Vivid agents [48] are software-controlled systems whose state comprises the mental components of knowledge, perceptions, tasks, and intentions, and whose behaviour is represented ...
—This paper introduces HOpiPn, the higher-order pi-calculus with passivation and name creation, and develops an equivalence theory for this calculus. Passivation [Schmitt and Ste...
We define the concept of dependence among multiple variables using maximum entropy techniques and introduce a graphical notation to denote the dependencies. Direct inference of in...
This paper presents a conceptual framework for understanding knowledge integration in distributed networks of practice. The framework builds upon Grant’s knowledge-based theory ...
As the result of the development of Fuzzy Multiple Criteria Decision Making (FMCDM) with the help of fuzzy set theory a number of innovations have been made possible. The new appr...