We examine a class of collective coin- ipping games that arises from randomized distributed algorithms with halting failures. In these games, a sequence of local coin ips is gener...
Abstract. Case retrieval is an important problem in several commercially signi cant application areas, such as industrial con guration and manufacturing problems. In this paper we ...
This paper discusses conditions under which some of the “higher level” mental concepts applicable to human beings might also be applicable to artificial agents. The key idea ...
The appearance of a particular object depends on both the viewpoint from which it is observed and the light sources by which it is illuminated. If the appearance of two objects is...
The structures of space and time are identified as essential for the realization of cognitive systems. It is suggested that the omnipresence of space and time may have been respons...