We define TTD-MDPs, a novel class of Markov decision processes where the traditional goal of an agent is changed from finding an optimal trajectory through a state space to realiz...
David L. Roberts, Mark J. Nelson, Charles Lee Isbe...
One of the fundamental challenges in designing an image retrieval system is choosing a method by which the images that match a given query are presented to the searcher. Traditiona...
Alphanumeric passwords are widely used in computer and network authentication to protect users' privacy. However, it is well known that long, textbased passwords are hard for...
Gossip algorithms for aggregation have recently received significant attention for sensor network applications because of their simplicity and robustness in noisy and uncertain en...
Alexandros G. Dimakis, Anand D. Sarwate, Martin J....
The standard approach for integrating the multidimensional Vlasov equation using grid based, conservative schemes is based on a time splitting approach. Here, we show that althoug...