Consider the following problem: given a metric space, some of whose points are "clients," select a set of at most k facility locations to minimize the average distance f...
Anupam Gupta, Katrina Ligett, Frank McSherry, Aaro...
This paper asks a new question: how can we control the collective behavior of self-organized multi-agent systems? We try to answer the question by proposing a new notion called `So...
We consider the requirements that a citation system must fulfill in order to cite structured and evolving data sets. Such a system must take into account variable granularity, con...
— The numbers of high-risk pregnancies and premature births are increasing due to the steadily higher age at which women get pregnant. The long-term quality of life of the neonat...
Wei Chen, Jun Hu, Sibrecht Bouwstra, Sidarto Bamba...
— Surface flattening has numerous applications in sheet manufacturing industries, such as garment industry, shoe industry, toy industry, furniture industry and ship industry. Mo...