We propose a new probabilistic approach to information retrieval based upon the ideas and methods of statistical machine translation. The central ingredient in this approach is a ...
In the RETSINA multi-agent system, each agent is provided with an internal planning component—the RETSINA planner. Each agent, using its internal planner, formulates detailed pla...
Massimo Paolucci, Onn Shehory, Katia P. Sycara, Di...
Psychological acceptability has been mentioned as a requirement for secure systems for as long as least privilege and fail safe defaults, but until now has been all but ignored in...
Numerous mathematical approaches have been proposed to determine the optimal checkpoint interval for minimizing total execution time of an application in the presence of failures....
Abstract. The last decades have seen the emergence of the sea of objects paradigm for structuring complex distributed systems on workstations and local area networks. In this appro...