Data in practical applications (e.g., images, molecular biology, etc) is mostly characterised by high dimensionality and huge size or number of data instances. Though, feature reduction techniques have been successful in reducing the dimensionality for certain applications, dealing with high...

The problem of dynamically update minimum cost paths in a distributed network of computers while link update operations occur to the network is considered crucial in today's practical applications. A number of solutions have been proposed in the literature for this problem. In this paper, we...

The aim of this note is to point out and correct some vital mistakes in the paper by P K Nayak and M Pal, "Linear programming technique to solve two person matrix (games with interval pay-offs). Asia-Pacific Journal of Operational Research, 26(2), 285–305". Lots of serious mistakes on the...

Trade execution is concerned with the actual mechanics of buying or selling the desired amount of a financial instrument. Investors wishing to execute large orders face a tradeoff between market impact and opportunity cost. Trade execution strategies are designed to balance out these costs,...

Cloud computing entails a novel security threat: The cloud service provider is entrusted with the data of all its customers. This may not be sustainable for highly confidential data. Encryption, or more generally cryptography, may provide a solution by computing on data encrypted by the...