Abstract. We explore a new general-purpose heuristic for nding highquality solutions to hard optimization problems. The method, called extremal optimization, is inspired by self-or...
Stefan Boettcher, Allon G. Percus, Michelangelo Gr...
In this paper we propose a novel software-only distributed sharedmemory system (SW-DSM), the Affinity Entry Consistency (AEC) protocol. The protocol is based on Entry Consistency ...
With the evolving availability of wireless communication servicesand of affordable mobile devices such as notebooks or Personal Digital Assistants, mobile computing is becoming wid...
— Humans are inclined to engage in long-lasting relationships whose stability does not only rely on cooperation, but often also on loyalty — our tendency to keep interacting wi...
Sven Van Segbroeck, Francisco C. Santos, Ann Now&e...
Cooperative problem solving with resource constraints are important in practical multi-agent systems. Resource constraints are necessary to handle practical problems including dis...
Toshihiro Matsui, Hiroshi Matsuo, Marius Silaghi, ...