When modifying or debugging a software system, among other tasks, developers must often understand and manipulate source code that crosscuts the system’s structure. These tasks ...
The event-condition-action paradigm (also known as triggers or rules) is a powerful technology. It gives a database “active” capabilities – the ability to react automatically...
In this paper, we describe the development of an Embodied Conversational Agent (ECA) implementing the concept of a companion, i.e. an agent supporting the persistent representatio...
Marc Cavazza, Cameron Smith, Daniel Charlton, Li Z...
—With the growing popularity of social networking, traditional Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and Telecom operators have both started exploring new opportunities to boost thei...
—Highways are an essential component of our society because they are critical to quality of life and to local and national economies. Under good conditions, highways provide a sa...
Liviu Iftode, Stephen Smaldone, Mario Gerla, James...