Information Retrieval (IR) systems try to identify documents relevant to user queries, which are representations of user information needs. Interaction, context, and document struc...
The Internet has opened opportunities for efficient on-line trading, and researchers have developed algorithms for various auctions, as well as exchanges for standardized commoditi...
We recall the concept of a linguistic variable and the representation of its values (i.e. linguistic terms) by means of fuzzy sets. In this framework adverbs are represented by fuz...
In this paper we survey the primary research, both theoretical and applied, in the area of Robust Optimization (RO). Our focus is on the computational attractiveness of RO approac...
Dimitris Bertsimas, David B. Brown, Constantine Ca...
The need for high availability and performance in data management systems has been fueling a long running interest in database replication from both academia and industry. However...
Emmanuel Cecchet, George Candea, Anastasia Ailamak...