We consider the problem of threshold secret sharing in groups with hierarchical structure. In such settings, the secret is shared among a group of participants that is partitioned ...
A major research challenge in multi-agent systems is the problem of partitioning a set of agents into mutually disjoint coalitions, such that the overall performance of the system...
Tomasz P. Michalak, Jacek Sroka, Talal Rahwan, Mic...
We introduce a distribution center (DC) location model that incorporates working inventory and safety stock inventory costs at the distribution centers. In addition, the model inco...
Mark S. Daskin, Collette R. Coullard, Zuo-Jun Max ...
We study the problem of minimizing the expected cost of binary searching for data where the access cost is not fixed and depends on the last accessed element, such as data stored i...
Gonzalo Navarro, Ricardo A. Baeza-Yates, Eduardo F...
Partitioning a video sequence into shots is the first step toward video-content analysis and content-based video browsing and retrieval. A video shot is defined as a series of inte...