The weighted energy-dissipation principle stands as a novel variational tool for the study of dissipative evolution and has been already applied to rate-independent systems and gra...
at different levels of abstraction. There are two very different ways of using such languages. One approach is based on the manifestation of a single model, with construction of di...
— A sensor network is a collection of wireless devices that are able to monitor physical or environmental conditions. These devices are expected to operate autonomously, be batte...
This paper describes design criteria for creating highly embedded, interactive spaces that we call Intelligent Environments. The motivation for building these systems is to bring ...
The concept of living technology--that is, technology that is based on the powerful core features of life--is explained and illustrated with examples from artificial life software,...
Mark A. Bedau, John S. McCaskill, Norman H. Packar...