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CCCG
2010
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Existence of zone diagrams in compact subsets of uniformly convex spaces
A zone diagram is a relatively new concept which has emerged in computational geometry and is related to Voronoi diagrams. Formally, it is a fixed point of a certain mapping, and ...
Eva Kopecká, Daniel Reem, Simeon Reich
NIPS
2007
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Loop Series and Bethe Variational Bounds in Attractive Graphical Models
Variational methods are frequently used to approximate or bound the partition or likelihood function of a Markov random field. Methods based on mean field theory are guaranteed ...
Erik B. Sudderth, Martin J. Wainwright, Alan S. Wi...
DCG
2008
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Metric Combinatorics of Convex Polyhedra: Cut Loci and Nonoverlapping Unfoldings
Let S be the boundary of a convex polytope of dimension d + 1, or more generally let S be a convex polyhedral pseudomanifold. We prove that S has a polyhedral nonoverlapping unfold...
Ezra Miller, Igor Pak
CORR
2007
Springer
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Logic Meets Algebra: the Case of Regular Languages
The study of finite automata and regular languages is a privileged meeting point of algebra and logic. Since the work of Büchi, regular languages have been classified according ...
Pascal Tesson, Denis Thérien
CORR
2002
Springer
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Nonmonotonic Reasoning, Preferential Models and Cumulative Logics
Many systems that exhibit nonmonotonic behavior have been described and studied already in the literature. The general notion of nonmonotonic reasoning, though, has almost always ...
Sarit Kraus, Daniel J. Lehmann, Menachem Magidor