Auctions are among the oldest economic institutions in place. They have been used since antiquity to sell a wide variety of goods, and their basic form has remained unchanged. In this dissertation, we explore the efficiency of common auctions when values are interdependent- the value to a particular bidder may depend on information available only to others-and asymmetric. In this setting, it is well known that sealed-bid auctions do not achieve efficient allocations in general since they do not allow the information held by different bidders to be shared.
have recently become very interested in the area of genetic algorithms and Ant Colony Optimization techniques. I was determined to write a complete program demonstrating these two techniques. In particular I wanted to compare the efficiency of these two approaches in the area of finding solutions to the Traveling Salesman Problem
CRFsuite is a very fast implmentation of the Conditional Random Fields (CRF) algorithm. It handles tens of thousands sentences in merely one second.
In comparison to CRF++, CRFSuite yields substantially better efficiency performance
Despite its highly adaptable and flexible nature, C++ is also one of the more complex programming languages to learn. Once mastered, however, it can help you organize and process information with amazing efficiency and quickness.
Altera® provides various tools for development of hardware and software for embedded systems. This handbook complements the primary documentation for these tools by describing how to most effectively use the tools. It recommends design styles and practices for developing, debugging, and optimizing embedded systems using Altera-provided tools. The handbook introduces concepts to new users of Altera’s embedded solutions, and helps to increase the design efficiency of the experienced user.
In the rectangle packing problem, encoding schemes
to represent the placements of rectangles are the key
factors determining the efficiency of algorithms. SEQP
AIR is one of the most sophisticated encoding sheme,
which has been considered to have a small solution
space
Introduction
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The ARM Cortex -A8 microprocessor is the first applications microprocessor in ARM!ˉs
new Cortex family. With high performance and power efficiency, it targets a wide
variety of mobile and consumer applications including mobile phones, set-top boxes,
gaming consoles and automotive navigation/entertainment systems. The Cortex-A8
processor spans a range of performance points depending on the implementation,
delivering over to 2000 Dhrystone MIPS (DMIPS) of performance for demanding
consumer applications and consuming less than 300mW for low-power mobile devices.
This translates into a large increase in processing capability while staying with the
power levels of previous generations of mobile devices. Consumer applications will
benefit from the reduced heat dissipation and resulting lower packaging and integration
costs.
Architecture and Implementation
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Cortex -A8
of the ARM
Microprocessor
October 2005
Introduction
? ?
The ARM Cortex -A8 microprocessor is the first applications microprocessor in ARM!ˉs
new Cortex family. With high performance and power efficiency, it targets a wide
variety of mobile and consumer applications including mobile phones, set-top boxes,
Architecture and Implementation
? ?
Cortex -A8
of the ARM
Microprocessor
October 2005
Introduction
? ?
The ARM Cortex -A8 microprocessor is the first applications microprocessor in ARM!ˉs
new Cortex family. With high performance and power efficiency, it targets a wide
variety of mobile and consumer applications including mobile phones, set-top boxes,
a carrier sense multiple access
with collision avoidance (CSMA/CA) based
MAC protocol, called nanoMAC, suitable for
low bit-rate, low-power wireless devices with
high efficiency
