When can a d-dimensional rectangular box R be tiled by translates of two given d-dimensional rectangular bricks B1 and B2? We prove that R can be tiled by translates of B1 and B2 ...
This paper describes the shortcomings in the support that replaces the lost distributed cognition in older people who move to nursing homes and how artifacts can improve this by f...
—Shannon’s discovery of digital communication has shaped the architecture of virtually all communication systems in use today. The digital communication paradigm is built aroun...
: In this paper we present, to our knowledge, the first application of a metaheuristic technique to the very popular and NP-complete puzzle known as ‘sudoku’. We see that this ...
In this paper we analyze the problem of schema matching, explain why it is such a "tough" problem and suggest directions for handling it effectively. In particular, we p...