The Valued Constraint Satisfaction Problem (VCSP) is a generic optimization problem defined by a network of local cost functions defined over discrete variables. It has applicatio...
Martin C. Cooper, Simon de Givry, M. Sanchez, Thom...
tigate the role of nondeterminism in Winfree's abstract Tile Assembly Model (aTAM), which was conceived to model artificial molecular self-assembling systems constructed from...
Nathaniel Bryans, Ehsan Chiniforooshan, David Doty...
Ad auctions in sponsored search support"broad match"that allows an advertiser to target a large number of queries while bidding only on a limited number. While giving mo...
Eyal Even-Dar, Vahab S. Mirrokni, S. Muthukrishnan...
Most models for online advertising assume that an advertiser's value from winning an ad auction, which depends on the clickthrough rate or conversion rate of the advertisemen...
Abstract. In engineering protein variants by constructing and screening combinatorial libraries of chimeric proteins, two complementary and competing goals are desired: the new pro...