—We consider a scheduling problem in which a bounded number of jobs can be processed simultaneously by a single machine. The input is a set of n jobs J = {J1, . . . , Jn}. Each j...
Research in information sciences in recent years has dealt with how to support collaborative work across time, space and organizational boundaries. However, this research neglecte...
We suggest a general paradigm of using large-scale distributed computation to solve difficult problems, but where humans can act as agents and provide candidate solutions. We are e...
Craig Gentry, Zulfikar Ramzan, Stuart G. Stubblebi...
Abstract In recent years, the Constraint Programming (CP) and Operations Research (OR) communities have explored the advantages of combining CP and OR techniques to formulate and s...
Applying information and communication technologies to development (ICTD) is emerging as an interesting and motivating research area in computer science and engineering. It spans ...
Richard J. Anderson, Ruth E. Anderson, Gaetano Bor...