When using communication in multi-robot systems it's often not desirable to choose an form of communication that separates the messages from the physical environment in which...
One of the most important problems for an intelligent tutoring system is deciding how to respond when a student asks for help. Responding cooperatively requires an understanding o...
Sybase's flagship database product, Adaptive Server Enterprise provides Native XML processing (NXS) support. In this paper we present our experience related to query processi...
Maintainability is an important issue in design where the accessibility of certain parts is determined for routine maintenance. In the past its study has been largely manual and l...
Well-designed indices can dramatically improve query performance. Including query workload information can produce indices that yield better overall throughput while balancing the...