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On the Selection of Optimal Index Configuration in OO Databases
An operation in object-oriented databases gives rise to the processing of a path. Several database operations may result into the same path. The authors address the problem of optimal index configuration for a single path. As it is shown an optimal index configuration for a path can be achieved by splitting the path into subpaths and by indexing each subpath with the optimal index organization. The authors present an algorithm which is able to select an optimal index configuration for a given path. The authors consider a limited number of existing indexing techniques (simple index, inherited index, nested inherited index, multi-index, and multi-inherited index) but the principles of the algorithm remain the same adding more indexing technique
Generalized Conley-Zehnder index
The Conley-Zehnder index associates an integer to any continuous path of
symplectic matrices starting from the identity and ending at a matrix which
does not admit 1 as an eigenvalue. We give new ways to compute this index.
Robbin and Salamon define a generalization of the Conley-Zehnder index for any
continuous path of symplectic matrices; this generalization is half integer
valued. It is based on a Maslov-type index that they define for a continuous
path of Lagrangians in a symplectic vector space , having
chosen a given reference Lagrangian . Paths of symplectic endomorphisms of
are viewed as paths of Lagrangians defined by their graphs
in and the
reference Lagrangian is the diagonal. Robbin and Salamon give properties of
this generalized Conley-Zehnder index and an explicit formula when the path has
only regular crossings. We give here an axiomatic characterization of this
generalized Conley-Zehnder index. We also give an explicit way to compute it
for any continuous path of symplectic matrices.Comment: arXiv admin note: substantial text overlap with arXiv:1201.372
Weinberg propagator of a free massive particle with an arbitrary spin from the BFV-BRST path integral
The transition amplitude is obtained for a free massive particle of arbitrary
spin by calculating the path integral in the index-spinor formulation within
the BFV-BRST approach. None renormalizations of the path integral measure were
applied. The calculation has given the Weinberg propagator written in the
index-free form with the use of index spinor. The choice of boundary conditions
on the index spinor determines holomorphic or antiholomorphic representation
for the canonical description of particle/antiparticle spin.Comment: 31 pages, Latex, version published in Class. Quantum Gra
Effective and Efficient Similarity Index for Link Prediction of Complex Networks
Predictions of missing links of incomplete networks like protein-protein
interaction networks or very likely but not yet existent links in evolutionary
networks like friendship networks in web society can be considered as a
guideline for further experiments or valuable information for web users. In
this paper, we introduce a local path index to estimate the likelihood of the
existence of a link between two nodes. We propose a network model with
controllable density and noise strength in generating links, as well as collect
data of six real networks. Extensive numerical simulations on both modeled
networks and real networks demonstrated the high effectiveness and efficiency
of the local path index compared with two well-known and widely used indices,
the common neighbors and the Katz index. Indeed, the local path index provides
competitively accurate predictions as the Katz index while requires much less
CPU time and memory space, which is therefore a strong candidate for potential
practical applications in data mining of huge-size networks.Comment: 8 pages, 5 figures, 3 table
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