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FOCS
2000
IEEE
15 years 8 months ago
Extracting Randomness from Samplable Distributions
Randomness extractors convert weak sources of randomness into an almost uniform distribution; the conversion uses a small amount of pure randomness. In algorithmic applications, t...
Luca Trevisan, Salil P. Vadhan
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ISSTA
2000
ACM
15 years 8 months ago
Which pointer analysis should I use?
During the past two decades many di erent pointer analysis algorithms have been published. Although some descriptions include measurements of the e ectiveness of the algorithm, qu...
Michael Hind, Anthony Pioli
125
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STOC
1997
ACM
125views Algorithms» more  STOC 1997»
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An Interruptible Algorithm for Perfect Sampling via Markov Chains
For a large class of examples arising in statistical physics known as attractive spin systems (e.g., the Ising model), one seeks to sample from a probability distribution π on an...
James Allen Fill
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RECOMB
1997
Springer
15 years 8 months ago
On the complexity and approximation of syntenic distance
The paper studies the computational complexity and approximation algorithms for a new evolutionary distance between multi-chromosomal genomes introduced recently by Ferretti, Nade...
Bhaskar DasGupta, Tao Jiang, Sampath Kannan, Ming ...
WG
1994
Springer
15 years 8 months ago
Fugitive-Search Games on Graphs and Related Parameters
The goal of a fugitive-search game on a graph is to trap a fugitive that hides on the vertices of the graph by systematically placing searchers on the vertices. The fugitive is as...
Nick D. Dendris, Lefteris M. Kirousis, Dimitrios M...