Given a set of closed intervals I="{[a1,b1],…a2,[ak,bk]}k,bk]}, the Interval-Merging Problem is to find a minimum-cardinality set of intervals M(I)="{[x1,y1],[x2,y2],…,[xj,yj]}, j ⩽ k, such that the real numbers represented by I="⋃i= 1k[ai,bi] equal those represented by M(I)="⋃i="1j[xi,yi].
For the blocked merged LCS problem, we propose an algorithm with time complexity O(n2m), where m is the number of blocks.
As with judgment aggregation, belief merging addresses the problem of fusing several individual bases expressed in propositional logic into a consistent one.
A plan announced on Wednesday to merge the problem-riddled Long Island Rail Road with the relatively civilized Metro-North Railroad has drawn both raised eyebrows and tentative praise.
David Chai, a spokesman for Mr. Klein, said the legislation was unnecessary because Mr. Klein was merging the two problem-plagued agencies responsible for school construction.
Our habit of moralizing problems, merging them with intuitions of purity and contamination, and resting content when we feel the right feelings, can get in the way of doing the right thing.
The UP's problems merging with Southern Pacific will be solved, he says; the railroad has tremendous potential.
Network Rail has been installing new signalling as part of a £25m upgrade and said last week's over-running works were due to problems merging new equipment with old equipment.
