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MST
2006
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Simple Efficient Load-Balancing Algorithms for Peer-to-Peer Systems
Load balancing is a critical issue for the efficient operation of peerto-peer networks. We give two new load-balancing protocols whose provable performance guarantees are within a...
David R. Karger, Matthias Ruhl
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
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13 years 9 months ago
Test-driven learning in early programming courses
Coercing new programmers to adopt disciplined development practices such as thorough unit testing is a challenging endeavor. Test-driven development (TDD) has been proposed as a s...
David Janzen, Hossein Saiedian
SIGCSE
2008
ACM
119views Education» more  SIGCSE 2008»
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Exploring studio-based instructional models for computing education
While the demand for college graduates with computing skills continues to rise, such skills no longer equate to mere programming skills. Modern day computing jobs demand design, c...
Christopher D. Hundhausen, N. Hari Narayanan, Mart...
SIGECOM
2008
ACM
155views ECommerce» more  SIGECOM 2008»
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Tight information-theoretic lower bounds for welfare maximization in combinatorial auctions
We provide tight information-theoretic lower bounds for the welfare maximization problem in combinatorial auctions. In this problem, the goal is to partition m items among k bidde...
Vahab S. Mirrokni, Michael Schapira, Jan Vondr&aac...
SIGIR
2008
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Learning query intent from regularized click graphs
This work presents the use of click graphs in improving query intent classifiers, which are critical if vertical search and general-purpose search services are to be offered in a ...
Xiao Li, Ye-Yi Wang, Alex Acero