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SPAA
2010
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Scheduling to minimize power consumption using submodular functions
We develop logarithmic approximation algorithms for extremely general formulations of multiprocessor multiinterval offline task scheduling to minimize power usage. Here each proce...
Erik D. Demaine, Morteza Zadimoghaddam
COLT
1999
Springer
14 years 4 days ago
On PAC Learning Using Winnow, Perceptron, and a Perceptron-like Algorithm
In this paper we analyze the PAC learning abilities of several simple iterative algorithms for learning linear threshold functions, obtaining both positive and negative results. W...
Rocco A. Servedio
SIAMCOMP
2002
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13 years 7 months ago
Phase Change of Limit Laws in the Quicksort Recurrence under Varying Toll Functions
We characterize all limit laws of the quicksort type random variables defined recursively by Xn d = XIn + X n-1-In + Tn when the "toll function" Tn varies and satisfies ...
Hsien-Kuei Hwang, Ralph Neininger
SBMF
2009
Springer
126views Formal Methods» more  SBMF 2009»
14 years 12 days ago
Undecidability Results for Distributed Probabilistic Systems
Abstract. In the verification of concurrent systems involving probabilities, the aim is to find out the maximum/minimum probability that a given event occurs (examples of such ev...
Sergio Giro
GECCO
2007
Springer
258views Optimization» more  GECCO 2007»
13 years 11 months ago
TFBS identification by position- and consensus-led genetic algorithm with local filtering
Identification of Transcription Factor Binding Site (TFBS) motifs in multiple DNA upstream sequences is important in understanding the mechanism of gene regulation. This identific...
Tak-Ming Chan, Kwong-Sak Leung, Kin-Hong Lee