It is widely accepted in Distributed Artificial Intelligence that a crucial property of artificial agents is their autonomy. Whereas agent autonomy enables features of agent-base...
Computer users rely on software tools to work effectively and efficiently, but it is difficult for users to be aware of all the tools that might be useful to them. While there a...
In stand-alone databases, the two functions of ordering the transaction commits and making the effects of transactions durable are generally performed in one action, namely in the...
Sameh Elnikety, Steven G. Dropsho, Fernando Pedone
We propose a parallel MPI search engine that is capable of automatically switching between asynchronous message passing and bulk-synchronous message passing modes of operation. Whe...
Understanding and maintenance of complex information spaces is often supported through visual interfaces. These interfaces must be highly flexible in order to adapt to both the u...