Stochastic Algorithms: Foundations and Applications 4th International Symposium, SAGA 2007, Zurich, Switzerland, September 13-14, 2007, Proceedings

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Stochastic Algorithms: Foundations and Applications, SAGA 2007, held in Zurich, Switzerland, in September 2007.
The 9 revised full papers and 5 invoted papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected out of 31 submissions for inclusion in the book. The contributed papers included in this volume cover both theoretical as well as applied aspects of stochastic computations whith a special focus on investigating the power of randomization in algorithmics.

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.