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ICAC
2009
IEEE
14 years 3 months ago
Applying genetic algorithms to decision making in autonomic computing systems
Increasingly, applications need to be able to self-reconfigure in response to changing requirements and environmental conditions. Autonomic computing has been proposed as a means...
Andres J. Ramirez, David B. Knoester, Betty H. C. ...
ATAL
2009
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Altruism and agents: an argumentation based approach to designing agent decision mechanisms
We present an argument-based qualitative decision-making framework in which the social values promoted or demoted by alternative action-options are explicitly represented. We show...
Trevor J. M. Bench-Capon, Katie Atkinson, Peter Mc...
ESWS
2009
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
ONTOCOM Revisited: Towards Accurate Cost Predictions for Ontology Development Projects
Reliable methods to assess the costs and benefits of ontologies are an important instrument to demonstrate the tangible business value of semantic technologies within enterprises,...
Elena Paslaru Bontas Simperl, Igor O. Popov, Tobia...
IVA
2009
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Teaching Computers to Conduct Spoken Interviews: Breaking the Realtime Barrier with Learning
Abstract. Several challenges remain in the effort to build software capable of conducting realtime dialogue with people. Part of the problem has been a lack of realtime flexibili...
Gudny Ragna Jonsdottir, Kristinn R. Thóriss...
SAFECOMP
2009
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
Establishing a Framework for Dynamic Risk Management in 'Intelligent' Aero-Engine Control
The behaviour of control functions in safety critical software systems is typically bounded to prevent the occurrence of known system level hazards. These bounds are typically deri...
Zeshan Kurd, Tim Kelly, John A. McDermid, Radu Cal...