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APPROX
2007
Springer
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A Knapsack Secretary Problem with Applications
We consider situations in which a decision-maker with a fixed budget faces a sequence of options, each with a cost and a value, and must select a subset of them online so as to ma...
Moshe Babaioff, Nicole Immorlica, David Kempe, Rob...
ATAL
2007
Springer
16 years 19 days ago
Dynamic task allocation within an open service-oriented MAS architecture
A MAS architecture consisting of service centers is proposed. Within each service center, a mediator coordinates service delivery by allocating individual tasks to corresponding t...
Ivan Jureta, Stéphane Faulkner, Youssef Ach...
ATAL
2007
Springer
16 years 19 days ago
Interactions between market barriers and communication networks in marketing systems
We investigate a framework where agents search for satisfying products by using referrals from other agents. Our model of a mechanism for transmitting word-of-mouth and the result...
Ian N. Durbach, Jan H. Hofmeyr
BTW
2007
Springer
189views Database» more  BTW 2007»
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Reconsidering Consistency Management in Shared Data Spaces for Emergency and Rescue Applications
: Efficient information sharing is very important for emergency and rescue operations. These operations often have to be performed in environments where no communication infrastruc...
Thomas Plagemann, Ellen Munthe-Kaas, Vera Goebel
CCS
2007
ACM
16 years 19 days ago
On the accuracy of decentralized virtual coordinate systems in adversarial networks
Virtual coordinate systems provide an accurate and efficient service that allows hosts on the Internet to determine the latency to arbitrary hosts without actively monitoring all ...
David John Zage, Cristina Nita-Rotaru