We show that the hit-and-run random walk mixes rapidly starting from any interior point of a convex body. This is the first random walk known to have this property. In contrast, t...
Givena Hermitian,non-negativede nitekernelK and a character of the symmetric group on n letters, de ne the corresponding immanant function K x1;::: ;xn := P Qn i=1 Kxi;x i, where ...
Pairwise coverage of factors affecting software has been proposed to screen for potential errors. Techniques to generate test suites for pairwise coverage are evaluated according ...