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2010
SPRINGER
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On artificial immune systems and swarm intelligence
Abstract This position paper explores the nature and role of two bio-inspired paradigms, namely Artificial Immune Systems (AIS) and Swarm Intelligence (SI). We argue that there are...
Jon Timmis, Paul S. Andrews, Emma Hart
IJCAI
2007
15 years 8 months ago
Case-Based Techniques Used for Dialogue Understanding and Planning in a Human-Robot Dialogue System
We describe an approach to the use of case-based techniques for natural language understanding and for action planning in a system for dialogue between a human and a robot, which ...
Karolina Eliasson
AVI
2008
15 years 9 months ago
SyncDecor: communication appliances for virtual cohabitation
Despite the fact that various means of communication such as mobile phones, instant messenger and e-mail are now widespread; many romantic couples separated by long distances worr...
Hitomi Tsujita, Koji Tsukada, Itiro Siio
SIGADA
2005
Springer
16 years 3 days ago
Modeling SPARK systems with UML
In this paper, we will consider two aspects of UML in order to assess how well suited it is for modeling SPARK systems. The first aspect is the ability to represent SPARK in UML f...
Xavier Sautejeau
ICSE
2003
IEEE-ACM
16 years 6 months ago
A Model and a Design Approach to Building QoS Adaptive Systems
The paper introduces a system model called the probabilistic asynchronous model which characterises the context in which many practical and the Internet-based applications are bui...
Paul D. Ezhilchelvan, Santosh K. Shrivastava