Recent work on online auctions for digital goods has explored the role of optimal stopping theory — particularly secretary problems — in the design of approximately optimal on...
Mohammad Taghi Hajiaghayi, Robert D. Kleinberg, Tu...
Abstract— This paper considers the problem of tracking objects with sparsely located binary sensors. Tracking with a sensor network is a challenging task due to the inaccuracy of...
Application-layer overlay networks have recently emerged as a promising solution for live media multicast on the Internet. A tree is probably the most natural structure for a mult...
Partially observable Markov decision processes (POMDPs) are widely used for planning under uncertainty. In many applications, the huge size of the POMDP state space makes straightf...
Joni Pajarinen, Jaakko Peltonen, Ari Hottinen, Mik...
We generalize the Kahn-Kalai-Linial (KKL) Theorem to random walks on Cayley and Schreier graphs, making progress on an open problem of Hoory, Linial, and Wigderson. In our general...