We consider the scenario where existing relational data is exported as XML. In this context, we look at the problem of translating XML queries into SQL. XML query languages have t...
The mean running time of a Las Vegas algorithm can often be dramatically reduced by periodically restarting it with a fresh random seed. The optimal restart schedule depends on th...
Matthew J. Streeter, Daniel Golovin, Stephen F. Sm...
Minimum m-connected k-dominating set problem is as follows: Given a graph G = (V,E) and two natural numbers m and k, find a subset S V of minimal size such that every vertex in V ...
Weiping Shang, F. Frances Yao, Peng-Jun Wan, Xiaod...
Semidefinite optimization, commonly referred to as semidefinite programming, has been a remarkably active area of research in optimization during the last decade. For combinatoria...
The car sequencing problem consists in sequencing a given set of cars to be produced in a single day. We address one of the variants of this problem, in which the objective of mini...
Celso C. Ribeiro, Daniel Aloise, Thiago F. Noronha...