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AAAI
2010
13 years 9 months ago
Local Search in Histogram Construction
The problem of dividing a sequence of values into segments occurs in database systems, information retrieval, and knowledge management. The challenge is to select a finite number ...
Felix Halim, Panagiotis Karras, Roland H. C. Yap
STOC
2009
ACM
136views Algorithms» more  STOC 2009»
14 years 8 months ago
Random walks on polytopes and an affine interior point method for linear programming
Let K be a polytope in Rn defined by m linear inequalities. We give a new Markov Chain algorithm to draw a nearly uniform sample from K. The underlying Markov Chain is the first t...
Ravi Kannan, Hariharan Narayanan
IPPS
2007
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Period-Dependent Initial Values for Exact Schedulability Test of Rate Monotonic Systems
Real-time systems using Rate Monotonic fixed priority scheduling can be checked for schedulability either by pessimistic schedulability conditions or exact testing. Exact testing ...
Wan-Chen Lu, Kwei-Jay Lin, Hsin-Wen Wei, Wei Kuan ...
APPROX
2006
Springer
162views Algorithms» more  APPROX 2006»
13 years 11 months ago
Approximating Precedence-Constrained Single Machine Scheduling by Coloring
Abstract. This paper investigates the relationship between the dimension theory of partial orders and the problem of scheduling precedenceconstrained jobs on a single machine to mi...
Christoph Ambühl, Monaldo Mastrolilli, Ola Sv...
SODA
2008
ACM
127views Algorithms» more  SODA 2008»
13 years 9 months ago
Nondecreasing paths in a weighted graph or: how to optimally read a train schedule
A travel booking office has timetables giving arrival and departure times for all scheduled trains, including their origins and destinations. A customer presents a starting city a...
Virginia Vassilevska