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Tr-2010007: Robust Knowledge Of Rationality, Sergei Artemov Jan 2010

Tr-2010007: Robust Knowledge Of Rationality, Sergei Artemov

Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


Tr-2010008: Knowability From A Logical Point Of View, Sergei Artemov, Tudor Protopopescu Jan 2010

Tr-2010008: Knowability From A Logical Point Of View, Sergei Artemov, Tudor Protopopescu

Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


Tr-2010010: Robust Knowledge And Rationality, Sergei Artemov Jan 2010

Tr-2010010: Robust Knowledge And Rationality, Sergei Artemov

Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


Tr-2010011: Randomized Preprocessing Versus Pivoting Ii, Victor Y. Pan, Guoliang Qian, Ai-Long Zheng Jan 2010

Tr-2010011: Randomized Preprocessing Versus Pivoting Ii, Victor Y. Pan, Guoliang Qian, Ai-Long Zheng

Computer Science Technical Reports

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What The 2007 Tac Market Design Game Tells Us About Effective Auction Mechanisms, Jinzhong Niu, Kai Cai, Simon Parsons, Peter Mcburney, Enrico Gerding Jan 2010

What The 2007 Tac Market Design Game Tells Us About Effective Auction Mechanisms, Jinzhong Niu, Kai Cai, Simon Parsons, Peter Mcburney, Enrico Gerding

Publications and Research

This paper analyzes the entrants to the 2007 TAC Market Design Game. We present a classification of the entries to the competition, and use this classification to compare these entries. The paper also attempts to relate market dynamics to the auction rules adopted by these entries and their adaptive strategies via a set of post-tournament experiments. Based on this analysis, the paper speculates about the design of effective auction mechanisms, both in the setting of this competition and in the more general case.


Tr-2010004: Tracking Evidence, Sergei Artemov Jan 2010

Tr-2010004: Tracking Evidence, Sergei Artemov

Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


Tr-2010006: Graph-Based Clustering And Its Application In Coreference Resolution, Zheng Chen Jan 2010

Tr-2010006: Graph-Based Clustering And Its Application In Coreference Resolution, Zheng Chen

Computer Science Technical Reports

No abstract provided.


The Maximum Rectilinear Crossing Number Of The Petersen Graph, Elie Feder, Heiko Harborth, Steven Herzberg, Sheldon Klein Jan 2010

The Maximum Rectilinear Crossing Number Of The Petersen Graph, Elie Feder, Heiko Harborth, Steven Herzberg, Sheldon Klein

Publications and Research

We prove that the maximum rectilinear crossing number of the Petersen graph is 49. First, we illustrate a picture of the Petersen graph with 49 crossings to prove the lower bound. We then prove that this bound is sharp by carefully analyzing the ten Cs's which occur in the Petersen graph and their properties.


A Multidimensional Strategy To Detect Polypharmacological Targets In The Absence Of Structural And Sequence Homology, Jacob D. Durrant, Rommie E. Amaro, Lei Xie, Michael D. Urbaniak, Michael A. J. Ferguson, Antti Haapalainen, Zhijun Chen, Anne Marie Di Guilmi, Frank Wunder, Philip E. Bourne, J. Andrew Mccammon Jan 2010

A Multidimensional Strategy To Detect Polypharmacological Targets In The Absence Of Structural And Sequence Homology, Jacob D. Durrant, Rommie E. Amaro, Lei Xie, Michael D. Urbaniak, Michael A. J. Ferguson, Antti Haapalainen, Zhijun Chen, Anne Marie Di Guilmi, Frank Wunder, Philip E. Bourne, J. Andrew Mccammon

Publications and Research

Conventional drug design embraces the ‘‘one gene, one drug, one disease’’ philosophy. Polypharmacology, which focuses on multi-target drugs, has emerged as a new paradigm in drug discovery. The rational design of drugs that act via polypharmacological mechanisms can produce compounds that exhibit increased therapeutic potency and against which resistance is less likely to develop. Additionally, identifying multiple protein targets is also critical for side-effect prediction. One third of potential therapeutic compounds fail in clinical trials or are later removed from the market due to unacceptable side effects often caused by off-target binding. In the current work, we introduce a multidimensional …


Deflagration With Quantum And Dipolar Effects In A Model Of A Molecular Magnet, Dmitry A. Garanin Jan 2010

Deflagration With Quantum And Dipolar Effects In A Model Of A Molecular Magnet, Dmitry A. Garanin

Publications and Research

Combination of the thermal effet in magnetic deflagration with resonance spin tunneling controlled by the dipole-dipole interaction in molecular magnets leads to the increase of the deflagration speed in the dipolar window near tunneling resonances.


