The use of energy storage devices in homes has been advocated as one of the main ways of saving energy and reducing the reliance on fossil fuels in the future Smart Grid. However,...
Perukrishnen Vytelingum, Thomas Voice, Sarvapali D...
In this paper, we propose a Quantified Distributed Constraint Optimization problem (QDCOP) that extends the framework of Distributed Constraint Optimization problems (DCOPs). DCOP...
The management of natural resources is an intricate and consequential task. In particular, water management is at the forefront of public policy priorities in many countries becaus...
This paper describes the experience of QAST 2009, the third time a pilot track of CLEF has been held aiming to evaluate the task of Question Answering in Speech Transcripts. Four ...
Jordi Turmo, Pere Comas, Sophie Rosset, Olivier Ga...
In Mobile Social Networks (MSN) individuals with similar interests or commonalities connect to each other using the mobile phones. MSN are special kind of Ad-hoc Networks in which ...