We present a distributed algorithm that finds a maximal edge packing in O(∆ + log∗ W) synchronous communication rounds in a weighted graph, independent of the number of nodes...
Abstract. Many design flaws and incorrect analyses of cryptographic protoAppeared in the Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Mathematical Methods, Models and Archit...
When a query is evaluated under bag semantics, each answer is returned as many times as it has derivations. Bag semantics has long been recognized as important, especially when ag...
Determining similarities among multimedia objects is a fundamental task in many content-based retrieval, analysis, mining, and exploration applications. Among state-of-the-art sim...
We study the development of common ground in an emergency management planning task. Twelve three-person multi-role teams performed the task with a paper prototype in a controlled ...
Gregorio Convertino, Helena M. Mentis, Mary Beth R...