Interaction Of A Nanomagnet With A Weak Superconducting Link, Liufei Cai, Eugene M. Chudnovsky Jan 2010

Interaction Of A Nanomagnet With A Weak Superconducting Link, Liufei Cai, Eugene M. Chudnovsky

Publications and Research

We study electromagnetic interaction of a nanomagnet with a weak superconducting link. Equations that govern coupled dynamics of the two systems are derived and investigated numerically. We show that the presence of a small magnet in the proximity of a weak link may be detected through Shapiro-like steps caused by the precession of the magnetic moment. Despite very weak magnetic field generated by the weak link, a time-dependent bias voltage applied to the link can initiate a non-linear dynamics of the nanomagnet that leads to the reversal of its magnetic moment. We also consider quantum problem in which a nanomagnet …


Arabic For Designers By Mourad Boutros, Saad D. Abulhab Jan 2010

Arabic For Designers By Mourad Boutros, Saad D. Abulhab

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.


Energy Of The Conduction Band In Near Critical Point Fluids, Cherice M. Evans, G. L. Findley Jan 2010

Energy Of The Conduction Band In Near Critical Point Fluids, Cherice M. Evans, G. L. Findley

Publications and Research

The study of the evolution of the conduction band in dense gases and supercritical fluids near the critical point has been complicated by a lack of precise experimental measurements. Both photoemission from an electrode immersed in the fluid and field ionization of a molecule doped into the fluid have been used to probe solvent density effects on the energy of an excess electron as a function of fluid number density and temperature. In this perspective, we present recent experimental results that show a strong critical point effect on the minimumconduction band energy near the critical density and temperature of a …


The Invisible Enemy, Aldemaro Romero Jr. Jan 2010

The Invisible Enemy, Aldemaro Romero Jr.

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.


Selective Adsorption Of Dibenzothiophenes On Activated Carbons With Metal Species Deposited On Their Surfaces, Jakub Lison Jan 2010

Selective Adsorption Of Dibenzothiophenes On Activated Carbons With Metal Species Deposited On Their Surfaces, Jakub Lison

Dissertations and Theses

"The objective of this thesis is an investigation of influence of porosity, surface chemistry, material composition and effects of metals oncarbon adsorbents in desulfurization of liquid fuels. Materials are derived from poly (4-styrenesulfonic acid-co-maleic acid) salts (sodium or transition metals). They are investigated in a dynamic breakthrough process using model diesel fuel containing dibenzothiophene (DBT) and 4, 6-dimethyldibenzothiophene (DMDBT). The performance of adsorbents is evaluated in terms of the capacity and selectivity. Differences in performance are investigated considering the porosity, surface chemistry and the type of material used."


Modular Synthesis Of Weinreb Amides Of 2-Fluoro-2,4-Dienoic Acids, Mohammad Chowdhury Jan 2010

Modular Synthesis Of Weinreb Amides Of 2-Fluoro-2,4-Dienoic Acids, Mohammad Chowdhury

Dissertations and Theses

No abstract provided.


Acceleration Of Monte Carlo Value At Risk Estimation Using Graphics Processing Unit (Gpu), Wei Wu Jan 2010

Acceleration Of Monte Carlo Value At Risk Estimation Using Graphics Processing Unit (Gpu), Wei Wu

Dissertations and Theses

"Value at Risk (VaR) is one of the most popular tools used to estimate the exposure to market risks, and it measures the worst expected loss at a given confidence level. Monte Carlo simulation is one of the best methods to calculate VaR and it is widely used in financial industry. Unfortunately, it is time consuming especially when the simulated samples and the number of assets in a portfolio are very large. The graphics processing unit (GPU) is a specialized multiprocessor which has highly parallel structure supporting more effective than general-purpose CPUs for a range of complex algorithms. In this …


Multiresolution Inverse Wavelet Reconstruction From A Fourier Partial Sum, Nataniel Greene Jan 2010

Multiresolution Inverse Wavelet Reconstruction From A Fourier Partial Sum, Nataniel Greene

Publications and Research

The Gibbs phenomenon refers to the lack of uniform convergence which occurs in many orthogonal basis approximations to piecewise smooth functions. This lack of uniform convergence manifests itself in spurious oscillations near the points of discontinuity and a low order of convergence away from the discontinuities.In previous work [11,12] we described a numerical procedure for overcoming the Gibbs phenomenon called the Inverse Wavelet Reconstruction method (IWR). The method takes the Fourier coefficients of an oscillatory partial sum and uses them to construct the wavelet coefficients of a non-oscillatory wavelet series. However, we only described the method standard wavelet series and …


Single Magnetic Molecule Between Conducting Leads: Effect Of Mechanical Rotations, Reem Jaafar, Eugene M. Chudnovsky, Dmitry A. Garanin Jan 2010

Single Magnetic Molecule Between Conducting Leads: Effect Of Mechanical Rotations, Reem Jaafar, Eugene M. Chudnovsky, Dmitry A. Garanin

Publications and Research

We study spin-rotation effects in a magnetic molecule bridge d between two conducting leads. Dy- namics of the total angular momentum couples spin tunneling to the mechanical rotations. Landau- Zener spin transition produced by the time-dependent magne tic field generates a unique pattern of mechanical oscillations that can be detected by measuring t he electronic tunneling current through the molecule.


