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SPAA
2010
ACM
14 years 12 days ago
Securing every bit: authenticated broadcast in radio networks
This paper studies non-cryptographic authenticated broadcast in radio networks subject to malicious failures. We introduce two protocols that address this problem. The first, Nei...
Dan Alistarh, Seth Gilbert, Rachid Guerraoui, Zark...
FUN
2010
Springer
269views Algorithms» more  FUN 2010»
14 years 12 days ago
The Feline Josephus Problem
In the classic Josephus problem, elements 1, 2, . . . , n are placed in order around a circle and a skip value k is chosen. The problem proceeds in n rounds, where each round consi...
Frank Ruskey, Aaron Williams
ICALP
2010
Springer
14 years 12 days ago
Testing Non-uniform k-Wise Independent Distributions over Product Spaces
A discrete distribution D over Σ1 × · · · × Σn is called (non-uniform) k-wise independent if for any set of k indexes {i1, . . . , ik} and for any z1 ∈ Σi1 , . . . , zk ...
Ronitt Rubinfeld, Ning Xie
ICALP
2010
Springer
14 years 12 days ago
On the Inapproximability of Vertex Cover on k-Partite k-Uniform Hypergraphs
Computing a minimum vertex cover in graphs and hypergraphs is a well-studied optimizaton problem. While intractable in general, it is well known that on bipartite graphs, vertex c...
Venkatesan Guruswami, Rishi Saket
MDM
2010
Springer
152views Communications» more  MDM 2010»
14 years 11 days ago
Finding One-Of Probably Nearest Neighbors with Minimum Location Updates
—Location information is necessarily uncertain when objects are constantly moving. The cost can be high to maintain precise locations at the application server for all the object...
Mitzi McCarthy, Xiaoyang Sean Wang, Zhen He