— In order to predict the durability of engineering components and improve performance, it is mandatory to understand residual stresses. The last decade has witnessed a significa...
Shu Yan Zhang, Willem J. J. Vorster, Tea-Sung Jun,...
Dynamic plan execution strategies allow an autonomous agent to respond to uncertainties while improving robustness and reducing the need for an overly conservative plan. Executive...
Patrick R. Conrad, Julie A. Shah, Brian C. William...
We study a more powerful variant of false-name manipulation in Internet auctions: an agent can submit multiple false-name bids, but then, once the allocation and payments have bee...
Securing wireless sensor networks against node capture is a challenging task. All well-known random key pre-distribution systems, including the Eschenauer and Gligor's pionee...
Peer-to-Peer file-sharing applications suffer from a fundamental problem of unfairness. Free-riders cause slower download times for others by contributing little or no upload band...