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SIGMOD
2005
ACM
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Automated statistics collection in action
If presented with inaccurate statistics, even the most sophisticated query optimizers make mistakes. They may wrongly estimate the output cardinality of a certain operation and th...
Peter J. Haas, Mokhtar Kandil, Alberto Lerner, Vol...
ATAL
2005
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Improving reinforcement learning function approximators via neuroevolution
Reinforcement learning problems are commonly tackled with temporal difference methods, which use dynamic programming and statistical sampling to estimate the long-term value of ta...
Shimon Whiteson
CIKM
2005
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Query workload-aware overlay construction using histograms
Peer-to-peer (p2p) systems offer an efficient means of data sharing among a dynamically changing set of a large number of autonomous nodes. Each node in a p2p system is connected...
Georgia Koloniari, Yannis Petrakis, Evaggelia Pito...
OTM
2005
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Document Flow Model: A Formal Notation for Modelling Asynchronous Web Services Composition
This paper presents a formal notation for modelling asynchronous web services composition, using context and coordination mechanisms. Our notation specifies the messages that can b...
Jingtao Yang, Corina Cîrstea, Peter Henderso...
PODC
2004
ACM
14 years 1 months ago
Balanced binary trees for ID management and load balance in distributed hash tables
We present a low-cost, decentralized algorithm for ID management in distributed hash tables (DHTs) managed by a dynamic set of hosts. Each host is assigned an ID in the unit inter...
Gurmeet Singh Manku