We introduce a new search problem motivated by computational metrology. The problem is as follows: we would like to locate two unknown numbers x, y [0, 1] with as little uncertain...
This paper presents a new model for understanding human behavior. In this model (FBM), behavior is a product of three factors: motivation, ability, and triggers, each of which has...
A challenge for many online production communities is to direct their members to accomplish tasks that are important to the group, even when these tasks may not match individual m...
The paper describes a design of a peer-to-peer system which is being developed currently to support file and service (help, advise) sharing in research groups and groups of learner...
Clustering is of central importance in a number of disciplines including Machine Learning, Statistics, and Data Mining. This paper has two foci: 1 It describes how existing algori...