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ICPP
2008
IEEE
16 years 19 days ago
An Incentive-Compatible Mechanism for Scheduling Non-Malleable Parallel Jobs with Individual Deadlines
We design an incentive-compatible mechanism for scheduling n non-malleable parallel jobs on a parallel system comprising m identical processors. Each job is owned by a selfish us...
Thomas E. Carroll, Daniel Grosu
ICALT
2007
IEEE
16 years 16 days ago
Innovative Technologies for Learning in Science Laboratories
This paper summarizes results from two educational research Ph.D. theses carried out in recent years at the "Laboratoire de Robotique Pédagogique" of the Université de...
Frédéric Fournier, Martin Riopel
ATAL
2007
Springer
16 years 11 days ago
Multiagent based construction for human-like architecture
Collaborative construction is a main application in the field of autonomous systems. An interesting subject in the area is the construction of realistic human-like architecture. ...
Yifeng Zeng, Dennis Plougman Buus, Jorge Cordero H...
CEAS
2007
Springer
16 years 11 days ago
TV-ACTA: Embedding an Activity-Centered Interface for Task Management in Email
In contextual computing, where cues beyond direct user input are used to trigger computation, one of the most daunting challenges is inferring what the user is doing. For the doma...
Victoria Bellotti, Jim Thornton, Alvin Chin, Diane...
MRCO
2005
Springer
15 years 11 months ago
Using Activity Theory to Model Context Awareness
Abstract. One of the cornerstones of any intelligent entity is the ability to understand how occurrences in the surrounding world influence its own behaviour. Different states, o...
Anders Kofod-Petersen, Jörg Cassens