CIDR
2011
13 years 2 months ago
2011
Data management is becoming increasingly social. We observe a new form of information in such collaborative scenarios, where users contribute and reuse information, which resides ...
ECCC
2010
13 years 8 months ago
2010
We investigate the number of samples required for testing the monotonicity of a distribution with respect to an arbitrary underlying partially ordered set. Our first result is a n...
SCIENTOMETRICS
2010
13 years 9 months ago
2010
The Hirsch index is a number that synthesizes a researcher’s output. It is defined as the maximum number h such that the researcher has h papers with at least h citations each. ...
MOC
2000
13 years 10 months ago
2000
It is well known that Bernstein polynomials on triangles preserve monotonicity. In this paper we define and study three kinds of monotonicity preservation of systems of bivariate f...
JAT
2007
13 years 10 months ago
2007
Denote by xn,k(α, β), k = 1, . . . , n, the zeros of the Jacobi polynomial P (α,β) n (x). It is well known that xn,k(α, β) are increasing functions of β and decreasing func...
APPROX
2010
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
2010
Springer
We study the problem of monotonicity testing over the hypercube. As previously observed in several works, a positive answer to a natural question about routing properties of the hy...
UAI
2004
14 years 7 days ago
2004
For many real-life Bayesian networks, common knowledge dictates that the output established for the main variable of interest increases with higher values for the observable varia...
PKDD
2000
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
2000
Springer
A common form of prior knowledge in economic modelling concerns the monotonicity of relations between the dependent and explanatory variables. Monotonicity may also be an important...
SAGT
2009
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
2009
Springer
We study implementability in dominant strategies of social choice functions when sets of types are multi-dimensional and convex, sets of outcomes are arbitrary, valuations for outc...
WINE
2009
Springer
14 years 5 months ago
2009
Springer
We study the geometrical shape of the partitions of the input space created by the allocation rule of a truthful mechanism for multi-unit auctions with multidimensional types and ...