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1、ConcentrationofMeasurefortheAnalysisofRandomizedAlgorithmsRandomizedalgorithmshavebecomeacentralpartofthealgorithmscurriculumbasedontheirincreasinglywidespreaduseinmodernapplications.Thisbookpresentsacoherentandunifiedtreatmentofprobabilistictechniquesforobtai
2、ninghighprobabilityestimatesontheperformanceofrandomizedalgorithms.ItcoversthebasictoolkitfromtheChernoff–Hoeffdingboundstomoresophisticatedtechniqueslikemartingalesandisoperimetricinequalities,aswellassomerecentdevel-opmentslikeTalagrand’sinequality,transpor
3、tationcostinequalitiesandlog-Sobolevin-equalities.Alongtheway,variationsonthebasicthemeareexamined,suchasChernoff–Hoeffdingboundsindependentsettings.Theauthorsemphasisecomparativestudyofthedifferentmethods,highlightingrespectivestrengthsandweaknessesinconcret
4、eexampleapplications.Theexpositionistailoredtodiscretesettingssufficientfortheanalysisofalgorithms,avoidingunnecessarymeasure-theoreticdetails,thusmakingthebookaccessibletocomputerscientistsaswellasprobabilistsanddiscretemathematicians.devdattp.dubhashiisProfe
5、ssorintheDepartmentofComputerScienceandEngineeringatChalmersUniversity,Sweden.HeearnedaPh.D.incomputersciencefromCornellUniversityandheldpositionsattheMax-Planck-InstituteforComputerScienceinSaarbruecken,BRICS,theUniversityofAarhus,andIITDelhi.Dubhashihaspubl
6、ishedwidelyatinternationalconferencesandinjournals,includingmanyspecialissuesdedicatedtobestcontributions.Hisresearchinterestsspantherangefromcom-binatorics,toprobabilisticanalysisofalgorithmsand,morerecently,tocomputationalsystemsbiologyanddistributedinforma
7、tionsystemssuchastheWeb.alessandropanconesiisProfessorofComputerScienceatSapienzaUniversityofRome.HeearnedaPh.D.incomputersciencefromCornellUniversityandistherecipientofthe1992ACMDannyLewinAward.Panconesihaspublishedmorethan50papersininternationaljournalsands
8、electiveconferenceproceedings,andheistheassociateeditoroftheJournalofDiscreteAlgorithmsandthedirectorofBiCi,theBertinoroInternationalCenterofInformatics.Hisresearchspansareasofalgorithmic