Combining multiple global models (e.g. back-propagation based neural networks) is an effective technique for improving classification accuracy by reducing a variance through manipu...
This paper explores the issue of user embodiment within collaborative virtual environments. By user embodiment we mean the provision of users with appropriate body images so as to...
Steve Benford, John Bowers, Lennart E. Fahlé...
This paper describes an efficient optimistic concurrency control scheme for use in distributed database systems in which objects are cached and manipulated at client machines whil...
Atul Adya, Robert Gruber, Barbara Liskov, Umesh Ma...
In the past five years, we have designed and evolved an interlingua for sharing explanations generated by various automated systems such as hybrid web-based question answering sys...
Deborah L. McGuinness, Li Ding, Paulo Pinheiro da ...
In this article a formal model applying REST architectural principles to the description of semantic web services is introduced, including the discussion of its syntax and operati...