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How to deal with Android fragmentation: closed source

Could Google take a leaf from Microsoft's book and rein in the handset manufacturers by taking closer control over... Read more

21 February, 2011

Further lessons of closed source software

Recently I was on the task of getting some scripts together for handling FTP commands to run several time a day to move... Read more

24 April, 2012

EU issues veiled warning on closed e-book standards

It may be necessary for regulators to push for open standards in the nascent electronic publishing sector, digital... Read more

14 October, 2011

Open Source ... and ... Closed Minds

Some comments I have seen in the Open Source Community recently have set me to thinking about the general reaction to... Read more

24 June, 2011
<endeca_term>Closed</endeca_term>-Form Throughput Expressions for CSMA Networks With Collisions and Hidden Terminals

Closed-Form Throughput Expressions for CSMA Networks With Collisions and Hidden Terminals

The authors present a novel modeling approach to derive closed-form throughput expressions for CSMA networks with hidden terminals. The key modeling... Read more

13 January, 2012
An Efficient Mining Algorithm by Bit Vector Table for Frequent <endeca_term>Closed</endeca_term> Itemsets

An Efficient Mining Algorithm by Bit Vector Table for Frequent Closed Itemsets

Abstract - Mining frequent closed itemsets in data streams is an important task in stream data mining... Read more

1 November, 2011
<endeca_term>Closed</endeca_term>-Form Analysis of Multibranch Switched Diversity With Noncoherent and Differentially Coherent Detection

Closed-Form Analysis of Multibranch Switched Diversity With Noncoherent and Differentially Coherent Detection

Exact closed-form analytical expressions are derived for the average bit error probability of... Read more

19 July, 2011
Downlink Femtocell Networks: Open or <endeca_term>Closed</endeca_term>

Downlink Femtocell Networks: Open or Closed

...is the set of users which are allowed to access each femtocell. Closed access restricts the set to specifically registered users, while open access allows... Read more

7 July, 2011
Near Capacity Linear <endeca_term>Closed</endeca_term> Form Precoders Design With Recursive Stream Selection for MU-MIMO Broadcast Channels

Near Capacity Linear Closed Form Precoders Design With Recursive Stream Selection for MU-MIMO Broadcast Channels

This paper proposes a novel Closed Form (CF) precoders design for Multi-User Multiple Input Multiple Output Broadcast... Read more

22 April, 2011
<endeca_term>Closed</endeca_term> World Chasing

Closed World Chasing

The authors give a new closed world semantics for data exchange called constructible solutions semantics, and argue that... Read more

25 March, 2011
Error-Resistant Differential Feedback of Long-Term Covariance Matrix in <endeca_term>Closed</endeca_term>-Loop MIMO

Error-Resistant Differential Feedback of Long-Term Covariance Matrix in Closed-Loop MIMO

One method of obtaining channel information for closed-loop SU-MIMO or MU-MIMO is for the mobile to feed... Read more

23 October, 2010
Interference Management for DS-CDMA Systems Through <endeca_term>Closed</endeca_term>-Loop Power Control, Base Station Assignment, and Beamforming

Interference Management for DS-CDMA Systems Through Closed-Loop Power Control, Base Station Assignment, and Beamforming

In this paper, the authors propose a Smart Step closed-loop Power Control (SSPC) algorithm and a Base Station Assignment method based... Read more

1 June, 2010
Performance Analysis of Open Loop and <endeca_term>Closed</endeca_term> Loop Power Control Schemes for LTE Uplink

Performance Analysis of Open Loop and Closed Loop Power Control Schemes for LTE Uplink

...a required SINR level. The LTE power control mechanism constitutes of a closed loop component operating around an open loop point of operation Read more

21 March, 2012
<endeca_term>Closed</endeca_term> Room 1.0.4

Closed Room 1.0.4

FREE classic escape game! --- CLOSED ROOM ---While walking along a strange street, you find a mysterious poster... Read more

10 February, 2012
<endeca_term>Closed</endeca_term> Room 2 Perfect Guide 1.0.2

Closed Room 2 Perfect Guide 1.0.2

Cant figure how to escape the CLOSED ROOM 2 ? Are you finding the puzzles too difficult? If so, consider... Read more

8 February, 2012

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