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DALT
2004
Springer
14 years 1 months ago
A Lightweight Coordination Calculus for Agent Systems
The concept of a social norm is used in multi-agent systems to specify behaviours required of agents interacting in a given social context. We describe a method for specifying soci...
David Robertson
ATAL
2008
Springer
13 years 10 months ago
Max-sum decentralised coordination for sensor systems
A key challenge for the successful deployment of systems consisting of multiple autonomous networked sensors is the development of decentralised mechanisms to coordinate the activ...
W. T. Luke Teacy, Alessandro Farinelli, N. J. Grab...
VTC
2007
IEEE
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14 years 2 months ago
An Efficient HCF Scheduling Mechanism in Mixed Traffic Scenarios
In this paper an efficient scheduling mechanism for wireless local area networks (WLAN) is proposed. This innovative scheme, named hybrid HCCA-EDCA centralised scheme (HHECS), is b...
David Gozalvez, Jose F. Monserrat, Javier Goz&aacu...
IAT
2007
IEEE
14 years 2 months ago
Multi-Period Combinatorial Auction Mechanism for Distributed Resource Allocation and Scheduling
We consider the problem of resource allocation and scheduling where information and decisions are decentralized, and our goal is to propose a market mechanism that allows resource...
Hoong Chuin Lau, Shih-Fen Cheng, Thin Yin Leong, J...
NCA
2003
IEEE
14 years 1 months ago
Adaptive Use of Network-Centric Mechanisms in Cyber-Defense
Attacks against distributed systems frequently start at the network layer by gathering network related information (such as open TCP ports) and continue on by exhausting resources...
Michael Atighetchi, Partha Pratim Pal, Franklin We...