One of the most challenging tasks for the database administrator is to physically design the database to attain optimal performance for a given workload. Physical design is hard b...
Cristina Maier, Debabrata Dash, Ioannis Alagiannis...
In this paper, a new wavelet-domain codebook design algorithm is proposed for image coding. The method utilizes mean-squared error and variance based selection schemes for good cl...
Momotaz Begum, Nurun Nahar, Kaneez Fatimah, M. K. ...
The need to reuse the performance macromodels of an analog circuit topology challenges existing regression based modeling techniques. A model of good reusability should have a num...
We explore the tradeoff between player autonomy and designer intent by simulating a system of autonomous museum tour guides. Visitors may have different art preferences or may wis...
David L. Roberts, Andrew S. Cantino, Charles Lee I...
- This paper presents a technique of evolutionary design for plants in virtual worlds, inspired from Richard Dawkins' adaptive walks within the space of biomorph structures. T...