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ER
2010
Springer
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13 years 6 months ago
Adaptation in Open Systems: Giving Interaction Its Rightful Place
Abstract. We address the challenge of adaptation in open systems. Open systems are characterized by interactions among autonomous and heterogeneous participants. In such systems, e...
Fabiano Dalpiaz, Amit K. Chopra, Paolo Giorgini, J...
WINE
2009
Springer
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14 years 2 months ago
Gaming Dynamic Parimutuel Markets
We study the strategic behavior of risk-neutral non-myopic agents in Dynamic Parimutuel Markets (DPM). In a DPM, agents buy or sell shares of contracts, whose future payoff in a p...
Qianya Lin, Yiling Chen
MSV
2004
13 years 9 months ago
Correctness Criteria for Models' Validation- A Philosophical Perspective
Valid models are central to the existence of Computer science as in most other disciplines, but at what point can one say that a model is valid and hence correct? is often taken t...
Ijeoma Sandra Irobi, Johan Andersson, Anders Wall
CVPR
2008
IEEE
14 years 9 months ago
Boosted deformable model for human body alignment
This paper studies image alignment, the problem of learning a shape and appearance model from labeled data and efficiently fitting the model to a non-rigid object with large varia...
Xiaoming Liu 0002, Ting Yu, Thomas Sebastian, Pete...
CSCW
2010
ACM
14 years 4 months ago
Perceptions of trustworthiness online: the role of visual and textual information
People increasingly rely on social networking websites to initiate personal and professional relationships. This requires that a considerable amount of trust be placed in stranger...
Catalina L. Toma