We begin by observing that (discrete-time) QuasiBirth-Death Processes (QBDs) are equivalent, in a precise sense, to (discrete-time) probabilistic 1-Counter Automata (p1CAs), and b...
The paper studies a distributed implementation method for the BIP (Behavior, Interaction, Priority) component framework for modeling heterogeneous systems. BIP offers two powerful ...
Ananda Basu, Philippe Bidinger, Marius Bozga, Jose...
Sound is an important medium in our lives, but its ephemeral nature can be problematic when people cannot recall something they heard in the past. Motivated by everyday conversatio...
Gillian R. Hayes, Shwetak N. Patel, Khai N. Truong...
On-line decision making often involves query processing over time-varying data which arrives in the form of data streams from distributed locations. In such environments typically...
Watching a reflection in a glass window, one can often observe a multi-layered image consisting of a frontsurface reflection from the glass and a rear-surface reflection through t...