Sciweavers

1759 search results - page 232 / 352
» Distributed Paging
Sort
View
COMPGEOM
2006
ACM
16 years 22 days ago
Algorithms for two-box covering
We study the problem of covering a set of points or polyhedra in 3 with two axis-aligned boxes in order to minimize a function of the measures of the two boxes, such as the sum or...
Esther M. Arkin, Gill Barequet, Joseph S. B. Mitch...
COMPGEOM
2006
ACM
16 years 22 days ago
Embedding ultrametrics into low-dimensional spaces
We study the problem of minimum-distortion embedding of ultrametrics into the plane and higher dimensional spaces. Ultrametrics are a natural class of metrics that frequently occu...
Mihai Badoiu, Julia Chuzhoy, Piotr Indyk, Anastasi...
COMPGEOM
2006
ACM
16 years 22 days ago
Envelope surfaces
We construct a class of envelope surfaces in Rd , more precisely envelopes of balls. An envelope surface is a closed C1 (tangent continuous) manifold wrapping tightly around the u...
Nico Kruithof, Gert Vegter
HRI
2006
ACM
16 years 22 days ago
Teaching robots by moulding behavior and scaffolding the environment
Programming robots to carry out useful tasks is both a complex and non-trivial exercise. A simple and intuitive method to allow humans to train and shape robot behaviour is clearl...
Joe Saunders, Chrystopher L. Nehaniv, Kerstin Daut...
HRI
2006
ACM
16 years 22 days ago
Daily HRI evaluation at a classroom environment: reports from dance interaction experiments
The design and development of social robots that interact and assist people in daily life requires moving into unconstrained daily-life environments. This presents unexplored meth...
Fumihide Tanaka, Javier R. Movellan, Bret Fortenbe...