Aggregation refers to a set of functions that provide global information about a distributed system. These functions operate on numeric values distributed over the system and can ...
We consider the problem of pricing American options when the volatility of the underlying asset price is stochastic. No specific stochastic volatility model is assumed for the st...
— In this paper, we present a simple technique to approximate the performance union bound of a punctured turbo code. The bound approximation exploits only those terms of the tran...
Ioannis Chatzigeorgiou, Miguel R. D. Rodrigues, Ia...
Fully distributed storage systems have gained popularity in the past few years because of their ability to use cheap commodity hardware and their high scalability. While there are...
In this paper, we propose a new lower approximation scheme for POMDP with discounted and average cost criterion. The approximating functions are determined by their values at a fi...