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CORR
2010
Springer
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13 years 8 months ago
Sequential item pricing for unlimited supply
We investigate the extent to which price updates can increase the revenue of a seller with little prior information on demand. We study prior-free revenue maximization for a selle...
Maria-Florina Balcan, Florin Constantin
ICC
2007
IEEE
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14 years 2 months ago
Maximizing Throughput in Layered Peer-to-Peer Streaming
—Layered streaming is an effective solution to address the receiver heterogeneity in peer-to-peer (P2P) multimedia distribution. This paper targets a fundamental challenge in thi...
Liang Dai, Yi Cui, Yuan Xue
INFOCOM
2008
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
Maximizing Restorable Throughput in MPLS Networks
Abstract—MPLS recovery mechanisms are increasing in popularity because they can guarantee fast restoration and high QoS assurance. Their main advantage is that their backup paths...
Reuven Cohen, Gabi Nakibly
SODA
2010
ACM
214views Algorithms» more  SODA 2010»
14 years 6 months ago
Amplified Hardness of Approximation for VCG-Based Mechanisms
If a two-player social welfare maximization problem does not admit a PTAS, we prove that any maximal-in-range truthful mechanism that runs in polynomial time cannot achieve an app...
Shaddin Dughmi, Hu Fu, Robert Kleinberg
IPPS
2005
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
Maximizing the Lifetime of Dominating Sets
We investigate the problem of maximizing the lifetime of wireless ad hoc and sensor networks. Being battery powered, nodes in such networks have to perform their intended task und...
Thomas Moscibroda, Roger Wattenhofer