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SPAA
2009
ACM
15 years 9 months ago
Locally scalable randomized consensus for synchronous crash failures
We consider bit communication complexity of binary consensus in synchronous message passing systems with processes prone to crashes. A distributed algorithm is locally scalable wh...
Bogdan S. Chlebus, Dariusz R. Kowalski
IPL
2008
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15 years 2 months ago
A note on the distribution of the number of prime factors of the integers
The Chernoff-Hoeffding bounds are fundamental probabilistic tools. An elementary approach is presented to obtain a Chernoff-type upper-tail bound for the number of prime factors o...
Aravind Srinivasan
92
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CORR
2008
Springer
128views Education» more  CORR 2008»
15 years 2 months ago
A Quantifier Elimination Algorithm for Linear Real Arithmetic
We propose a new quantifier elimination algorithm for the theory of linear real arithmetic. This algorithm uses as subroutines satisfiability modulo this theory and polyhedral pro...
David Monniaux
115
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WWW
2008
ACM
16 years 3 months ago
Dynamic cost-per-action mechanisms and applications to online advertising
We study the Cost-Per-Action or Cost-Per-Acquisition (CPA) charging scheme in online advertising. In this scheme, instead of paying per click, the advertisers pay only when a user...
Hamid Nazerzadeh, Amin Saberi, Rakesh Vohra
114
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EC
2000
93views ECommerce» more  EC 2000»
15 years 2 months ago
Is Echo a Complex Adaptive System?
We evaluate whether John Holland's Echo model exemplifies his theory of complex adaptive systems. After reviewing Holland's theory of complex adaptive systems and descri...
Richard Smith, Mark A. Bedau