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Computing Geographical Scopes of Web ResourcesJunyan DingComputer Science Department Columbia University dingjy@cs.columbia.eduLuis GravanoComputer Science Department Columbia University gravano@cs.columbia.eduNarayanan ShivakumarGigabeat, In
Columbia - KTR - 2102
Strategic Voting over Strategic Proposals1Philip Bond Finance Department The Wharton School University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA 19104-6367 pbond@wharton.upenn.edu Hlya Eraslan u Finance Department The Wharton School University of Pennsylvani
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Endogenous Parties in an Assembly. The Formation of Two Polarized Voting Blocs.Jon X Eguia New York University September 12, 2007 Abstract In this paper I show how members of an assembly form voting blocs strategically to coordinate their votes an
Columbia - KTR - 2102
Redistribution through Taxes and Charity: The Cost of Compassionate Conservatism to the Secular Poor.John D. Huber and Piero Stanig August 22, 2007Abstract. We analyze how institutions that establish the level of separation of church and state sho
Columbia - KTR - 2102
September 18, 2007 Version 6The political economy of income taxation by John E. Roemer Yale University john.roemer@yale.edu Abstract. Parties compete on a large policy space of continuous functions. Only a fraction of each voter type will vote for
Columbia - KTR - 2102
MORALLY-MOTIVATED SELF-REGULATION David P. Baron Northwestern University and Stanford University October 2007ABSTRACT Some individuals and rms voluntarily mitigate the harmful consequences of their economic activities in situations in which they co
Columbia - KTR - 2102
A Model of Spoils Politics*Ernesto Dal By Robert PowellzNovember 2007Abstract Accounts of state failure in the developing world frequently highlight a logic of spoils politicsin which incumbent governments and opposing forces vye for control of
Columbia - KTR - 2102
Strategic Militarization, Deterrence and WarsMatthew O. Jacksony and Massimo Morelliz Preliminary January 2007, Revised September 2007Abstract We study countries choosing armament levels and then whether or not to go to war. We show that if the co
Columbia - KAB - 2106
QUORUM AND TURNOUT IN REFERENDUMSHELIOS HERRERA (COLUMBIA & ITAM), ANDREA MATTOZZI (CALTECH) Abstract. We provide a positive and normative analysis of referendums with a quorum limit. Participation and approval quorums are the same in practice: both
Columbia - KAB - 2106
DISCUSSION PAPER SERIESIZA DP No. 2225Consensual and Conflictual DemocratizationMatteo Cervellati Piergiuseppe Fortunato Uwe Sunde July 2006Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit Institute for the Study of LaborConsensual and Conflictual
Columbia - KAB - 2106
Parliamentary Supremacy and Parliamentary Cabinet System in JapanBy Sadafumi Kawato Professor of Political Science Tohoku University Kawauchi, Aoba-ku, Sendai, 980-8576 Japan kawato@law.tohoku.ac.jp Draft. Do no cite.2 Parliamentary Supremacy and
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3 October 2005Local Public Good Provision: Voting, Peer Eects, and MobilityStephen Calabrese University of South Florida Dennis Epple Carnegie Mellon University and NBER Thomas Romer Princeton University Holger Sieg Carnegie Mellon University and
Columbia - KAB - 2106
Religion and Reform: The Political Economy of Social Insurance in the United States, 1910-1939Kenneth Scheve University of Michigan scheve@umich.eduDavid Stasavage New York University david.stasavage@nyu.eduFebruary 2006Abstract Modern welfar
Columbia - KAB - 2106
Conditional Partisanship: Looking for Partisan Effects on Roll Call Votes in the U.S. HouseJohn W. Patty Harvard University December 30, 2005Abstract In this paper, I examine a simple procedure in the United States House of Representatives, approv
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Campaign Eects with Ambiguity-Averse VotersScott Ashworth First version: March 14, 2005 This version: April 23, 2006Abstract A voter is ambiguity averse when she dislikes acting on beliefs that are not backed up by hard information. This ambiguity
Columbia - KAB - 2106
The Political Economy of Patriarchy: How Bargaining Power Shapes Social Norms and Political Attitudes Torben Iversen and Frances RosenbluthMay 2006Abstract Most studies of gender socialization start with patriarchy and explore its effects on fema
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Incumbents Interests, Electoral Rules, and Endogenous Armative Action Laws: Gender Bias Leads to Gender Quotas Guillaume Frechette New York University Massimo Morelli The Ohio State University June 17, 2005 Francois Maniquet C.O.R.E.Abstract The a
Columbia - KAB - 2106
Do Governments Sway European Court of Justice Decision-making?: Evidence from Government Court BriefsCarrubba, Clifford J., Matthew Gabel, and Charles HanklaPlease do not cite without permissionDo governments influence judicial decision-making?