Rotational States Of Magnetic Molecules, Eugene M. Chudnovsky, Dmitry A. Garanin Jan 2010

Rotational States Of Magnetic Molecules, Eugene M. Chudnovsky, Dmitry A. Garanin

Publications and Research

We study a magnetic molecule that exhibits spin tunneling and is free to rotate about its anisotropy axis. Exact low-energy eigenstates of the molecule that are superpositions of spin and rotational states are obtained. We show that parameter α=2(ℏS)2/(IΔ) determines the ground state of the molecule. Here ℏS is the spin, I is the moment of inertia, and Δ is the tunnel splitting. The magnetic moment of the molecule is zero at α<αc=[1−1/(2S)2]−1 and non-zero at α>αc. At α→∞ the spin of the molecule localizes in one of the directions along the anisotropy axis.


Rotational Doppler Effect In Magnetic Resonance, S Ledinez, Eugene M. Chudnovsky, Javier Tejada Jan 2010

Rotational Doppler Effect In Magnetic Resonance, S Ledinez, Eugene M. Chudnovsky, Javier Tejada

Publications and Research

We compute the shift in the frequency of the spin resonance in a solid that rotates in the field of a circularly polarized electromagnetic wave. Electron spin resonance, nuclear magnetic resonance, and ferromagnetic resonance are considered. We show that contrary to the case of the rotating LC circuit, the shift in the frequency of the spin resonance has strong dependence on the symmetry of the receiver. The shift due to rotation occurs only when rotational symmetry is broken by the anisotropy of the gyromagnetic tensor, by the shape of the body, or by magnetocrystalline anisotropy. General expressions for the resonance …


Dipolar Ordering In Crystals Of Mn12 Ac, Dmitry A. Garanin Jan 2010

Dipolar Ordering In Crystals Of Mn12 Ac, Dmitry A. Garanin

Publications and Research

Ordering in realistic elongated box-shape crystals of the molecular magnet Mn_12 Ac is investigated with the site-resolved mean-field approximation that does not assume a uniform ordering. It is shown that ferromagnetic ordering should not occur in crystals with the aspect ratio up to 12. Instead, for the aspect ratio about 6, the inner and outer regions of the crystal order in different directions, uniformly along its length. Finding ordering temperature by extrapolating the inverse susceptibility curve does not provide a correct T_C.


Edges And Diffractive Effects In Casimir Energies, Daniel N. Kabat, Dimitra Karabali, V P. Nair Jan 2010

Edges And Diffractive Effects In Casimir Energies, Daniel N. Kabat, Dimitra Karabali, V P. Nair

Publications and Research

The prototypical Casimir effect arises when a scalar field is confined between parallel Dirichlet boundaries. We study corrections to this when the boundaries themselves have apertures and edges. We consider several geometries: a single plate with a slit in it, perpendicular plates separated by a gap, and two parallel plates, one of which has a long slit of large width, related to the case of one plate being semi-infinite. We develop a general formalism for studying such problems, based on the wavefunctional for the field in the gap between the plates. This formalism leads to a lower dimensional theory defined …


On The Casimir Interaction Between Holes In A Plate, Daniel N. Kabat, Dimitra Karabali, V P. Nair Jan 2010

On The Casimir Interaction Between Holes In A Plate, Daniel N. Kabat, Dimitra Karabali, V P. Nair

Publications and Research

We study the leading long-distance attractive force between two holes in a plate arising from a scalar eld with Dirichlet boundary conditions on the plate. We use a formalism in which the interaction is governed by a non-local eld theory which lives on the two holes. The interaction energy is proportional to Q1Q2=r7 at large separation r, where Q1 and Q2 are certain charges associated with the holes. We compute these charges for round and rectangular holes. We show that the 1=r7 behavior is universal for separations large compared to the linear dimensions of the holes, irrespective of the spin …


Dynamical Decompactification And Three Large Dimensions, Brian Greene, Daniel N. Kabat, Stefanos Marnerides Jan 2010

Dynamical Decompactification And Three Large Dimensions, Brian Greene, Daniel N. Kabat, Stefanos Marnerides

