A modification of the standard Simulated Annealing (SA) algorithm is presented for finding the global minimum of a continuous multidimensional, multimodal function. We report resu...
A new stochastic method for locating the global minimum of a multidimensional function inside a rectangular hyperbox is presented. A sampling technique is employed that makes use ...
Recent advances in the wireless communication and mobile telecommunications have made mobile commerce possible. In the retail business under the evolving market, the users solicit...
Many applications of mix networks such as anonymous Web browsing require relationship anonymity: it should be hard for the attacker to determine who is communicating with whom. Co...
Word processing software, email, and spreadsheet have revolutionized office activities. There are many other office tasks that are amenable to automation, such as: scheduling a vi...