We consider submodular optimization problems, and provide a general way of translating oracle inapproximability results arising from the symmetry gap technique to computational co...
System administrators are unique computer users. As power users in complex and high-risk work environments, intuition tells us that they may have requirements of the tools they us...
Nicole F. Velasquez, Suzanne P. Weisband, Alexandr...
Interactive configurators are decision support systems assisting users in selecting values for parameters that respect given constraints. The underlying knowledge can be convenien...
Cooperation among autonomous agents has been discussed in the DAI community for several years. Papers about cooperation 6,45 , negotiation 33 , distributed planning 5 , and coalit...
Communication and coordination play an important role in achieving concurrency in the design of large complex artifacts. It is also widely accepted that design is constraint orien...