— This paper presents a new mathematical model for the human behavior called Stochastic Switched Linear Dynamical (SS-LD) model. The SS-LD model can be regarded as a natural exte...
Cooperation among autonomous agents involves an inherent degree of uncertainty. Agents determine for themselves when to initiate cooperation or to assist others, when to rescind c...
Abstract. Cooperation, a necessity for any peer-to-peer (P2P) cooperative service, is often achieved by rewarding good behavior now with the promise of future benefits. However, in...
Current e-service technology paradigms require the analysis and conceptual modeling of cooperative inter-organizational workflows. Cooperation among different organizations is base...
Abstract: This paper presents an application program interface (API) that enables applications to use applicationdefined scheduling algorithms in a way compatible with the scheduli...