Abstract— The role of gradient estimation in global optimization is investigated. The concept of a regional gradient is introduced as a tool for analyzing and comparing different...
Abstract. Ambient intelligent systems are defined as being able to perceive their environment, being aware of the presence of people and other agents, and respond intelligently to...
Abstract. Regular expressions with numerical constraints are an extension of regular expressions, allowing to bound numerically the number of times that a subexpression should be m...
Abstract. Memory is a vital capability for intelligent social Companions. In this paper, we introduce a simple memory model that allows a Companion to maintain a long-term relation...
Mei Yii Lim, Ruth Aylett, Wan Ching Ho, Sibylle En...
Abstract— Each time more grows the necessity of guaranteeing itself security and trustworthiness of the equipment during the execution of the industrials processes. Then, it is v...
Raphaela G. Fernandes, Diego R. Cabral Silva, Luiz...