In this paper we outline a framework for assuring information quality (IQ) in an e-Science context, using semiotics theory, semantic explanation of resources, and data couplings. ...
This paper describes Icarus, an agent architecture that embeds a hierarchical reinforcement learning algorithm within a language for specifying agent behavior. An Icarus program e...
ASL+ is a formalism for speci cation and programming in-the-large, based on an arbitrary institution. It has rules for proving the satisfaction and re nement of speci cations, whic...
: In fractal image compression the encoding step is computationally expensive. A large number of sequential searches through a list of domains (portions of the image) are carried o...
Science aims to develop an accurate understanding of reality through a variety of rigorously empirical and formal methods. Ontologies are used to formalize the meaning of terms wit...