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INFORMATICALT
2002
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13 years 9 months ago
Bayesian Heuristic Approach to Scheduling
Abstract. Real life scheduling problems are solved by heuristics with parameters defined by experts, as usual. In this paper a new approach is proposed where the parameters of vari...
Jonas Mockus
TIS
2002
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13 years 9 months ago
Data Retention and the Panoptic Society: The Social Benefits of Forgetfulness
: Modern information systems not only capture a seemingly endless amount of transactional data, but also tend to retain it for indefinite periods of time. We argue that privacy pol...
Jean-François Blanchette, Deborah G. Johnso...
FUN
2010
Springer
279views Algorithms» more  FUN 2010»
13 years 8 months ago
Cracking Bank PINs by Playing Mastermind
The bank director was pretty upset noticing Joe, the system administrator, spending his spare time playing Mastermind, an old useless game of the 70ies. He had fought the instinct ...
Riccardo Focardi, Flaminia L. Luccio
OTM
2010
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
Evaluation of Metaverse Server in a Widely-Distributed Environment
"Metaverse" is a new service connecting to three dimensional virtual space constructed as electronic data through the Internet, which is expected to be spread in the futu...
Mayu Matsubara, Masato Oguchi
ICEBE
2009
IEEE
136views Business» more  ICEBE 2009»
13 years 7 months ago
Virtual Wealth Realization in Virtual and Real Worlds
This paper has investigated the issue of virtual wealth and its realization in both real and virtual worlds, and argued that the realization of virtual wealth is necessary and pos...
Jingzhi Guo, Angelina Chow, Zhiguo Gong, Chengzhen...