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BC
2004
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13 years 7 months ago
Analysis of mechanical impedance in human arm movements using a virtual tennis system
The dynamic characteristics of human upper extremities are usually expressed by mechanical impedance. Although many studies have discussed human impedance characteristics, there ar...
Toshio Tsuji, Yusaku Takeda, Yoshiyuki Tanaka
TJS
2002
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13 years 7 months ago
A Virtual Test Facility for the Simulation of Dynamic Response in Materials
The Center for Simulating Dynamic Response of Materials at the California Institute of Technology is constructing a virtual shock physics facility for studying the response of vari...
Julian Cummings, Michael Aivazis, Ravi Samtaney, R...
ATAL
2004
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
Brain Meets Brawn: Why Grid and Agents Need Each Other
The Grid and agent communities both develop concepts and mechanisms for open distributed systems, albeit from different perspectives. The Grid community has historically focused o...
Ian T. Foster, Nicholas R. Jennings, Carl Kesselma...
HICSS
2009
IEEE
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14 years 2 months ago
Explaining the Continuous Use of Social Virtual Worlds: An Applied Theory of Planned Behavior Approach
Social virtual worlds (SVWs) have become increasingly popular spaces for social interaction. To be attractive to engage with, maintaining a sufficient base of active users is a si...
Jani Merikivi, Matti Mäntymäki
SOCIALCOM
2010
13 years 2 months ago
The Swarm Model in Open Source Software Developer Communities
Most of the current swarm model studies and applications try to mimic the collective behaviors of social animals, such as birds and ants. The studies seek to solve tasks similar to...
Xiaohui Cui, Justin M. Beaver, Everett Stiles, Lau...