This paper presents a novel vector quantizer (VQ) design algorithm for a burst error channel (BEC). The algorithm minimizes the average distortion when the BEC is in normal state o...
The Hydra was a many-headed monster from Greek mythology that would immediately replace a head that was cut off by one or two new heads. It was the ask of Hercules to kill this mon...
Mobile devices are increasingly powerful in media storage and rendering. The prevalent request of decent video browsing on mobile devices is demanding. However, one limitation com...
Providing web service replicas improves the overall system performance and redundancy for hardware failures. In Business-to-Business, this may be particularly interesting for orga...
The edge asymmetry of a directed, edge-weighted graph is defined as the maximum ratio of the weight of antiparallel edges in the graph, and can be used as a measure of the heterog...