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APPROX
2008
Springer
245views Algorithms» more  APPROX 2008»
15 years 6 months ago
Approximating Optimal Binary Decision Trees
Abstract. We give a (ln n + 1)-approximation for the decision tree (DT) problem. An instance of DT is a set of m binary tests T = (T1, . . . , Tm) and a set of n items X = (X1, . ....
Micah Adler, Brent Heeringa
ATAL
2008
Springer
15 years 6 months ago
Physical parameter optimization in swarms of ultra-low complexity agents
Physical agents (such as wheeled vehicles, UAVs, hovercraft, etc.) with simple control systems are often sensitive to changes in their physical design and control parameters. As s...
Ryan Connaughton, Paul W. Schermerhorn, Matthias S...
CHI
2008
ACM
15 years 6 months ago
Taking up the mop: identifying future wikipedia administrators
As Wikipedia grows, so do the messy byproducts of collaboration. Backlogs of administrative work are increasing, suggesting the need for more users with privileged admin status. T...
Moira Burke, Robert Kraut
CONEXT
2008
ACM
15 years 5 months ago
Maintaining replicas in unstructured P2P systems
Replication is widely used in unstructured peer-to-peer systems to improve search or achieve availability. We identify and solve a subclass of replication problems where each obje...
Christof Leng, Wesley W. Terpstra, Bettina Kemme, ...
DNA
2008
Springer
149views Bioinformatics» more  DNA 2008»
15 years 5 months ago
Connecting the Dots: Molecular Machinery for Distributed Robotics
Abstract. Nature is considered one promising area to search for inspiration in designing robotic systems. Some work in swarm robotics has tried to build systems that resemble distr...
Yuriy Brun, Dustin Reishus