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NIPS
2007
13 years 9 months ago
Modelling motion primitives and their timing in biologically executed movements
Biological movement is built up of sub-blocks or motion primitives. Such primitives provide a compact representation of movement which is also desirable in robotic control applica...
Ben H. Williams, Marc Toussaint, Amos J. Storkey
ATAL
2009
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Using rituals to express cultural differences in synthetic characters
There is currently an ongoing demand for richer Intelligent Virtual Environments (IVEs) populated with social intelligent agents. As a result, many agent architectures are taking ...
Samuel Mascarenhas, João Dias, Nuno Afonso,...
CASCON
1992
127views Education» more  CASCON 1992»
13 years 9 months ago
Overview of multidatabase transaction management
A multidatabase system (MDBS) is a facility that allows users access to data located in multiple autonomous database management systems (DBMSs). In such a system, globaltransaction...
Yuri Breitbart, Hector Garcia-Molina, Abraham Silb...
ICDE
2008
IEEE
118views Database» more  ICDE 2008»
14 years 9 months ago
Robust Runtime Optimization of Data Transfer in Queries over Web Services
Self-managing solutions have recently attracted a lot of interest from the database community. The need for self-* properties is more evident in distributed applications comprising...
Anastasios Gounaris, Christos Yfoulis, Rizos Sakel...
ATAL
2010
Springer
13 years 5 months ago
Occlusion-aware multi-UAV surveillance
We present an agent-based coordination and planning method for aerial surveillance of multiple urban areas using a group of fixed-wing unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). The method ...
Eduard Semsch, Michal Jakob, Dusan Pavlícek...