago
A discrete-time scheduling model for continuous power-intensive process networks with various power contracts
Increased volatility in electricity prices and new emerging demand side management opportunities call for efficient tools for the optimal operation of powerintensive processes. In...
Qi Zhang, Arul Sundaramoorthy, Ignacio E. Grossman...
CCE
2016
10 years 1 months ago
An MILP-MINLP decomposition method for the global optimization of a source based model of the multiperiod blending problem
The multiperiod blending problem involves binary variables and bilinear terms, yielding a nonconvex MINLP. In this work we present two major contributions for the global solution ...
Irene Lotero, Francisco Trespalacios, Ignacio E. G...
CCE
2016
10 years 1 months ago
Risk-based integrated production scheduling and electricity procurement for continuous power-intensive processes
For optimal operation of power-intensive plants, production scheduling and electricity procurement have to be considered simultaneously. In addition, uncertainty needs to be taken...
Qi Zhang, Jochen L. Cremer, Ignacio E. Grossmann, ...
CC
2016
Springer
10 years 1 months ago
The complexity of estimating min-entropy
Goldreich, Sahai, and Vadhan (CRYPTO 1999) proved that the promise problem for estimating the Shannon entropy of a distribution sampled by a given circuit is NISZK-complete. We co...
Thomas Watson
CC
2016
Springer
10 years 1 months ago
A Dichotomy for Real Weighted Holant Problems
Sangxia Huang, Pinyan Lu
CC
2016
Springer
10 years 1 months ago
Combinatorial PCPs with Short Proofs
The PCP theorem (Arora et. al., J. ACM 45(1,3)) asserts the existence of proofs that can be verified by reading a very small part of the proof. Since the discovery of the theorem...
Or Meir