Publications and Research

We study string gas dynamics in the early universe and seek to realize the Brandenberger - Vafa mechanism - a goal that has eluded earlier works - that singles out three or fewer spatial dimensions as the number which grow large cosmologically. Considering wound string interactions in an impact parameter picture, we show that a strong exponential suppression in the interaction rates for d > 3 spatial dimensions reflects the classical argument that string worldsheets generically intersect in at most four spacetime dimensions. This description is appropriate in the early universe if wound strings are heavy - wrapping long cycles - …


The Hamiltonian Approach To Yang-Mills (2 + 1): Expansion Scheme And Corrections To String Tension, Dimitra Karabali, V P. Nair, Alexandr Yelinkov Jan 2010

The Hamiltonian Approach To Yang-Mills (2 + 1): Expansion Scheme And Corrections To String Tension, Dimitra Karabali, V P. Nair, Alexandr Yelinkov

Publications and Research

We carry out further analysis of the Hamiltonian approach to Yang-Mills theory in 2+1 dimensions which helps to place the calculation of the vacuum wave function and the string tension in the context of a systematic expansion scheme. The solution of the Schrodinger equation is carried out recursively. The computation of correlators is re-expressed in terms of a two-dimensional chiral boson theory. The effective action for this theory is calculated to first order in our expansion scheme and to the fourth order in a kinematic expansion parameter. The resulting corrections to the string tension are shown to be very small, …


A Multivalent Dna Aptamer Specific For The B-Cell Receptor On Human Lymphoma And Leukemia, Prabodhika R. Mallikaratchy, Alessandro Ruggiero, Jeffrey R. Gardner, Vitaly Kuryavyi, William F. Maguire, Mark L. Heaney, Michael R. Mcdevitt, Dinshaw J. Patel, David A. Scheinberg Jan 2010

A Multivalent Dna Aptamer Specific For The B-Cell Receptor On Human Lymphoma And Leukemia, Prabodhika R. Mallikaratchy, Alessandro Ruggiero, Jeffrey R. Gardner, Vitaly Kuryavyi, William F. Maguire, Mark L. Heaney, Michael R. Mcdevitt, Dinshaw J. Patel, David A. Scheinberg

Publications and Research

Long-term survival still eludes most patients with leukemia and non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma. No approved therapies target the hallmark of the B cell, its mIgM, also known as the B-cell receptor (BCR). Aptamers are small oligonucleotides that can specifically bind to a wide range of target molecules and offer some advantages over antibodies as therapeutic agents. Here, we report the rational engineering of aptamer TD05 into multimeric forms reactive with the BCR that may be useful in biomedical applications. Systematic truncation of TD05 coupled with modification with locked nucleic acids (LNA) increased conformational stability and nuclease resistance. Trimeric and tetrameric versions with …


Core/Shell Nanoparticles As Hybrid Platforms For The Fabrication Of A Hydrogen Peroxide Biosensor, Yu-Ho Won, Doreen Aboagye, Ho Seong Jang, Andrei Jitianu, Lia A. Stanciu Jan 2010

Core/Shell Nanoparticles As Hybrid Platforms For The Fabrication Of A Hydrogen Peroxide Biosensor, Yu-Ho Won, Doreen Aboagye, Ho Seong Jang, Andrei Jitianu, Lia A. Stanciu

Publications and Research

No abstract provided.


Nearest Neighbor Search With Strong Location Privacy, Stavros Papadopoulos, Spiridon Bakiras, Dimitris Papadias Jan 2010

Nearest Neighbor Search With Strong Location Privacy, Stavros Papadopoulos, Spiridon Bakiras, Dimitris Papadias

Publications and Research

The tremendous growth of the Internet has significantly reduced the cost of obtaining and sharing information about individuals, raising many concerns about user privacy. Spatial queries pose an additional threat to privacy because the location of a query may be sufficient to reveal sensitive information about the querier. In this paper we focus on k nearest neighbor (kNN) queries and define the notion of strong location privacy, which renders a query indistinguishable from any location in the data space. We argue that previous work fails to support this property for arbitrary kNN search. Towards this end, we introduce methods that …


Automatic Readability Assessment, Lijun Feng Jan 2010

Automatic Readability Assessment, Lijun Feng

Dissertations, Theses, and Capstone Projects

We describe the development of an automatic tool to assess the readability of text documents. Our readability assessment tool predicts elementary school grade levels of texts with high accuracy. The tool is developed using supervised machine learning techniques on text corpora annotated with grade levels and other indicators of reading difficulty. Various independent variables or features are extracted from texts and used for automatic classification. We systematically explore different feature inventories and evaluate the grade-level prediction of the resulting classifiers. Our evaluation comprises well-known features at various linguistic levels from the existing literature, such as those based on language modeling, …