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ICML
2010
IEEE
13 years 11 months ago
Nonparametric Return Distribution Approximation for Reinforcement Learning
Standard Reinforcement Learning (RL) aims to optimize decision-making rules in terms of the expected return. However, especially for risk-management purposes, other criteria such ...
Tetsuro Morimura, Masashi Sugiyama, Hisashi Kashim...
FGCS
2000
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13 years 10 months ago
A data intensive distributed computing architecture for "Grid" applications
Modern scientific computing involves organizing, moving, visualizing, and analyzing massive amounts of data from around the world, as well as employing large-scale computation. The...
Brian Tierney, William E. Johnston, Jason Lee, Mar...
ISPDC
2007
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
Divisible Load Scheduling: An Approach Using Coalitional Games
Scheduling divisible loads in distributed systems is the subject of Divisible Load Theory (DLT). In this paper we show that coalitional game theory is a natural fit for modeling ...
Thomas E. Carroll, Daniel Grosu
EDBT
2004
ACM
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14 years 10 months ago
Efficient Distributed Skylining for Web Information Systems
Though skyline queries already have claimed their place in retrieval over central databases, their application in Web information systems up to now was impossible due to the distri...
Wolf-Tilo Balke, Ulrich Güntzer, Jason Xin Zh...
INFOCOM
2009
IEEE
14 years 4 months ago
Optimal and Scalable Distribution of Content Updates over a Mobile Social Network
—We study the dissemination of dynamic content, such as news or traffic information, over a mobile social network. In this application, mobile users subscribe to a dynamic-conte...
Stratis Ioannidis, Augustin Chaintreau, Laurent Ma...