TCS
2008
13 years 6 months ago
2008
We study the usefulness of lookahead in online server routing problems: if an online algorithm is not only informed about the requests released so far, but also has a limited abil...
ALGORITHMICA
2005
13 years 6 months ago
2005
An optimal prefetching and I/O scheduling algorithm L-OPT, for parallel I/O systems, using a read-once model of block references is presented. The algorithm uses knowledge of the n...
IJFCS
2007
13 years 6 months ago
2007
We investigate deterministically simulating (i.e., solving the membership problem for) nondeterministic finite automata (NFA), relying solely on the NFA’s resources (states and...
AI
2010
Springer
13 years 7 months ago
2010
Springer
In situations where one needs to make a sequence of decisions, it is often believed that looking ahead will help produce better decisions. However, it was shown 30 years ago that ...
IOPADS
1997
13 years 8 months ago
1997
We provide a competitive analysis framework for online prefetching and buffer management algorithms in parallel I/O systems, using a read-once model of block references. This has ...
FOSSACS
2010
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2010
Springer
We study variants of regular infinite games where the strict alternation of moves between the two players is subject to modifications. The second player may postpone a move for a f...
CAV
2006
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
2006
Springer
We present lookahead widening, a novel technique for using existing widening and narrowing operators to improve the precision of static analysis. This technique is both self-contai...