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GECCO
2009
Springer
103views Optimization» more  GECCO 2009»
14 years 3 months ago
Why evolution is not a good paradigm for program induction: a critique of genetic programming
We revisit the roots of Genetic Programming (i.e. Natural Evolution), and conclude that the mechanisms of the process of evolution (i.e. selection, inheritance and variation) are ...
John R. Woodward, Ruibin Bai
PODS
2010
ACM
232views Database» more  PODS 2010»
14 years 2 months ago
Optimal sampling from distributed streams
A fundamental problem in data management is to draw a sample of a large data set, for approximate query answering, selectivity estimation, and query planning. With large, streamin...
Graham Cormode, S. Muthukrishnan, Ke Yi, Qin Zhang
GIS
2007
ACM
14 years 27 days ago
Optimal traversal planning in road networks with navigational constraints
A frequent query in geospatial planning and decision making domains (e.g., emergency response, data acquisition, street cleaning), is to find an optimal traversal plan (OTP) that ...
Leyla Kazemi, Cyrus Shahabi, Mehdi Sharifzadeh, Lu...
ATAL
2006
Springer
14 years 23 days ago
Failures of the VCG mechanism in combinatorial auctions and exchanges
The VCG mechanism is the canonical method for motivating bidders in combinatorial auctions and exchanges to bid truthfully. We study two related problems concerning the VCG mechan...
Vincent Conitzer, Tuomas Sandholm
AI
2011
Springer
13 years 4 months ago
Expressive markets for donating to charities
When donating money to a (say, charitable) cause, it is possible to use the contemplated donation as a bargaining chip to induce other parties interested in the charity to donate ...
Vincent Conitzer, Tuomas Sandholm