Sciweavers

5128 search results - page 341 / 1026
» When Abstraction Fails
Sort
View
PPSN
2004
Springer
16 years 27 days ago
Constrained Evolutionary Optimization by Approximate Ranking and Surrogate Models
Abstract. The paper describes an evolutionary algorithm for the general nonlinear programming problem using a surrogate model. Surrogate models are used in optimization when model ...
Thomas Philip Runarsson
COOPIS
2003
IEEE
16 years 25 days ago
A Distributed Rule Mechanism for Multidatabase Systems
Abstract. We describe a mechanism based on distributed Event-ConditionAction (ECA) rules that supports data coordination in a multidatabase setting. The proposed mechanism includes...
Vasiliki Kantere, John Mylopoulos, Iluju Kiringa
CP
2003
Springer
16 years 23 days ago
Constraint-Based Optimization with the Minimax Decision Criterion
Abstract. In many situations, a set of hard constraints encodes the feasible configurations of some system or product over which users have preferences. We consider the problem of...
Craig Boutilier, Relu Patrascu, Pascal Poupart, Da...
DNIS
2003
Springer
107views Database» more  DNIS 2003»
16 years 23 days ago
Web Information Personalization: Challenges and Approaches
Abstract. As the number of web pages increases dramatically, the problem of the information overload becomes more severe when browsing and searching the WWW. To alleviate this prob...
Cyrus Shahabi, Yi-Shin Chen
DSOM
2003
Springer
16 years 23 days ago
On the Algebraic Structure of Convergence
Abstract. Current self-healing systems are built from “convergent” actions that only make repairs when necessary. Using an algebraic model of system administration, we challeng...
Alva L. Couch, Yizhan Sun