Most data-mining techniques seek a single model that optimizes an objective function with respect to the data. In many real-world applications several models will equally optimize...
: Optimizers in modern DBMSs utilize a cost model to choose an efficient query execution plan (QEP) among all possible ones for a given query. The accuracy of the cost estimates de...
Stephan Ewen, Michael Ortega-Binderberger, Volker ...
Protocols for authenticated key exchange (AKE) allow parties within an insecure network to establish a common session key which can then be used to secure their future communicati...
Microsoft has prosecuted a vigorous civil enforcement campaign against spammers and phishers. When initial investigation into a spam or phishing case fails to reveal the identity ...
Abstract. In update logic the interpretation of an action is often assumed to be independent from the agents’ beliefs about the situation (see [BMS04] or [Auc05]). In this paper ...