Mediator systems integrate distributed, heterogeneous and autonomous data sources, but their e ective use requires the solution of hard query optimization problems. This is usuall...
Abstract. This paper reconsiders the deployment of synchronous optical networks (SONET), an optimization problem naturally expressed in terms of set variables. Earlier approaches, ...
In order to handle device matching for analog circuits, some pairs of modules need to be placed symmetrically with respect to a common axis. In this paper, we deal with the module...
Covering arrays have been studied for their applications to drug screening and software and hardware testing. In this paper, we model the problem as a constraint program. Our propo...
Brahim Hnich, Steven David Prestwich, Evgeny Selen...
We give an approximate and often extremely fast method of building a particular kind of portfolio in finance, here called a portfolio design (PD), with applications in the credit ...
Pierre Flener, Justin Pearson, Luis G. Reyna, Olof...