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IJMMS
2006
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15 years 2 months ago
Constructing computer-based tutors that are socially sensitive: Politeness in educational software
Students rated 16 tutorial statements on negative politeness (i.e., how much the tutor ``allows me freedom to make my own decisions'') and positive politeness (i.e., how...
Richard E. Mayer, W. Lewis Johnson, Erin Shaw, Sah...
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ENTCS
2006
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Operator Algebras and the Operational Semantics of Probabilistic Languages
We investigate the construction of linear operators representing the semantics of probabilistic programming languages expressed via probabilistic transition systems. Finite transi...
Alessandra Di Pierro, Herbert Wiklicky
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STOC
2004
ACM
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16 years 2 months ago
Lower bounds for linear degeneracy testing
Abstract. In the late nineties, Erickson proved a remarkable lower bound on the decision tree complexity of one of the central problems of computational geometry: given n numbers, ...
Nir Ailon, Bernard Chazelle
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SGP
2003
15 years 3 months ago
Global Conformal Parameterization
We solve the problem of computing global conformal parameterizations for surfaces with nontrivial topologies. The parameterization is global in the sense that it preserves the con...
Xianfeng Gu, Shing-Tung Yau
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CGF
2010
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Polygonal Boundary Evaluation of Minkowski Sums and Swept Volumes
We present a novel technique for the efficient boundary evaluation of sweep operations applied to objects in polygonal boundary representation. These sweep operations include Mink...
Marcel Campen, Leif Kobbelt