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ICTAI
2003
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
Approximate Discrete Probability Distribution Representation Using a Multi-Resolution Binary Tree
Computing and storing probabilities is a hard problem as soon as one has to deal with complex distributions over multiples random variables. The problem of efficient representati...
David Bellot, Pierre Bessière
INFOCOM
2007
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
Routing, Anycast, and Multicast for Mesh and Sensor Networks
Abstract— This paper studies routing schemes and their distributed construction in limited wireless networks, such as sensor or mesh networks. We argue that the connectivity of s...
Roland Flury, Roger Wattenhofer
GLOBECOM
2008
IEEE
13 years 9 months ago
Maximum-Lifetime Coding Subgraph for Multicast Traffic in Wireless Sensor Networks
It has been shown that network coding can lead to significant improvement in network capacity and reduction in power consumption for multicast traffic in wireless networks. In this...
Vahid Shah-Mansouri, Vincent W. S. Wong
CPM
2000
Springer
136views Combinatorics» more  CPM 2000»
14 years 1 months ago
Approximating the Maximum Isomorphic Agreement Subtree Is Hard
The Maximum Isomorphic Agreement Subtree (MIT) problem is one of the simplest versions of the Maximum Interval Weight Agreement Subtree method (MIWT) which is used to compare phyl...
Paola Bonizzoni, Gianluca Della Vedova, Giancarlo ...
PODS
2007
ACM
203views Database» more  PODS 2007»
14 years 9 months ago
Decision trees for entity identification: approximation algorithms and hardness results
We consider the problem of constructing decision trees for entity identification from a given relational table. The input is a table containing information about a set of entities...
Venkatesan T. Chakaravarthy, Vinayaka Pandit, Samb...