Columbia - KAB - 2106
Political Careers or Career Politicians?Andrea Mattozzi Antonio Merlo September 2005ABSTRACT Two main career paths are prevalent among politicians in modern democracies: there are career politicians (i.e., politicians who work in the political sect
Columbia - DDG - 08
Discrete Differential Geometry: An Applied IntroductionSIGGRAPH ASIA 2008 COURSE NOTES ORGANIZERS Eitan Grinspun Max Wardetzky LECTURERS Mathieu Desbrun Peter Schrder Max Wardetzky PrefaceThe behavior of physical systems is typically described b
Columbia - DDG - 2008
Discrete Differential Geometry: An Applied IntroductionSIGGRAPH ASIA 2008 COURSE NOTES ORGANIZERS Eitan Grinspun Max Wardetzky LECTURERS Mathieu Desbrun Peter Schrder Max Wardetzky PrefaceThe behavior of physical systems is typically described b
Columbia - DDG - 06
Discrete Differential Geometry: An Applied IntroductionEitan Grinspunwith Mathieu Desbrun, Konrad Polthier, Peter Schrder, & Ari SternDDG Course SIGGRAPH 20061Differential GeometryWhy do we care?geometry of surfaces mothertongue of physical
Columbia - DDG - 06
Big PictureDeriving a whole Discrete Calculusyou need first a discrete domainwill induce the notion of chains discrete representation of geometryDiscrete Exterior CalculusHow to Turn Your Mesh into a Computational StructureMathieu DesbrunApp
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OverviewPutting DEC to good use Fluids, fluids, fluidsgeometric interpretation of classical models discrete geometric interpretationnew geometry-based integration techniqueApplications of DEC:Fluid Mechanics and MeshingMathieu Desbrun Applied
Columbia - DDG - 06
Three Points Make a Triangle Or a CirclePeter Schrderjoint work with Liliya Kharevych, Boris Springborn, Alexander Bobenko DDG Course SIGGRAPH 20061In This SectionCircles as basic primitiveits all about the underlying geometry!Euclidean: tria
Columbia - DDG - 06
Discrete Geometric Mechanics and Variational IntegratorsAri Stern, CaltechIntroduction The lesson thus far today: Understanding the geometry of spaceleads to better discretizations. A geometric viewpoint meansunderstanding symmetries and in
Columbia - DDG - 05
Discrete Differential Geometry: An Applied IntroductionEitan Grinspunwith Mathieu Desbrun & Peter SchrderDDG Course SIGGRAPH 20051Differential GeometryWhy do we care?geometry of surfaces mothertongue of physical theoriesSpringbornGrape (u.
Columbia - DDG - 05
A First Look at DDG: Discrete CurvesEitan Grinspun, Columbia UniversityPart I: plane curvesSecantA line through two points on the curve.SecantA line through two points on the curve.Tangent, the rst approximantThe limiting secant as the tw
Columbia - DDG - 05
Invariant Measures of Convex SetsEitan Grinspun, Columbia University Peter Schrder, CaltechWhat will we measure?Subject to be measured, S an object living in n-dim space convex, compact subset of Rn e.g., points, edges, faces?What will w
Columbia - DDG - 05
OverviewFluids, fluids, fluidsDiscrete Differential FluidsAn Application of Discrete Differential Modeling to Fluid Mechanicsgeometric interpretation of classical models discrete geometric interpretationnew integration techniqueBigger Pictur
Columbia - DDG - 05
Three Points Make a Triangle Or a CirclePeter Schrderjoint work with Liliya Kharevych, Boris Springborn, Alexander Bobenko DDG Course SIGGRAPH 20051In This SectionCircles as basic primitiveits all about the underlying geometry!Euclidean: tria
Columbia - DDG - 05
The Big PictureMeshing, an essential preprocessing stepMeshing: A (Biased) Crash CourseFor surface representationcomplex geometry with a few basic geometric primitivesFor simulation of physical phenomenarealistic/accurate animation of fluid,
Columbia - QPROBER - 2003
QProber: A System for Automatic Classication of Hidden-Web DatabasesLUIS GRAVANO and PANAGIOTIS G. IPEIROTIS Columbia University and MEHRAN SAHAMI Stanford UniversityThe contents of many valuable Web-accessible databases are only available through
Columbia - QPROBER - 2001
Probe, Count, and Classify: Categorizing Hidden-Web DatabasesPanagiotis G. Ipeirotispirot@cs.columbia.eduLuis Gravanogravano@cs.columbia.eduMehran Sahamisahami@epiphany.comComputer Science Dept. Columbia University ABSTRACTComputer Scienc
Columbia - QPROBER - 2002
Distributed Search over the Hidden Web: Hierarchical Database Sampling and SelectionPanagiotis G. Ipeirotis Columbia Universitypirot@cs.columbia.eduLuis Gravano Columbia Universitygravano@cs.columbia.eduAbstractMany valuable text databases on
Columbia - QPROBER - 2004
When one Sample is not Enough: Improving Text Database Selection Using ShrinkagePanagiotis G. Ipeirotis Computer Science Department Columbia University pirot@cs.columbia.edu ABSTRACTDatabase selection is an important step when searching over large
