The paper proposes a unification of the two main frameworks commonly used for the analysis of collective decisionmaking: the framework of preference aggregation, developed from t...
The Inscape Environment research project addresses issues in supporting the development of large systems by large numbers of programmers. One aspect of this research is the ‘‘...
Fast and accurate fault detection is becoming an essential component of management software for mission critical systems. A good fault detector makes possible to initiate repair a...
Resource allocation is a key problem in autonomic computing. In this paper we use a data center scenario to motivate the need for decentralization and cooperative negotiation, and...
Craig Boutilier, Rajarshi Das, Jeffrey O. Kephart,...
This paper focuses on the creation of a first order predicate calculus based regulation compliance-assistance system built upon an XML framework. Two areas of research that suppor...