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SISW
2005
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
The Consequences of Decentralized Security in a Cooperative Storage System
Traditional storage systems have considered security as a problem to be solved at the perimeter: once a user is authenticated, each device internal to the system trusts the decisi...
Douglas Thain, Christopher Moretti, Paul Madrid, P...
ATAL
2005
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
An online POMDP algorithm for complex multiagent environments
In this paper, we present an online method for POMDPs, called RTBSS (Real-Time Belief Space Search), which is based on a look-ahead search to find the best action to execute at e...
Sébastien Paquet, Ludovic Tobin, Brahim Cha...
ATAL
2005
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
How local is that optimum? k-optimality for DCOP
In multi-agent systems where sets of joint actions (JAs) are generated, metrics are needed to evaluate these sets and efficiently allocate resources for the many JAs. For the case...
Jonathan P. Pearce, Rajiv T. Maheswaran, Milind Ta...
ATAL
2005
Springer
14 years 2 months ago
Modeling complex multi-issue negotiations using utility graphs
This paper presents an agent strategy for complex bilateral negotiations over many issues with inter-dependent valuations. We use ideas inspired by graph theory and probabilistic ...
Valentin Robu, D. J. A. Somefun, Johannes A. La Po...
GECCO
2005
Springer
140views Optimization» more  GECCO 2005»
14 years 2 months ago
Isolating the benefits of respect
The three mechanisms of crossover are transmission, assortment, and respect. Of these three mechanisms, assortment (i.e. recombination) is traditionally viewed as the primary feat...
Stephen Chen, Gregory Pitt