Real-time systems typically have to satisfy complex requirements, mapped to the task attributes, eventually guaranteed by the underlying scheduler. These systems consist of a mix ...
Abstract— High Speed Packet Access (HSPA), the latest evolution of the Wideband Code Division Multiple Access (WCDMA) standard, provides higher uplink data rates using higher-ord...
The evolution and existence of stable trust relations have been studied extensively in the context of social theory. However, reputation systems or trust schemes have only been re...
Sameer Pai, Tanya Roosta, Stephen B. Wicker, Shank...
— Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is a stochastic global optimization algorithm inspired by social behavior of bird flocking in search for food, which is a simple but powerful...
— Environments with varying reward contingencies constitute a challenge to many living creatures. In such conditions, animals capable of adaptation and learning derive an advanta...