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“ More Deterministic ” vs . “ Smaller ” Büchi Automata

The standard technique for LTL model checking (M φ) consists on translating the negation of the LTL specification, φ, into a Büchi automaton Aφ, and then on checking if the product M Aφ has an empty language. The efforts to maximize the efficiency of this process have so far concentrated on developing translation algorithms producing Büchi automata which are “as small as possible”, under the im...

Sketches for Matrix Norms: Faster, Smaller and More General

We design new sketching algorithms for unitarily invariant matrix norms, including the Schatten p-norms ‖·‖Sp , and obtain, as a by-product, streaming algorithms that approximate the norm of a matrix A presented as a turnstile data stream. The primary advantage of our streaming algorithms is that they are simpler and faster than previous algorithms, while requiring the same or less storage. Our...

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More, smaller bacteria in response to ocean's warming?

Heterotrophic bacteria play a major role in organic matter cycling in the ocean. Although the high abundances and relatively fast growth rates of coastal surface bacterioplankton make them suitable sentinels of global change, past analyses have largely overlooked this functional group. Here, time series analysis of a decade of monthly observations in temperate Atlantic coastal waters revealed s...

Making Light Forces Smaller/More Dispersible Has Benefits But Makes Them More Vulnerable and Less Capable

IN CHAPTER THREE WE EXAMINED some relatively near-term upgrades to improve the capability of light forces when placed in rapid-reaction missions, working mostly with RFPI concepts and technologies within the context of ACTDs. But what would be the impact of changing concepts—for example, making light forces smaller and more dispersed? Given that the dramatic improvements in precision-guided and...