Mechanism design is the art of designing the rules of the game (aka. mechanism) so that a desirable outcome (according to a given objective) is reached despite the fact that each a...
Distributed heterogeneous search systems are an emerging phenomenon in Web search, in which independent topic-specific search engines provide search services, and metasearchers d...
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...
We propose a new technique for the efficient search and navigation in XML documents and streams. This technique takes string matching algorithms designed for efficient keyword sear...
Christoph Koch, Stefanie Scherzinger, Michael Schm...
Evolutionary computation is used to construct undetectable computer attack scripts. Using a simulated operating system, we show that scripts can be evolved to cover their tracks a...