— The aim of this paper is to investigate how stigmergic information allow each individual of a group of autonomous robots to take advantages from other individual behaviors. The...
A number of positioning identification techniques have been used for mobile robots. Dead reckoning is a popular method, but is not reliable when a robot travels long distances or ...
In this paper we report an ethnographic study of workarounds--informal temporary practices for handling exceptions to normal workflow--in a hospital environment. Workarounds are a...
Marina Kobayashi, Susan R. Fussell, Yan Xiao, F. J...
The popularity of instant messaging (IM) system creates a new way for human communication. Along with this trend, IM system is broadly applied in cooperative learning. There isnâ€...
— Although cooperation generally increases the amount of resources available to a community of nodes, thus improving individual and collective performance, it also allows for the...