Convergence is a central problem in both computer science and in population biology. Will a program terminate? Will a population go to an equilibrium? In general these questions ar...
Consider a rational matrix, particularly one whose entries have large numerators and denominators, but which is presented as a product of very sparse matrices with relatively smal...
We consider empirical evaluation of the availability of the deployed software. Evaluation of real systems is more realistic, more accurate, and provides higher level of confidenc...
The Internet Chess Club (ICC) is a popular online chess server with more than 30,000 members worldwide including various celebrities and the best chess players in the world. Altho...
: This is an ongoing project, which is scheduled until 2005. So I decided together with Richard Wang to set up Sup-Projects that could be published earlier. The main objective is t...