Stochastic Algorithms: Foundations and Applications

Invited Papers.- On Computation and Communication with Small Bias.- Design Strategies for Minimal Perfect Hash Functions.- Hamming, Permutations and Automata.- Probabilistic Techniques in Algorithmic Game Theory.- Randomized Algorithms and Probabilistic Analysis in Wireless Networking.- Contributed Papers.- A First Step Towards Analyzing the Convergence Time in Player-Specific Singleton Congestion Games.- Communication Problems in Random Line-of-Sight Ad-Hoc Radio Networks.- Approximate Discovery of Random Graphs.- A VNS Algorithm for Noisy Problems and Its Application to Project Portfolio Analysis.- Digit Set Randomization in Elliptic Curve Cryptography.- Lower Bounds for Hit-and-Run Direct Search.- An Exponential Gap Between LasVegas and Deterministic Sweeping Finite Automata.- Stochastic Methods for Dynamic OVSF Code Assignment in 3G Networks.- On the Support Size of Stable Strategies in Random Games.