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QUESTA
2007
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Priority queueing systems: from probability generating functions to tail probabilities
Obtaining (tail) probabilities from a transform function is an important topic in queueing theory. To obtain these probabilities in discrete-time queueing systems, we have to inve...
Tom Maertens, Joris Walraevens, Herwig Bruneel
CIKM
2010
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
Query optimization for ontology-based information integration
In recent years, there has been an explosion of publicly available RDF and OWL data sources. In order to effectively and quickly answer queries in such an environment, we present...
Yingjie Li, Jeff Heflin
CORR
2010
Springer
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13 years 8 months ago
Towards a Collision-Free WLAN: Dynamic Parameter Adjustment in CSMA/E2CA
Abstract—Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Enhanced Collision Avoidance (CSMA/ECA) is a distributed MAC protocol that allows collision-free access to the medium in WLAN. The onl...
Jaume Barceló, Boris Bellalta, Cristina Can...
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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Two-phased controller for a pair of 2-DOF soft fingertips based on the qualitative relationship between joint angles and object
— We have previously shown that hemispherical soft fingertips are at equilibrium when they are in contact with objects, suggesting that the contact force and flexibility of the...
Yujiro Yamazaki, Takahiro Inoue, Shinichi Hirai
ICRA
2010
IEEE
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A model for concentric tube continuum robots under applied wrenches
Abstract— Continuum robots made from telescoping precurved elastic tubes enable base-mounted actuators to specify the curved shapes of robots as thin as standard surgical needles...
D. Caleb Rucker, Bryan A. Jones, Robert J. Webster...