Columbia - QPROBER - 2005
Modeling and Managing Content Changes in Text DatabasesPanagiotis G. Ipeirotispanos@nyu.eduAlexandros NtoulasJunghoo ChoLuis Gravanogravano@cs.columbia.edu{ntoulas,cho}@cs.ucla.eduNew York UniversityUniversity of California, Los Angele
Columbia - QPROBER - 2001
PERSIVAL Demo: Categorizing Hidden-Web ResourcesPanagiotis G. IpeirotisComputer Science Dept. Columbia UniversityLuis GravanoComputer Science Dept. Columbia UniversityMehran SahamiE.piphany, Inc.pirot@cs.columbia.edugravano@cs.columbia.ed
Columbia - QPROBER - 2000
Automatic Classication of Text Databases through Query ProbingPanagiotis G. IpeirotisComputer Science Dept. Columbia UniversityLuis GravanoComputer Science Dept. Columbia UniversityMehran SahamiE.piphany, Inc.pirot@cs.columbia.edu ABSTRACT
Columbia - QPROBER - 2001
AbstractColumbia University - PERSIVAL ProjectExperimental ResultsQProber: Categorizing Hidden-Web Resourceshttp:/qprober.cs.columbia.edu/Panagiotis G. Ipeirotis, Luis Gravano, Mehran Sahamia aabComputer Science Department, Columbia Univer
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Combining Strategies for Extracting Relations from Text CollectionsEugene Agichtein Eleazar Eskin Luis GravanoDepartment of Computer Science Columbia University {eugene,eeskin,gravano}@cs.columbia.edu AbstractText documents often contain valuable
Columbia - CS - 01
Eugene Agichtein, Luis Gravano, Jeff Pavel, Viktoriya Sokolova, Aleksandr Voskoboynik Computer Science Department Columbia University eugene,gravano,jeff,vicky,av69 @cs.columbia.edu
Columbia - CS - 2003
BIOINFORMATICSVol. 19 Suppl. 1 2003, pages i340i349 DOI: 10.1093/bioinformatics/btg1047Extracting synonymous gene and protein terms from biological literatureHong Yu and Eugene AgichteinDepartment of Computer Science, Columbia University, New
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Querying Text Databases for Efcient Information ExtractionEugene Agichtein Luis GravanoColumbia University E-mail: {eugene,gravano}@cs.columbia.edu AbstractA wealth of information is hidden within unstructured text. This information is often best
Columbia - CS - 03
QXtract: A Building Block for Efcient Information Extraction from Text DatabasesEugene Agichtein Luis Gravano Columbia University {eugene, gravano}@cs.columbia.eduBackground: A wealth of information is hidden within unstructured text. This informat
Columbia - CS - 03
Modeling Query-Based Access to Text DatabasesEugene Agichtein Panagiotis IpeirotisColumbia University{eugene,pirot,gravano}@cs.columbia.eduLuis GravanoABSTRACTSearchable text databases abound on the web. Applications that require access to su
Columbia - VCC - 091808
MCI and VCC WORKING PAPER SERIES d ON INVESTMENT IN THE MILLENNIUM CITIES No 02/2008KUMASI MARKETING STRATEGY: TOURISMDario Cacciatore I Andre Le I Nicholas Levi-Gardes Kenny Sai-Kin Hsu Antonio Lopez Reus ISEPTEMBER 2008432 South Park Avenue,
Columbia - VCC - 2006
Without investment, the countries have nothing to tradeBy Dr Karl P Sauvant Published: December 27 2006 02:00 | Last updated: December 27 2006 02:00From Dr Karl P. Sauvant. Sir, Paul Collier identifies "Africa's three main problems and how to fix
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Jay SethuramanEDUCATIONMassachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA PhD in Operations Research, August 1999 Thesis title: Scheduling Job Shops and Multiclass Queueing Networks using Fluid and Semidenite Relaxations Indian Institute of Scien
Columbia - WWW1 - 03
A Cooperative Immunization System for an Untrusting InternetKostas G. Anagnostakis Michael B. Greenwald Sotiris IoannidisAngelos D. KeromytisDekai LiCIS Department, University of Pennsylvania 200 S. 33rd Str., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA Emai
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A Secure PlanMichael Hicks and Angelos D. Keromytis?Distributed Systems Lab CIS Department, University of Pennsylvania 200 S. 33rd Str., Philadelphia, PA 19104, USAfmwh,angelosg@dsl.cis.upenn.eduAbstract. Active Networks promise greater exibilit
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Optimal Cryptographic Hardness of Learning Monotone FunctionsDana Dachman-Soled, Homin K. Lee, Tal Malkin, Rocco A. Servedio, Andrew Wan, and Hoeteck Wee{dglasner,homin,tal,rocco,atw12,hoeteck}@cs.columbia.edu Abstract. A wide range of positive and
Columbia - CDG - 2006
Prediction and predictability of global epidemics:arXiv:q-bio.OT/0507029 v1 18 Jul 2005the role of the airline transportation networkVittoria Colizza1 , Alain Barrat2, Marc Barth lemy1 , and Alessandro Vespignani1 e December 11, 20051School o