In the multilevel generalized assignment problem (MGAP) agents can perform tasks at more than one efficiency level. Important manufacturing problems, such as lot sizing, can be ea...
Enterprise networks are important, with size and complexity even surpassing carrier networks. Yet, the design of enterprise networks remains ad-hoc and poorly understood. In this p...
Yu-Wei Eric Sung, Sanjay G. Rao, Geoffrey G. Xie, ...
We describe an innovative solution to the problem of scheduling astronomy observations for the Stratospheric Observatory for Infrared Astronomy, an airborne observatory. The probl...
The first part of the paper develops a novel, sortally-based approach to the problem of aspectual composition. The account is argued to be superior on both empirical and computati...
Negotiation events in industrial procurement involving multiple, highly customisable goods pose serious challenges to buying agents when trying to determine the best set of provid...