— Opportunistic communication allows humans equipped with mobile devices to exchange information via a wireless link whenever they are nearby. This work examines the performance ...
Large systems of agents deployed in a real-world environment face threats to their problem solving performance that are independent of the complexity of the problem or the charact...
Abstract The application of data mining algorithms needs a goal-oriented preprocessing of the data. In practical applications the preprocessing task is very time consuming and has ...
Wireless sensor networks are often studied with the goal of removing information from the network as efficiently as possible. However, when the application also includes an actuato...
Given the increasing investment on information technology (IT) and Web site features, it becomes crucial to measure reliably the impact of these characteristics on the overall qua...