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STOC
2006
ACM
166views Algorithms» more  STOC 2006»
14 years 7 months ago
New upper and lower bounds for randomized and quantum local search
Local Search problem, which finds a local minimum of a black-box function on a given graph, is of both practical and theoretical importance to combinatorial optimization, complexi...
Shengyu Zhang
PODS
2006
ACM
134views Database» more  PODS 2006»
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Finding global icebergs over distributed data sets
Finding icebergs ? items whose frequency of occurrence is above a certain threshold ? is an important problem with a wide range of applications. Most of the existing work focuses ...
Qi Zhao, Mitsunori Ogihara, Haixun Wang, Jun Xu
W2GIS
2004
Springer
14 years 14 days ago
Expansion-Based Algorithms for Finding Single Pair Shortest Path on Surface
Abstract. Finding single pair shortest paths on surface is a fundamental problem in various domains, like Geographic Information Systems (GIS) 3D applications, robotic path plannin...
Ke Deng, Xiaofang Zhou
VLDB
1991
ACM
122views Database» more  VLDB 1991»
13 years 10 months ago
An Iterative Method for Distributed Database Design
The development of a distributed database systemrequires effective solutions to many complex and interrelated design problems. The cost dependenciesbetween query optimization and ...
Rex Blankinship, Alan R. Hevner, S. Bing Yao
KDD
2006
ACM
213views Data Mining» more  KDD 2006»
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Learning sparse metrics via linear programming
Calculation of object similarity, for example through a distance function, is a common part of data mining and machine learning algorithms. This calculation is crucial for efficie...
Glenn Fung, Rómer Rosales