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ATAL
2007
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
A swarm based approximated algorithm to the extended generalized assignment problem (E-GAP)
This paper addresses distributed task allocation in complex scenarios modeled using the distributed constraint optimization problem (DCOP) formalism. We propose and evaluate a nov...
Paulo Roberto Ferreira Jr., Felipe S. Boffo, Ana L...
WSC
2008
13 years 10 months ago
Application of spatial visualization for probabilistic hurricanes risk assessment to build environment
Hurricanes have caused extensive economic losses and social disruption in the past two decades in the United States. A key component for improving building and infrastructure prac...
Yue Li, Tyler A. Erickson
CSCW
2008
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Situated practices of looking: visual practice in an online world
Graphical virtual worlds are increasingly significant sites of collaborative interaction. Many argue that the simulation of the everyday environment makes them particularly effect...
Lilly Irani, Gillian R. Hayes, Paul Dourish
HRI
2010
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Pointing to space: modeling of deictic interaction referring to regions
In daily conversation, we sometimes observe a deictic interaction scene that refers to a region in a space, such as saying "please put it over there" with pointing. How c...
Yasuhiko Hato, Satoru Satake, Takayuki Kanda, Mich...
TKDE
2002
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13 years 7 months ago
An Approach of Implementing General Learning Companions for Problem Solving
Adding a learning companion, a computer simulated social agent, to a computer based learning system can enhance its educational value by enriching the way in which the computer and...
Chih-Yueh Chou, Tak-Wai Chan, Chi-Jen Lin