The primary objective of a knowledge-based system (KBS) is to use stored knowledge to provide support for decision-making activities. Empirical studies identify improvements in de...
Design decisions for complex, component-based systems impact multiple quality of service (QoS) properties. Often, means to improve one quality property deteriorate another one. In ...
Anne Martens, Danilo Ardagna, Heiko Koziolek, Raff...
Replication is widely used in unstructured peer-to-peer systems to improve search or achieve availability. We identify and solve a subclass of replication problems where each obje...
Christof Leng, Wesley W. Terpstra, Bettina Kemme, ...
: We present a spatial model of group interaction in virtual environments. The model aims to provide flexible and natural support for managing conversations among large groups gath...
An auditory "scene", composed of overlapping acoustic sources, can be viewed as a complex object whose constituent parts are the individual sources. Pitch is known to be...