Most of complete search algorithms over Constraint Satisfaction Problems (csp) are based on Standard Backtracking. Two main enhancements of this basic scheme have been proposed : r...
We present a new probabilistic framework for finding likely variable assignments in difficult constraint satisfaction problems. Finding such assignments is key to efficient sea...
Eric I. Hsu, Matthew Kitching, Fahiem Bacchus, She...
Combinatorial auctions where bidders can bid on bundles of items can lead to more economical allocations, but determining the winners is NP-complete and inapproximable. We present...
Tuomas Sandholm, Subhash Suri, Andrew Gilpin, Davi...
Abstract. Most recent papers addressing the algorithmic problem of allocating advertisement space for keywords in sponsored search auctions assume that pricing is done via a first...
Yossi Azar, Benjamin E. Birnbaum, Anna R. Karlin, ...
Two-dimensional contingency or co-occurrence tables arise frequently in important applications such as text, web-log and market-basket data analysis. A basic problem in contingenc...
Inderjit S. Dhillon, Subramanyam Mallela, Dharmend...