Our algorithm iteratively merges those clusters whose merge yields a lower objective cost. However, operations such as finding nearest neighbors or closest pair of clusters are expensive, especially in high dimensions. To quickly find highly similar clusters to be merged, we exploit the Locality-Sensitive Hashing (LSH) technique, which we briefly describe in this section. Simply put, LSH [2] is...

We study the quantity distance between node j and node n in a random tree of size n chosen from a family of increasing trees. For those subclass of increasing tree families, which can be constructed via a tree evolution process, we give closed formulæ for the probability distribution, the expectation and the variance. Furthermore we derive a distributional decomposition of the random variable c...

Linda Gel85, CG89] is a coordination language providing generative communication via tuple spaces. Each tuple space is a global associative memory consisting of a bag (or multi-set) of tuples, where the tuples are variable-sized objects. Repeated insertions and removals of variable-sized tuples are liable to result in the memory containing several small areas of free memory to which larger, var...

Cascade Hashing is a new dynamic hashing scheme which is based on Spiral Storage. The purpose of this paper is first to give a unified exposition of Linear Hashing, Spiral Storage and other dynamic hashing schemes, and second to describe a new method for storing overflow records. The method stores the overflow records in the main file itself and clusters overflow records from each primary bucke...

ABSTRACT Pelton turbines are hydraulic turbines which are widely used for large scale power generation. A micro hydelpelton turbine is miniature model of actual pelton turbine which can be used for small scale power generation. This type of turbines converts potential energy of water at height into kinetic energy by allowing the water to fall freely on the pelton runner. This water impact provi...

Ore grades are monitored regularly in cave mines through drawpoint sampling. Automating grade monitoring deploying X-ray fluorescence (XRF) sensors on the buckets of production loaders has been proposed as an alternative approach to address issues around traditional practice Bucket-mounted can also be employed for bulk ore sorting underground. This study is aimed at evaluating deployment XRF op...

Farm youth commonly perform animal care tasks such as feeding and watering. The purpose of this study was to determine the effects of age, bucket size, loading symmetry, and amount of load on upper body moments during carrying tasks. Fifty-four male and female participants in four age groups (8-10 years, 12-14 years, 15-17 years, and adults, 20-26 years) participated in the study. Conditions in...

It has become advantageous in certain scenarios for a database owner to outsource hosting and management of his database to a third party. This approach is known as database as a service or DAS. However, in the case of highly sensitive data, it may be necessary to protect it even from the third party database administrator. As a result, several methods have been proposed that allow for encrypti...