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ACRI
2004
Springer
13 years 11 months ago
Modelling Wildfire Dynamics via Interacting Automata
The modelling of wildland fire spread across a heterogeneous landscape is significant because fire dynamics are sensitive to local spatial characteristics. The development of accur...
Adam Dunn, George Milne
SCA
2007
13 years 10 months ago
A decision network framework for the behavioral animation of virtual humans
We introduce a framework for advanced behavioral animation in virtual humans, which addresses the challenging open problem of simulating social interactions between pedestrians in...
Qinxin Yu, Demetri Terzopoulos
ASSETS
2008
ACM
13 years 9 months ago
Brain-controlled finite state machine for wheelchair navigation
This proposal is about a brain-controlled electrically powered wheelchair. The system comprises a brain-computer interface based on steady-state visual evoked potentials and a pro...
Amir Teymourian, Thorsten Lüth, Axel Graeser,...
ATAL
2008
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
Zero-intelligence agents in prediction markets
We construct a novel agent-based model of prediction markets in which putative human qualities like learning, reasoning, and profit-seeking are absent. We show that the prices whi...
Abraham Othman
ATAL
2008
Springer
13 years 9 months ago
Incorporating user utility into sponsored-search auctions
We study principled methods for incorporating user utility into the selection of sponsored search ads. We describe variations of the GSP allocation/pricing mechanism that accommod...
Yagil Engel, David Maxwell Chickering