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HCI
2007
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Reminders, Alerts and Pop-ups: The Cost of Computer-Initiated Interruptions
Responding to computer-initiated notifications requires a shift in attention that disrupts the flow of work. The degree of cost associated with resuming the original task following...
Helen M. Hodgetts, Dylan M. Jones
RSS
2007
134views Robotics» more  RSS 2007»
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A Fast and Practical Algorithm for Generalized Penetration Depth Computation
— We present an efficient algorithm to compute the generalized penetration depth (PDg) between rigid models. Given two overlapping objects, our algorithm attempts to compute the...
Liangjun Zhang, Young J. Kim, Dinesh Manocha
COLING
2000
13 years 9 months ago
Estimation of Stochastic Attribute-Value Grammars using an Informative Sample
We argue that some of the computational complexity associated with estimation of stochastic attributevalue grammars can be reduced by training upon an informative subset of the fu...
Miles Osborne
GECCO
2008
Springer
143views Optimization» more  GECCO 2008»
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Collective intelligence and bush fire spotting
Bush fires cause major damage each year in many areas of the world and the earlier that they can be detected the easier it is to minimize this damage. This paper describes a coll...
David Howden, Tim Hendtlass
CORR
2008
Springer
118views Education» more  CORR 2008»
13 years 8 months ago
Quantifying Homology Classes
We develop a method for measuring homology classes. This involves three problems. First, we define the size of a homology class, using ideas from relative homology. Second, we defi...
Chao Chen, Daniel Freedman