In many application contexts, like statistical databases, scientific databases, query optimizers, OLAP, and so on, data are often summarized into synopses of aggregate values. Su...
Francesco Buccafurri, Filippo Furfaro, Domenico Sa...
A number of efficient methods for evaluating first-order and monadic-second order queries on finite relational structures are based on tree-decompositions of structures or quer...
The time-constrained packet routing problem is to schedule a set of packets to be transmitted through a multinode network, where every packet has a source and a destination (as in ...
A team-based competitive environment is a complex multiagent environment, in which agents are required to coordinate with each other not only to enhance their collective behavior,...
In many settings, agents need to identify competent partners to assist them in accomplishing tasks. Direct experience may not provide sufficient data to learn the competence of ot...